Every former Michigan football player selected in USFL draft

The #ProBlue is strong in the resurgent league.

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The USFL is back and the resurgent league is going through the process of refilling its ranks via the 2022 USFL draft.

Unlike the NFL draft, where teams can pick whoever they want when they get a pick, the USFL draft picks certain position groups by round, going in this order:

  • Round 1: Quarterbacks
  • Rounds 2-4: Edge Rushers/Defensive Ends
  • Rounds 5-7: Offensive Tackles
  • Round 8-11: Cornerbacks
  • Round 12: Quarterbacks
  • Rounds 13-17: Wide Receivers
  • Rounds 18-19: Safeties
  • Round 20: Centers
  • Round 21: Inside Linebackers
  • Rounds 22-23: Offensive Guards
  • Rounds 24-26: Defensive/Nose Tackles
  • Rounds 27-28: Running Backs and Fullbacks
  • Rounds 29-31: Outside Linebackers
  • Round 32: Kickers
  • Round 33: Punters
  • Round 34: Tight Ends/H-backs
  • Round 35: Long Snappers

At the time of this writing, the draft is still ongoing, but several Michigan football players have been selected, highlighted by No. 1 overall pick, quarterback Shea Patterson.

Here’s everyone that’s been selected thus far.

Panthers sign former Cowboys OT Juwann Bushell-Beatty

Panthers sign former Cowboys OT Juwann Bushell-Beatty

The Panthers passed on adding any offensive linemen in the 2020 NFL draft. They have signed several since, though. The latest addition to the roster is Juwann Bushell-Beatty, according to the team website.

Bushell-Beatty (6-foot-5, 333 pounds) played his college ball at Michigan, where he started at right tackle for two seasons.

After going undrafted last year, he was picked up by the Cowboys but they released him before the season began. Bushell-Beatty wound up playing in the XFL and was a teammate of quarterback P.J. Walker’s on the Houston Roughnecks.

The Panthers already have several right tackles already on the roster. However, with the exception of Taylor Moton none of them are proven at this level. Bushell-Beatty might have a legitimate chance to make the team.

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