Scarlet Sunrise: Five Buckeyes land in too-early NFL Draft top 50

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Five Buckeyes land in too-early NFL Draft top 50

Ohio State always has top-level NFL prospects. But this group of Buckeyes? There are five of them in one NFL expert’s top 50 draft-able prospects for this spring’s draft.

According to The Athletic’s NFL Draft expert Dane Brugler, five Buckeyes are in that upper tier of draftees who could hear their names called early. Some are obvious. Others aren’t.

The list starts with quarterback C.J. Stroud, who is the No. 10 in the rankings. He is the No. 2 quarterback, trailing Alabama’s Bryce Young. Buckeyes left tackle Paris Johnson is No. 11 overall, while wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba is No. 26. Defensive end Zach Harrison is No. 30 and right tackle Dawand Jones is No. 36 of the 50.

All of them will be taken high in the NFL Draft this spring. That’s why the Buckeyes are such a good team.

Full coverage of Buckeyes preparation for Northwestern

The Buckeyes third road game figures to be much less tough than the second, one in which they struggled with Penn State. They’ll travel to Evanston to battle Northwestern at Ryan Field on Saturday afternoon for a Big Ten cross-divisional matchup. In preparation for the Buckeyes game against the Wildcats, they practiced Wednesday night and select players met with the media shortly after.

Spencer Holbrook and Tim May were back inside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center after practice, breaking down how the Buckeyes are turning their focus to Northwestern in the latest Practice Report presented by Byers Auto. Every Wednesday night following the media session with select Buckeyes players, Tim and Spencer will chat about what they saw Saturday and look ahead to what to expect from Ohio State the next Saturday.

After hearing from major Buckeyes playmakers, the Lettermen Row crew is back for a full report on what it learned.

ICYMI: Tim May Podcast with Matt Wilhelm

It’s on to the final month of the season for the Buckeyes

But not before the Tim May Podcast returns to recap everything that happened in Beaver Stadium over the weekend! Tim is back with a special guest and a breakdown of the Big Ten East showdown inside the last Saturday.

Tim welcomes former Ohio State national-title winning defender Matt Wilhelm to the show to break down how good the Buckeyes defense is now two-thirds of the way through the year. They also check back in on the notion that this current Buckeyes team can win it all this year. They also take a deep dive into the Buckeyes place in the current polls, where they’re ranked and where they should be ranked after an 8-0 start.

You will not want to miss this interview and plenty more news and analysis and in another edition of the Tim May Podcast.

Counting down

Buckeyes at Northwestern: 2 days away

Buckeyes vs. Michigan: 23 days away

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