Hoosiers in the NFL Draft

Even though Doug and I were on vacation in California, we still made time to watch the NFL draft last week.  It started Thursday evening and became a historic first round for the IU football program as Fernando Mendoza was the #1 pick and Omar Cooper, Jr. was the 30th.  IU had not had a player taken number one since 1938, and it was the first time ever that two Hoosier football players had been drafted in the first round during the same year.  Friday night's draft was just as exciting as two more Indiana players were chosen - D'Angelo Ponds int he second round and Kaelon Black in the third.  

Doug and I were up early Saturday morning to watch the start of the last day of the draft as we were surprised that Elijah Sarratt hadn't been picked yet.  Thankfully, it wasn't long after the fourth round started when he was called by the coaching staff of the Baltimore Ravens.  Three more players were chosen on Saturday as well - Nowakowski in the 5th round, Coogan in the 6th and Aidan Fisher in the seventh round making for the best IU football draft to date.  

By Sunday night, there were six additional IU players signed as free agents and several others invited to minicamp. We don't know how much any of these Hoosiers will get to play in the NFL, but it will make for a very interesting fall.   Between the draft news and the IU football spring game last week, I am definitely ready for football season to start at Memorial Stadium.  Now if we can only find a way to get tickets to the games.