he Bengals love their Buckeyes, but for the first time since they took Dan Wilkinson No. 1 overall 24 years ago they took one in the first round Thursday night when they snapped up Ohio State center Billy Price with the 21st pick.
The 6-3, 305-pound Price also became the first center taken by Cincinnati No. 1 since Nebraska’s Dave Rimington in 1983, which works out just right since they’re look to spearhead the overhaul of their offensive line with the winner of the Rimington Award as the nation’s best center .
Price, out of Austintown, Ohio, is the first center taken in a draft filled with good ones.