As the horn sounded on the 2016 NFL Draft yesterday evening in Chicago, Urban Meyer's Ohio State Buckeyes walked away with a school-record five selections in the 1st round, a Draft record of 10 players chosen in the first three rounds, and tallied a grand total of 12 selections during the three day event.
Lofty stats to be sure, the Buckeyes were also hoping to break the modern NFL Draft record of having 14 total players selected, a standard set by the 2004 Buckeye draft class.
Though the Buckeyes fell short of eclipsing that mark, the drama surrounding their attempt to do so got me curious as to exactly how successful the 2004 crop was on the field, and by extension, what kind of production the 2016 class will need to come up with to be deemed better than their 2004 counterparts.