For more than a dozen members of last year’s Ohio State football team, the wait to find out if and when they will be selected in this year’s NFL draft is almost over.
The 2021 NFL draft begins next Thursday, when former Buckeye quarterback Justin Fields should be one of the top players selected. There's still no consensus on where exactly Fields will be selected, though most projections either have the San Francisco 49ers selecting him with the No. 3 overall pick or someone else drafting him in the top 10.
As for the rest of Ohio State’s draft prospects, it’s likely they will have to wait until at least the second day of the draft to hear their names called, as Fields is the only Buckeye widely projected as a first-round pick this year.