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NFL draft

Ohio StateBuckeyes

The last 5 drafts, newest on the right. A draft year runs one behind its football season — the 2026 draft is the 2025 team.

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2008–2012

Selections per draft

23 across 5 drafts

Counted from zero, so the height of a point is its share of this team's best draft here.

37454

Selections by position

23 across 2008–2012

Color is the side of the ball; each segment is a position group. Offense 7 · Defense 16.

Draft selections by position group across 2008–2012: Running backs 2, Receivers 3, Offensive line 2, Defensive line 3, Linebackers 7, Defensive backs 6

2008

2007 Jim Tressel

3 selections

  1. 1-06Vernon Gholston—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
  2. 7-07Larry Grant—No recruiting profile foundOutside Linebacker
  3. 7-40Kirk Barton—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle

2009

2008 Jim Tressel

7 selections

  1. 1-14Malcolm Jenkins—No recruiting profile foundCornerback
  2. 1-31Chris Wells55-star recruitRunning Back
  3. 2-03James Laurinaitis—No recruiting profile foundInside Linebacker
  4. 2-04Brian Robiskie—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
  5. 4-02Donald Washington—No recruiting profile foundCornerback
  6. 4-08Brian Hartline—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
  7. 5-18Marcus Freeman—No recruiting profile foundOutside Linebacker

2010

2009 Jim Tressel

4 selections

  1. 4-18Thaddeus Gibson—No recruiting profile foundOutside Linebacker
  2. 7-35Doug Worthington—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
  3. 7-37Kurt Coleman—No recruiting profile foundSafety
  4. 7-45Austin Spitler—No recruiting profile foundOutside Linebacker

2011

2010 Jim Tressel

5 selections

  1. 1-31Cameron Heyward—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
  2. 4-16Chimdi Chekwa—No recruiting profile foundCornerback
  3. 5-27Jermale Hines—No recruiting profile foundSafety
  4. 6-28Brian Rolle—No recruiting profile foundOutside Linebacker
  5. 6-35Ross Homan44-star recruitOutside Linebacker

2012

2011 Luke Fickell

4 selections

  1. 2-24Mike Adams—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle
  2. 3-05DeVier Posey44-star recruitWide Receiver
  3. 6-21Dan Herron—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
  4. 6-27Nate Ebner—No recruiting profile foundSafety

Stars are the player's recruiting rating, matched back to his high-school profile by athlete id — not a draft grade. Only 3 of 23 picks in this range could be matched: CFBD's links between draft picks and recruiting profiles thin out before the 2013 draft and are absent before 2009, so an em dash here usually means the link is missing rather than that the player was unrated.