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Dre'Mont Jones Selected By Denver Broncos with the No. 71 Overall Pick in the 2019 NFL Draft

Another defensive lineman from Ohio State is off the board.

The Denver Broncos selected former Buckeye defensive tackle Dre'Mont Jones with the No. 71 overall pick in the third round of the 2019 NFL draft on Friday.

Jones is the second Ohio State defensive lineman to be drafted this year, following Nick Bosa, and the fifth Ohio State defensive lineman drafted in the last two years. Tyquan Lewis (second round, No. 64 overall, Indianapolis Colts), Sam Hubbard (third round, No. 77 overall, Cincinnati Bengals) and Jalyn Holmes (fourth round, No. 102 overall, Minnesota Vikings) were all drafted in 2018.