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Briggs: On brink of draft history, Toledo football in a class of its own

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Notre Dame. Nebraska. Oklahoma. Southern California. Toledo.

Which of these schools is not like the others?

If at least one prominent projection is right, it’s the school about to produce a first-round NFL draft pick for the second straight year.

And it’s not one of the blue bloods.

KYLE ROWLAND NFL draft scouting report: Toledo DL Darius Alexander

It’s the program in midnight blue, right in our own blooming backyard.

It’s Toledo.

Don’t look now, but CBS Sports draft analyst Ryan Wilson — among a handful of other mock selectors — has Darius Alexander sneaking into the first round Thursday, slotting the Rockets defensive tackle at 31st overall to the Kansas City Chiefs.