Another day, another draft record for Ohio State. Ten Buckeyes have been taken in the first three rounds, which is also a draft record.
Rutgers, Samford, and Michigan each had one player selected, which is adorable.
ICYMI:
- The New Orleans Saints selected Mike Thomas with the No. 47 pick and Vonn Bell with the No. 61 pick.
- The Buffalo Bills selected Adolphus Washington with the No. 80 pick.
- The Houston Texans selected Braxton Miller with the No. 85 pick.
- The Seattle Seahawks selected Nick Vannett with the No. 94 pick.
Rounds 4-7 of the 2016 NFL Draft begin at noon ET on ESPN and NFL Network. Joshua Perry, Tyvis Powell, Cardale Jones, and Jalin Marshall are the highest-rated Buckeyes yet to hear their names called.
I KNOW THOSE FEELS, ELI. I never answer calls from an unknown phone number. They belong to telemarketers or people who take the word "debt" too literal for my liking.
That policy is under review, though, as Eli Apple almost missed a connection with an organization wanting to give him $24 million in contract money and signing bonuses.
From newyorkpost.com:
I was chilling and leaning back in my chair when I saw my phone ring with a 201 area code.
I wasn’t expecting to get a call on my cell because there was the phone on the table in the green room. I was surrounded by my family: my mom (Annie), dad (Tim), sister (Jordan), my youth football coach Tony Orio, Ohio State defensive coordinator Chris Ash (now the head coach at Rutgers) and cornerbacks coach Kerry Coombs.
My mom told me not to pick it up, thinking it would be a friend because it was a Jersey number.
I picked it up, and it was Coach (Ben) McAdoo. But he was talking low. I couldn’t hear him, and everyone was just watching in suspense. He said, “Can you hear me?” In my mind, I was thinking, “Who is this? And you better not be playing with me.”
I just got sick realizing my "no unknown numbers" policy may have cost me my shot at the NFL.
VONN BELL TALKS BIG EASY. Vonn Bell realized his lifelong dream of becoming a professional football player on Friday night when the New Orleans Saints drafted him in the second round. He celebrated with the only cuisine worthy of such an occasion:
Thank you to @PapaJohns for delivering pizza to my draft party! Appreciate the support! pic.twitter.com/6kF6A3Ey56
— Vonn Bell (@TheVonnBell7) April 30, 2016
Bell later talked with Nola.com about his return to the South, teaming up with Mike Thomas, and his "phenomenal" tackling skills:
You can't convince me Sean Peyton didn't watch Kurt Coleman's Pro Bowl-caliber 2015 season before telling Mickey Loomis, the Saints' general manager, to go get him a guy like that. Safe to say Loomis did the damn thing.
A FREE INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT, WHICH IS NICE. That moment when the reason you endured a seven-hour flight disintegrates:
HAHAHAHAHA jacksonville flew me to London to announce the 146 pick. They just traded it away. Thanks for the flight! Lol
— Mike Bennett (@mike96bennett) April 29, 2016
The good news for Bennett is the Jaguars like the second-year player enough to send him to London, so his career is obviously moving in the right direction.
WOMEN'S LACROSSE ALLEY OOP. Yes, you read that right. The women's lacrosse team fell to Northwestern, 22-13, on Friday afternoon but the Buckeyes still had the play of the game when senior attacker Rainey Hodgson linked up with sophomore attacker Molly Wood for an alley-oop goal:
ALLEY OOP... in Women's Lacrosse!?!#OSU with the #BTNStandout goal!@OhioStAthletics@OhioState_WLAX@BTNStudentU https://t.co/7SfIRaiLbj
— Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) April 29, 2016
Should've been enough to win the game right there, IMHO.
OFF-CAMPUS REALTORS FEELING THE PINCH. Ohio State will force sophomores to live on campus next year. Depending on whom you ask, it's either to help students' academics or a cunning money-grab.
Off-campus realtors are feeling the heat.
From dispatch.com:
OSU’s rule requiring sophomores to live on campus, which takes full effect in the fall, is causing landlords to hunt for tenants and in some cases to do the unthinkable: reduce rents.
“This is the most temperamental and tumultuous time as far as off-campus real estate that I’ve ever seen,” said Brian Grim, owner of University Manors, which manages 550 campus-area rentals.
Starting in the fall, all Ohio State sophomores — projected at 5,800 to 6,000 students — must live on campus. Traditionally, half of those, or about 3,000, would have moved off campus.
Reduced rents, eh? Normally I'd be concerned that'd result in even less maintenance and upkeep being performed, but thankfully we're talking about off-campus landlords, a group renowned for their scruples.
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