all in my opinion. OSU players have been super productive in the NFL in the modern era. Some of these are debatable, what yall think?
( a * indicated the player being in the pro bowl that specific year)
QB: CJ Stroud (Texans) 2023: 63.9 CPCT, 4108 YDs, 23 TD, 5 INT *
RB: Ezekiel Elliott (Cowboys) 2016: 322 CAR, 1631 YDs, 15 TD *
WR: Michael Thomas (Saints) 2019: 149 REC, 1725 YDs, 9 TD *
TE: Nick Vannett (Seahawks) 2018: 29 REC, 269 YDs, 3 TD
OT: Taylor Decker (Lions) 2024: 895 SNAPS, 77.2 PFF *
IOL: Corey Linsley (Chargers) 2021: 1013 SNAPS, 88 PFF *
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DE: Nick Bosa (49ers) 2022: 18.5 Sacks, 19 TFL *
DT: Cameron Heyward (Steelers) 2017: 12 Sacks, 16 TFL *
LB: Ryan Shazier (Steelers) 2017: 89 Tackles, 3 INT, 2 FF *
CB: Marshon Lattimore (Saints) 2021: 68 Tackles, 19 PD, 3 INT *
SAF: Vonn Bell (Bengals) 2020: 114 Tackles, 3 FF, 5 PD
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some notes: every player listed here besides two went to the pro bowl that year. most of these were pretty straightforward for me, the only ones where i was going back and forth was for CB (2024 Denzel Ward is very close) and TE (we havent had a lot of TE production and Jeff H was pretty similar to Nick).
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