Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave are set to join a list of first-round receivers from Ohio State that includes Paul Warfield, Joey Galloway, Terry Glenn, David Boston and Ted Ginn.
Barring what would be a shocking slide down the draft board for either one of them, Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson will be the ninth and 10th wide receivers from Ohio State to become first-round NFL draft picks on Thursday night.
With just a couple of days to go until Wilson and Olave officially become the newest Ohio State receivers in the league, we take a look at the Buckeyes’ history of first-round wideouts and what they went on to accomplish in the NFL.
Known for his elite speed coming out of Ohio State, where he caught 108 passes for 1,894 yards and 19 touchdowns in his four-year Buckeye career, Galloway went on to play in the NFL for 16 seasons, in which he caught 701 passes for 10,950 yards and 77 touchdowns – the most yards and touchdowns ever for any NFL receiver who never made a Pro Bowl.
The Columbus native went on to play in the NFL for 12 seasons – six with the New England Patriots, one with the Green Bay Packers and five with the Dallas Cowboys – in which he caught 593 passes for 8,826 yards and 44 touchdowns. He made one Pro Bowl and topped 1,000 yards four times in his NFL career, leading the NFL with 18.3 yards per reception when he caught 62 passes for 1,136 yards and seven touchdowns for Dallas in 2005.
Jenkins went on to play in the NFL for nine seasons – seven with the Atlanta Falcons and two with the Minnesota Vikings – in which he caught 354 passes for 4,427 yards and 25 touchdowns.After catching 140 passes for 2,295 yards and 25 touchdowns in his Ohio State career, Holmes was the only wide receiver selected in the first round of the 2006 NFL draft when the Pittsburgh Steelers took him with the 25th overall pick.
Although Ginn never quite became the star playmaker in the NFL that he was at Ohio State, he went on to have a 14-year career in the league across six different teams and caught 412 passes for 5,742 yards and 33 touchdowns.
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