It’s at all times a giant deal for a program when a participant will get drafted to the professionals. It serves as an indication the varsity can create star athletes, bolsters recruiting, and is usually a constructing block in direction of higher success sooner or later. In case you’re fortunate one or two athletes may discover a house within the NFL, get even luckier and also you may boast an NBA participant as nicely.
The College of Michigan, nonetheless — they’ve one thing no different college within the nation can match.
For the primary time within the historical past of the NCAA, Michigan has had gamers chosen within the first spherical of the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB in the identical 12 months. It’s a testomony to how nicely rounder Michigan has change into at all the pieces, and why some followers look ahead to simply soccer season, people in Ann Arbor get to get pleasure from high sports activities all 12 months lengthy.
The primary spherical picks in query are:
- NFL: Mason Graham (fifth total), Colston Loveland (tenth total), and Kenneth Grant (thirteenth total)
- NBA: Danny Wold (twenty seventh total)
- NHL: Will Horcroff (twenty fourth total)
- MLB: Mitch Voit (thirty eighth total)
Along with these athletes there was additionally a 1st spherical decide within the MLS Draft again in December with Jason Bucknor being taken with the twentieth total decide. The one different professional leagues with official drafts had been the WNBA and Main League Lacrosse. Whereas neither of these sports activities boasted a primary rounder, Michigan had third rounders in every sport.
Truthfully, it’s tough to see many faculties be capable to boast this sort of vary. The kicker normally is getting a participant into the primary spherical of the NHL Draft, which requires a high-level collegiate hockey program, and groups being prepared to take gamers out of the NCAA, fairly than Canadian leagues.
So, till any college is ready to play catchup that is Michigan’s world, and we’re residing in it.
