The 2023 NFL Draft is officially in the books and the Big Ten conference had a great weekend sending their fair share of young athletes to the next level. Obviously, our focus and love go to the Ohio State Buckeyes, but when you watch years of Big Ten football, you tend to get acquainted with the rivals as well and there is no shame in keeping track.
The Southeastern Conference had the most prospects drafted with 62 and that makes sense considering their dominance of the college football landscape, but the Big Ten is not far behind and had 55 players selected. The Michigan Wolverines were at the top of the mountain as far as prospects drafted with 9 drafted, but Ohio State was close behind tied for second with the Penn State Nittany Lions at six.
This list is going to highlight only the players drafted in the third round and finished their career at a Big Ten school. Sorry, transfer portal fans.
No. 66 - Philadelphia Eagles: Sydney Brown, DB, Illinois
Sydney Brown is simply a standout safety prospect.
– Played all over the field for Illinois. Never confined to specific role
– 6 INTs in '22
– 3rd highest coverage grade among safeties '22
– 3rd highest run stop rate (5.2%)Extremely versatile, athletic, and productive.#Eagles pic.twitter.com/q5DjlDjYCR
— Thomas R. Petersen (@thomasrp93) April 29, 2023
No. 75- Atlanta Falcons, Zach Harrison, Edge, Ohio State
Zach Harrison vs UGA. pic.twitter.com/7vDLhX3Not
— JazzyJeffRealTalk (@JazzyJeffRealT1) April 29, 2023
No. 83- Denver Broncos, Riley Moss, CB, Iowa
Introducing Broncos’ 3rd round pick…
CB Riley Moss “The Crackerback” pic.twitter.com/xfE141oavF
— GhettoGronk (@TheGhettoGronk) April 30, 2023
No. 87- San Francisc 49ers, Ji'Ayir Brown, S, Penn State
#49ers newest S Ji'Ayir Brown already reppin’ that Niner gear 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/p0Qagoecss
— OurSF49ers (@OurSf49ers) April 29, 2023
No. 99- San Francisco 49ers, Jake Moody, Michigan Wolverines
Kyle Shanahan to Jake Moody:
“You gotta know how much we like ya, we didn’t take a running back and took a kicker in the third round.”
LOL pic.twitter.com/tzhiDyTDqt
— Akash Anavarathan (@akashanav) April 29, 2023
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