Seven.
That’s how many University of Texas players have been selected in the NFL Draft the last four years. That includes the 2014 draft in which no Longhorns were taken. That includes just one first-round selection back in 2015 with defensive tackle Malcom Brown.
It’s been a stunning decline from relevancy for a program that once had seven players taken in the 2007 draft, including a pair of first-rounders.
Things, though, are changing down on the Forty Acres.
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