Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez break down what they heard from the Detroit Lions on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in Allen Park. Carlos Monarrez and Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press
It’s NFL draft week once again and this year the draft is in Nashville, deep in the heart of SEC Country. (We guess if Rutgers and Maryland can be in the Big Ten, Vanderbilt can wave the SEC football banner loud and proud.) Anyway, in the interest of Big Ten pride — <deep breath>Go Hawkeyes-Hoosiers-Illini-Terps-Blue-Green-Gophers-Huskers-Cats-Bucks-WeAre-Boilers-Rutgers-Badgers!<gasps> — we thought we’d take a look at the best player ever taken in the regular draft from each Big Ten school, dating all the way back to 1936.