In July 2023, then Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh told Bruce Feldman of The Athletic that he thinks 20 Wolverines will be drafted in the 2024 NFL Draft. While scoffed at by most at the time, Harbaugh was foreshadowing a magical run at a National Championship. Always confident in his players, Harbaugh had even more reason to do so in 2023, as several chose to stay and be champions.
Now only a month out from the draft, it’s nearing time to see just how close Harbaugh’s prediction was.
Since the NFL Draft moved to just seven rounds in 1994, the 2021 Georgia Bulldogs hold the record for most players drafted in one year at 15 in the 2022 NFL Draft.