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Ohio State Football: Top 5 NFL Draft value picks the last 35 years

The Ohio State football program has seen its share of players drafted high that went on to become stars in the NFL. Some were busts too. What about the value picks?

These players are taken after the first couple of rounds of the draft that end up having highly productive NFL careers.

Here are my top five over the last 35 years.

Kirk Lowdermilk: Lowdermilk was an offensive lineman picked in the third round, No. 59 overall by the Minnesota Vikings. His pro career started a little slowly, but took off in his third season and he never looked back.