4/29/2017 football Edit

Michigan Football: Wolverines Set School Draft Record

Jabrill Peppers became the first Michigan player drafted, taken by the Cleveland Browns No. 25 overall. (Getty Images)

Leland Mitchinson • Maize&BlueReview

TheWolverine.com Intern

With 11 players taken in the 2017 NFL Draft, the Michigan football team set the program benchmark for players selected in a single draft in the modern draft era. The current draft format began in 1967 and had 10 players selected in both the 1972 and 1974 drafts, though there were 12 rounds at that time. Six of the Wolverines drafted were taken in round three or earlier, second most of any team through three rounds in this years draft to Alabama, which had ten.

According to ESPN Stats and Info, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh more than doubled his total number of college players drafted throughout his career as a college coach. Prior to the 2017 draft Harbaugh had been a college head coach and seen 10 players drafted in total.

The last time Michigan had a similar draft output was a decade ago. In the 2007 draft Michigan had seven players taken, and the team's highest taken player that year was defensive back Leon Hall who went No. 18 to the Cincinnati Bengals.

The 11 players in the 2017 draft is also the most by any school in this year's selection process. The Wolverines edged out Alabama's 10 players taken this year.

As a whole, the Big Ten Conference had 35 players selected in this year's draft.

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