BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — After tying for the most draft picks in the Commonwealth for the second consecutive year, the WKU Hilltoppers saw a total of eight former Hilltoppers get an opportunity to pursue their NFL dreams over the weekend following the 2017 NFL Draft.
On Friday’s second night of the draft, All-American offensive tackle Forrest Lamp became the highest-ever Hilltopper selected as he went No. 38 overall to the Los Angeles Chargers as the sixth pick in the second round. Lamp supplanted cornerback Joseph Jefferson, who went No. 74 overall to the Indianapolis Colts in 2002, as the standard bearer for draft selections.