Dudes Get Drafted 2021
Ace
May 4th, 2021 at 12:00 PM
The NFL Draft is a nice weekend because no matter how the football team did the previous season, Michigan fans can be assured they ll see a Wolverine achieve a professional dream every single year since 1938, a streak unmatched by any school except USC. That run continued in last weekend s 2021 edition, though Michigan State s 80-year streak was snapped. Tragic.
Michigan had eight players drafted, tied for the fifth-most of any college with Florida Alabama and (sigh) Ohio State had the most with ten, followed by Georgia and Notre Dame. Other Big Ten programs with at least three selections were Penn State (6), Iowa (4), Northwestern (3, including two first-rounders), and Wisconsin (3). That number is a bit misleading in terms of how much talent the Wolverines fielded last season, though:
2021 NFL Draft: Where every Michigan Wolverine was selected, how they fit
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The 2021 NFL Draft has come to an end with the Michigan Wolverines sending eight players to the professional ranks with three more prospects still on the board as undrafted free agents.
Kwity Paye headlines the class of Wolverines as the lone first-round pick of the group. It was a fairly balanced weekend for Michigan prospects, so let’s quickly run through where they all went and where they fit.
Defensive end Kwity Paye (Indianapolis Colts Round 1, Pick No. 21 overall)
Paye’s NFL dreams were realized as the first Wolverine to come off the board and he heads to a playoff team, so this is a good fit for him. He is going to need some time to put it all together but could be a quality defensive starter for the Colts moving forward.
Ravens 2021 Draft: Twitter reactions to the Ravens’ Day 3 selections
The last reactions of an exciting draft
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The Ravens entered Day 3 of the 2021 NFL Draft with five picks at their disposal. With the 131st pick, Baltimore selected wide receiver Tylan Wallace of Oklahoma State. Wallace is the second receiver drafted by the Ravens after taking Rashod Bateman in the first round.
#Ravens got Tylan Wallace at 131
I had him at no. 55 overall Connor Rogers (@ConnorJRogers) May 1, 2021
Tylan Wallace to the #Ravens is a great pick. GREAT.
He s a tough SOB with very good hands. Knee injury in 2019 is notable but he s one of the best route-runners in the draft. Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) May 1, 2021
Baltimore Ravens 2021 NFL Draft Rumor Mill: Undrafted Rookies
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With the addition of eight draft picks, the Ravens now have 79 players on their roster. That leaves 11 spots to fill with either veteran additions or undrafted rookie free agents.
Baltimore s 2021 draft ended early in the fifth round, which gave the Ravens a head start on calling prospective rookie free agents.
The Ravens have a long track record of hitting on undrafted free agents. They had a 16-year streak of at least one undrafted rookie making the original 53-man roster, which ended last season. Still, quarterback Tyler Huntley joined the team and ended up under center in the playoffs. Undrafted center Trystan Colon-Castillo started two games.
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The Baltimore Ravens entered the 2021 NFL Draft with nine picks over the three-day event.
They added wide receiver Rashod Bateman out of Minnesota at No. 27 and followed that by taking edge rusher Jayson Oweh out of Penn State at 31 in the first round Thursday. The Ravens had two late Round 3 picks. Check out our analysis on all their picks below.
The Ravens shook up things last week when they traded right tackle Orlando Brown Jr. to the Kansas City Chiefs and acquired the Chiefs’ first-round pick (No. 31), along with a third-round and fourth-round pick in this year’s draft. Even before dealing Brown, the offensive line (mostly the interior) was a priority and now, even more so. The Ravens addressed their other two needs in the first round.