The number of Small Schoolers getting drafted went up! Finally, another great draft class for small schoolers. We break it down here!
The NFL Draft is over and 22 Non-FBS/Small School players were selected.
Here is a breakdown of the list by Division:
Breakdown by positions:
Cornerbacks: 5 Tackles: 5 Wide Receivers: 3 Linebackers: 3 Quarterback: 1 Offensive Guard: 1 Tight End: 1 Defensive End: 1 Defensive Tackle: 1 Running Back: 1
Here is the breakdown by Conference:
FCS (17)
MVFC: 8 Big Sky: 3 Socon: 2 WAC: 1 CAA: 1 Patriot: 1 SWAC: 1
D2 (5)
Gulfsouth: 1 MIAA: 1 GAC: 1 SAC: 1 CIAA: 1
Breakdown by Teams Selecting Small Schoolers
Patriots: 3 Colts: 2 Saints: 1 Packers: 1 Falcons: 1 Bills: 1 Chiefs: 1 Bengals: 1 Cowboys: 1 Buccaneers: 1 Broncos: 1 Bears: 1 49ers: 1 Jaguars: 1 Lions: 1 Seahawks: 1 Rams: 1 Steelers: 1 Cardinals: 1
1 19 New Orleans Saints Trevor Penning OT Northern Iowa MVFC from Philadelphia
1 29 New England Patriots Cole Strange OG Chattanooga SoCon from San Francisco via Miami and Kansas City
2 34 Green Bay Packers Christian Watson WR North Dakota State MVFC from Detroit via Minnesota
2 58 Atlanta Falcons Troy Andersen LB Montana State Big Sky from Tennessee
4 127 New England Patriots Pierre Strong Jr. RB South Dakota State MVFC
4 135 Kansas City Chiefs Joshua Williams CB Fayetteville State CIAA
4 136 Cincinnati Bengals Cordell Volson OT North Dakota State MVFC
5 155 Dallas Cowboys Matt Waletzko OT North Dakota MVFC from Cleveland
5 157 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Zyon McCollum CB Sam Houston State WAC from Minnesota via Jacksonville
5 159 Indianapolis Colts Eric Johnson DT Missouri State MVFC
5 162 Denver Broncos Montrell Washington WR Samford SoCon from Philadelphia
5 168 Chicago Bears Braxton Jones OT Southern Utah Big Sky from Buffalo
6 185 Buffalo Bills Christian Benford CB Villanova CAA from Carolina
6 187 San Francisco 49ers Nick Zakelj OT Fordham Patriot from Denver
6 192 Indianapolis Colts Andrew Ogletree TE Youngstown State MVFC from Minnesota
6 197 Jacksonville Jaguars Gregory Junior CB Ouachita Baptist GAC from Philadelphia
6 200 New England Patriots Sam Roberts DE Northwest Missouri State MIAA
6* 217 Detroit Lions James Houston IV LB Jackson State SWAC
7 233 Seattle Seahawks Dareke Young WR Lenoir–Rhyne SAC from Minnesota via Kansas City
7 235 Los Angeles Rams Daniel Hardy LB Montana State Big Sky from Baltimore via Jacksonville and Tampa Bay
7 241 Pittsburgh Steelers Chris Oladokun QB South Dakota State MVFC
7 244 Arizona Cardinals Christian Matthew CB Valdosta State Gulf South
NFL Draft Diamonds was created to assist the underdogs playing the sport. We call them diamonds in the rough. My name is Damond Talbot, I have worked extremely hard to help hundreds of small school players over the past several years, and will continue my mission. We have several contributors on this site, and if they contribute their name and contact will be in the piece above. You can email me at nfldraftdiamonds@gmail.com
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