Bell is a senior but offers two things Jerry Kill wants: leadership and toughness as a blocker. The Gophers might just be a downfield receiving threat away from being actual division contenders. He would complement promising young wideouts like Drew Wolitarsky.īennett says the Gophers select. Diggs comes off an injury-shortened season, but he's an explosive playmaker with 88 career receptions and two years of eligibility left. The bigger issue is boosting a pass offense that ranked 115th nationally last season. Minnesota loses some star power on defense, but I expect coordinator Tracy Claeys to produce a solid unit. He can come to State College and offer help now and for the next three years, seeing the Lions through probation. Decker was playing as well as any Ohio State offensive lineman late last season, when he was only a redshirt freshman. Penn State does need help on the offensive line, but it can afford to be patient. Cook, a pro-style signal-caller with a big arm and more experience than Hackenberg, makes a lot of sense as he fits the system and comes off top performances in the Big Ten championship game and the Rose Bowl.īrian Bennett says the Lions select. 5 by Rutgers) leaves a massive hole at quarterback. The offensive line is Penn State's shakiest position group, but Christian Hackenberg (selected No. It gets a bit messy with teams swiping each other's top players, but that makes it fun.Īdam Rittenberg says the Lions select. Picks are based on factors like position need, remaining eligibility, scheme, previous players lost in the draft.Ĭheck out the first half of the first round here. The teams will pick in reverse order of regular-season finish last year. To recap: All current Big Ten players are eligible to be drafted (incoming recruits are not).
Rather than looking at the players leaving the league - don't worry, we'll do that, too - we're speculating on how a draft within the conference would play out. Imaginary Big Ten players' draft, Part IIĮverybody is a draftnik this week, and we're putting our own Big Ten spin on things.
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