Recapping Ohio State football's historic NFL Draft and a look toward the future

Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

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🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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On this episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means and Stefan Krajisnik discuss Ohio State’s impressive performance in the 2025 NFL Draft. The Buckeyes had 14 players selected, with 11 of them going in the top 150 picks. They also share their observations from the Under Armour showcase, highlighting standout recruits while exploring the potential for Ohio State to maintain its streak of producing first-round wide receivers through 2030. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk and sign up to get text messages from experts Stephen Means, Stefan Krajisnik and Andrew Gillis at 614-350-3315. Get the insider analysis, have your voice heard on the Buckeye Talk podcast and connect with the best Buckeye community out there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, where you've been,
0:17.1	Buckeye talk is about to begin.
0:20.5	Hey, hey, hey, come on in. Ben, Buckeye Talk is about to begin.
0:24.8	Hey, hey, hey, come on in.
0:33.1	Welcome back to Buckeye Talk.
0:34.9	I'm Stephen Means, and that's Stefan Christen.
0:36.0	This is your Monday pod.
0:37.0	Leave no doubt, man.
0:37.7	Leave no doubt.
0:46.9	And Ohio State sure did do that over the weekend with the 2025 NFL draft. 14, 14 guys drafted.
0:55.0	And Stefan, here's some numbers for you. 11 of the 14 went in the first 150 NFL draft picks. That's the second most 150 top 150 draft picks Ohio State has had since 2000.
1:01.9	The other two groups that got the 10 were the 2004 class,
1:06.2	which Ohio State tied for the most in program history and tied with LSU as well was
1:10.4	the second most ever in
1:11.8	college football behind George's 15 set in 2022. That 04 class had 10 of its 14 going the top 50,
1:18.6	the lowest of which was Craig Crenzel at 148. It also had three first rounders. And then the 2016
1:24.6	class, all 12 went in the top 150.
1:28.4	Cardo Jones was the lowest at 139.
1:30.4	They had five first-round draft picks.
1:33.1	2025 of the guys who went in the top 150, Ty Hamilton was the lowest at 148 to Los Angeles.
1:40.0	Rams, and they also had four first-round draft picks.
1:41.9	We talked about that on the Friday, Powell.
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