The 2022 NFL Draft could be described as Cincinnati Bearcat mania. Immediately following the program’s first-ever College Football Playoff selection, the Bearcats took over last spring with nine draft selections — only trailing Georgia and LSU.
But in 2023, there were 99 different NFL Draft picks before a Bearcat heard his name called. With the 100th pick in the 2023 draft, the Las Vegas Raiders selected Cincinnati wide receiver Tre Tucker. He was the third-to-last pick of day two of the draft, nearing the end of the event’s third round.
Tucker extends Cincinnati’s streak of appearing at the NFL Draft to eight consecutive years.