NFL Draft: 3 more Ohio State Buckeyes taken on night 2

Curtis Samuel, receiver, eighth pick of second round (40 overall) by the Carolina Panthers 

▪ 40th receiver from Ohio State drafted in the common draft era (since 1967)

▪ Last: Braxton Miller, third round, 2016 by the Texans

▪ First: Bob Rein, seventh round, 1967 by the Colts

▪ Ohio State has had five receivers drafted in the last three years, including two each of the past two seasons. Three of them (Samuel, Devin Smith, Michael Thomas) have been second-round picks.

Samuel is the 5th Ohio State player drafted by the Panthers

▪ Last: Nate Salley, safety, fourth round 2006

▪ First: Matt Finkes, DE, second round, 1997

Raekwon McMillan, linebacker, 22nd pick of second round (54th overall) by the Miami Dolphins 

▪ 51st linebacker from Ohio State drafted in the common draft era (since 1967)

▪ Last: Darron Lee, first round, 2016 by the Jets

▪ First: Nick Roman, 10th round, 1970 by the Bengals

▪ Ohio State has had three linebackers taken in the last two drafts after Lee and Joshua Perry were both selected last season.

McMillan is the 13th Ohio State player drafted by the Dolphins

▪ Last: Austin Spitler, linebacker, seventh round 2010

▪ First: Bruce Elia, linebacker, fourth round, 1975

Pat Elflein, offensive lineman, sixth pick of third round (70th overall) by the Minnesota Vikings 

▪ 46th offensive lineman from Ohio State drafted in the common draft era (since 1967)

▪ Last: Taylor Decker, first round, 2016 by the Lions

▪ First: Mike Current, third round, 1967 by the Broncos

▪ Ohio State has had five offensive linemen drafted in the five drafts since Urban Meyer’s first season as the coach of the Buckeyes. Elflein is the second center (Corey Linsley, fifth round, Packers, 2014) in that timespan.

Elflein is the 11th Ohio State player drafted by the Vikings

▪ Last: Ross Homan, linebacker, seventh round 2011

▪ First: Leo Hayden, halfback, first round, 1971

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Raekwon McMillan became the fourth Ohio State player drafted in 2017 when the Miami Dolphins took him with the 54th pick.

The 22nd pick in the second round, McMillan is a 6-foot-2, 240-pound linebacker who was a two-time All-Big Ten selection.

A little while later, the Minnesota Vikings chose offensive lineman Pat Elflein with the sixth pick of the third round.

Elflein, a three-time All-Big Ten pick who won the Rimington Award as the nation’s best center in 2016, was the 70th pick overall.

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Curtis Samuel became the first Ohio State Buckeye taken in the second round of the 2017 draft when the Carolina Panthers selected him with the eight pick.

A New York native who played receiver and running back for the Buckeyes, Samuel is another new offensive weapon for quarterback Cam Newton, whose team used its first pick in the draft on Stanford standout running back Christian McCaffrey.

Samuel is the third player from Ohio State’s class of 2014 to be drafted, joining Malik Hooker and Marshon Lattimore.

He is the first player from Ohio State drafted by the Panthers since Nate Salley in 2006.