While Marquette had two players entered in Monday’s National Lacrosse League draft, Kyle Whitlow and Liam Byrnes, it was clear that Whitlow was the safer bet to be picked. He was the player making mock drafts. He already showed he can compete with professionals two summers ago and had experience playing the NLL style of lacrosse, which is played indoors inside hockey rink dimensions.
Instead it was Byrnes, who has never played indoor lacrosse, who was the first Golden Eagle off the board. The Georgia Swarm selected him in the fifth round with the 44th overall pick. Fittingly, it was Whitlow who introduced Byrnes to the indoor game in the first place.