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Some Michigan players helped themselves greatly in the NFL Scouting Combine earlier this month. But for the top-end of those professional hopefuls, it didn’t really matter.
Donovan Peoples-Jones and Khaleke Hudson put on a show in Indianapolis, but with many former Wolverines opting to wait until their March 13 pro day, not everyone participated beyond the bench press.
As CBS put together its latest three-round NFL mock draft, two of the three it has in its top three rounds were very limited in Indy, while the other confirmed what people already knew: he’s very good.
So in the prediction, while none of the former Michigan players went in the first round, it did see Cesar Ruiz and Josh Uche maintaining second-round status, while Ben Bredeson was selected in the third.
| Player | Pos. | Rd. | Pick | Team |
| Cesar Ruiz | iOL | 2 | 40 | Arizona Cardinals |
| Josh Uche | EDGE | 2 | 47 | Atlanta Falcons |
| Ben Bredeson | iOL | 3 | 89 | Minnesota Vikings |
Should Ruiz get picked by the Cardinals, he’d be reunited with his predecessor at center in Mason Cole, who was taken by the franchise following the 2017 season.
Uche has long been looked at as a player that could go to the Pittsburgh Steelers, reuniting with Devin Bush Jr., but in this scenario, he comes off the board two picks before Pittsburgh can snatch him up.
And Bredeson would fit in nicely as a Viking, perhaps taking up the mantle of another former Michigan player who spent time in Minneapolis, in new NFL Hall of Famer Steve Hutchinson.
The NFL Draft is set to take place next month in Las Vegas.