How Many Ohio State Buckeyes Will Get Drafted in the 2026 NFL Draft?
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Menace 2 Sports with Zach Smith
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🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
🚨 How Many Buckeyes Will Get Drafted in 2026?! | Ohio State NFL Pipeline BREAKDOWN
Ohio State continues to dominate the NFL pipeline — but just how many Buckeyes will hear their name called in the 2026 NFL Draft?
With elite talent across the roster, the Ohio State Buckeyes football could once again flood the draft board with future pros.
👉 Could Ohio State lead the nation in draft picks?
👉 Who are the LOCKS to get drafted?
👉 Which players are rising — and who's on the bubble?
In this episode, we break down every draft-eligible Buckeye, project where they could go, and estimate how many total Ohio State players could be selected.
🔥 In This Episode
• Full list of Ohio State NFL Draft prospects for 2026
• Players projected as first-round picks
• Mid-round sleepers and rising prospects
• Underrated players who could climb draft boards
• Position-by-position breakdown (WR, OL, DL, DB, etc.)
• How Ohio State stacks up vs other programs
• Best-case vs realistic draft scenarios
• What this means for Ryan Day's program
📊 Draft Projection Breakdown
Draft stock • positional value • NFL readiness • production vs upside • Big Ten impact
💬 Join the Debate
How many Buckeyes do YOU think will get drafted in 2026?
Who's the highest pick from Ohio State?
Drop your predictions in the comments — we'll feature the best takes in the next episode.
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| 0:35.0 | And it's NFL Draft Eve. Tomorrow eve tomorrow what about this I see 24 plus what is it |
| 0:42.7 | pat 8 o'clock it's talking 32 hours out 32 32 hours till we hear the do do do do do do do do |
| 0:49.9 | do to hear who the first overall pick is, Fernando Mendoza. |
| 1:10.0 | I'm so excited for it. Me too, man. I got a bunch of draft trivia. Well, actually not a bunch. Just two questions that I'm excited about. But no, the draft day Eve is fascinating. And also, like, I don't know. Are you guys going to have the Indiana game on tomorrow, too, as you watch the draft, |
| 1:11.9 | or are you just going to save that and wait until later? |
| 1:28.5 | Because I'm curious to spectacle what it's going to have the Indiana game on tomorrow too as you watch the draft or are you just going to save that and wait until later because I'm curious the spectacle what it's going to look like. Yeah, I might throw it on my iPad while I watch the draft on the big screen. But I'm definitely, if I don't, if I just watch the draft out the next Friday morning, I'll watch it. One of them both watch it back no matter what. I think I'm just curious, like, in the moment, |
| 1:44.8 | what it's going to look and feel like. Yeah, I wouldn't mind watching it, like, right as Mendoza is getting picked. Yeah. To see what the atmosphere is like there. Yeah, I mean, I think it'll be really cool. Maybe just have it on for that pick, and then I'll probably turn it off and just say, I'll watch the football part later. |
| 1:45.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:47.3 | That's what I think I'll probably do. |
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