The 2020 NFL draft started slowly if you were one of the 11 Michigan football players invited to the combine. Even those who weren’t permitted into the NFL’s campground for scouting, there was still the potential of landing with time left in the sixth or seventh round, but not with the lack of Wolverines being selected.
Cesar Ruiz lasted all the way to pick 24. Then, 35 organizations submitted names of college athletes, none of them played in Ann Arbor. At 60, the Patriots reunited Chase Winovich with the hybrid linebacker Josh Uche, who will likely join Chase on the line.