ESPN analyst Jon Gruden couldn’t believe how long it’s been since the Big Ten had a quarterback taken in the first round of the NFL Draft.
Gruden recalled Michigan State’s Earl Morrall and Ohio State’s Art Schlichter as former first-round picks, but that’s where he stopped.
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"I don't know of too many other Big Ten quarterbacks who have had the great honor of going in the first round,” Gruden said on a conference call last week.