Conference USA had six players selected in the 2019 NFL Draft with Old Dominion and FAU leading the way with two players apiece. Charlotte and Louisiana Tech were the other teams from C-USA who had a player drafted.
FAU running back Devin Singletary was the first C-USA player to go off the board as he was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the third round (75th overall). Singletary leaves C-USA with the single-season record for 32 rushing touchdowns and 4,299 career rushing yards, the sixth-most in C-USA history.
Singletary wasn’t the only FAU RB who heard his name called this weekend, as Kerrith Whyte Jr.