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NFL Coaches And Executives Who Drafted Buckeyes Explain Why They Targeted Them

Over the course of the past few years, we’ve all heard Ohio State coaches, teammates and opponents talk about the players on the Big Ten powerhouses’s roster. None of those opinions mattered this past week, though.

All eyes were on the 32 NFL teams tasked with making 259 selections in the 2021 NFL Draft. By the end, a total of 10 Buckeyes were taken: Justin Fields, Pete Werner, Josh Myers, Wyatt Davis, Trey Sermon, Baron Browning, Tommy Togiai, Luke Farrell, Shaun Wade and Jonathon Cooper.

To explain the thinking behind each of those 10 draft picks, we’re going straight to the mouths of the coaches, general managers and scouts who were involved in the decisions.