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MAC players part of NFL free agent scramble

4/30/2017

National Football League teams slected a record 12 former Mid-American Conference players in the 2017 draft. That is one better than the previous mark of 11 in 2005.
(Note: Other UDFA players may be signed as the week progresses)
Another 14 MAC players (including one basketball player) were signed as free agents during the flurry that immediately follows each draft. The list of free agents follows.
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Lions add EMU’s O’Connor to draft haul

4/30/2017

Former Eastern Michigan University defensive end Pat O'Connor was selected by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL Draft Saturday in Philadelphia. O'Connor was the 250th overall pick in the three-day selection process.

O'Connor is the 28th EMU player to be picked in the draft. He is just the third Eastern Michigan player to be selected by the Lions, joining Al Clark (1971) and Charlie Batch (1998).

Additionally, it marked . . .

Pittsburg picks WMU lineman Adams

4/30/2017

Western Michigan defensive lineman Keion Adams was drafted in the seventh round with the 248th overall selection by the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday.
Adams gives the Broncos three players drafted this year, the most since having four players taken in 1972. It is the most in a single year from a MAC school since Temple also had three players drafted in 2012.

Adams was named . . .

Bulls TE Shreck picked by Bengals

4/30/2017

University at Buffalo tight end Mason Schreck was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round of the NFL Draft on Saturday. The Medina, OH native was taken with the 251st pick.

Schreck had by far his best season as a Bull in 2016. The senior tight end finished the year with 59 catches for 651 yards and four touchdowns en route to earning All-MAC Second Team honors. He had 10 more catches than his first three seasons combined and his 651 receiving yards were the most ever by a tight end in school history. He finished his career with 108 receptions for 1,120 yards and six touchdowns.

Schreck is the . . .

Ohio LB Brown gets nod from Jaguars

4/29/2017

Ohio Bobcat linebacker Blair Brown was chosen by the Jacksonville Jaguars as the No. 148th overall pick in the 2017 National Football League Draft Saturday. He was the fourth pick of the fifth round and was the seventh Mid-American Conference Player drafted.

Brown was the second . . .

Rockets’ Roberts happy with Detroit

4/29/2017

University of Toledo tight end Michael Roberts was selected by the Detroit Lions in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft on Saturday. Roberts is the 127th pick of the draft.
"It's a moment I'll never forget," said Roberts, who watched the draft with friends and family. "I think my mom is still crying. It's amazing. I'm just very happy right now."
"I thought I would go . . .

Ohio’s Basham headed to Indianapolis

4/29/2017

Ohio Bobcat defensive end Tarell Basham was chosen by the Indianapolis Colts as the No. 80 overall pick in the 2017 National Football League Draft Friday. Basham was the 16th pick of the third round and the third Mid-American Conference player drafted.

Basham is the . . .

WMU’s Moton will join Panthers

4/29/2017

Western Michigan offensive lineman Taylor Moton became the second Bronco selected in the 2017 NFL Draft, being taken by the Carolina Panthers 64th overall in the second round. This is the second straight year the Broncos have had two players selected in the NFL draft, joining Corey Davis who went No. 5 overall Thursday night.
Moton set the . . .

Chiefs claim Toledo’s Hunt

4/29/2017

University of Toledo senior running back Kareem Hunt was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft on Friday night. Hunt, the 86th overall pick of the draft, is the first Rocket to be drafted since John Greco and Jalen Parmele were selected in 2008.

He is the fourth-highest . . .

NIU’s Golladay goes to Lions

4/29/2017

DEKALB, Ill. – Northern Illinois University wide receiver Kenny Golladay was selected in the third round of the 2017 National Football League Draft by the Detroit Lions Friday.

The 96th overall selection in the 2017 NFL Draft, Golladay became the 37th NIU player all-time chosen in the NFL Draft.

A native of Chicago, he is . . .

OU loses Simmons, adds another guard

4/28/2017

Jaaron Simmons’ Ohio Bobcat days appear to be behind him.
The Detroit Free Press is among other media sources reporting that the Ohio University point guard has notified Bobcat coaches of his intention to move on. His next uniform, according to reports, could be maize and blue – as in the uni’s worn by Michigan Wolverine players.

Simmons, a First Team All-MAC player . . .

Broncos' Davis is first receiver picked at NFL draft

4/28/2017

WR Corey Davis (Photo WMU Atletics)

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Wide receiver Corey Davis became the highest NFL Draft pick in Western Michigan Broncos history as he was selected No. 5 overall by the Tennessee Titans Wednesday night. He is the second first round selection from WMU, after Jason Babin was taken 27th overall in 2004.

Davis registered a career-high 97 receptions for 1,500 yards and an FBS-high 19 touchdowns last season and ended 2016 as the all-time leading receiver in FBS history with 5,285 yards.

He became the . . .

Miami defense aims to stay at/near top

4/26/2017

Nate Trawick started all 13 games in 2016, recording 35 tackles and 2.5 sacks. (MVSmith/MRO)

By MIKE SMITH
Miami coach Chuck Martin may have been a rookie head coach at the D-1 level when he arrived in Oxford to lead the Miami RedHawks grid program, but he had been around football way more than enough to know that line play will dictate many things. He therefore made it a priority to bolster the MU’s lines, and those efforts appeared to be paying dividends as Miami went on a 2016 second half run that carried the RedHawks to a share of the MAC East title and also a bowl game appearance.

Miami returns much of its cast on both sides of the ball in 2017, so there is renewed optimism on many levels in RedHawk country.

“You can just feel . . .

White downs Blue at Akron scrimmage

4/23/2017

AKRON, Ohio – Akron football's White squad edged out its Blue counterpart, 24-3, in the Zips' annual Spring Game on Saturday afternoon at InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field.

The White squad, coached by associate head coach and defensive coordinator Chuck Amato and his defensive staff, went 16-of-25 for 288 yards passing and three touchdowns, one each from the three quarterbacks.
The Blue squad, coached by offensive coordinator and . . .

RedHawks wrap up spring work

4/23/2017

Dominique Robinson was one of the young players getting valuable reps in the Spring Showcase. (MVSmith/MRO)

By MIKE SMITH
If the Miami RedHawks final spring practice of 2017 lacked some of the pizzazz MU fans are expecting this fall, there was a pretty good reason – HEALTH!!

Although the spring ‘Hawks have generally avoided the kind of catastrophic injury that took out quarterback Gus Ragland for half of 2016-17, “nicked up” players dotted the sideline Saturday as MU took its Spring Showcase inside. Chilly, windy and damp weather prevailed outside, so it was decided earlier in the week to move the event to adjacent Dauch Indoor Sports Complex.

Both Ragland and . . .

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MAC players part of NFL free agent scramble

Lions add EMU’s O’Connor to draft haul

Pittsburg picks WMU lineman Adams

Bulls TE Shreck picked by Bengals

Ohio LB Brown gets nod from Jaguars

Rockets’ Roberts happy with Detroit

Ohio’s Basham headed to Indianapolis

WMU’s Moton will join Panthers

Chiefs claim Toledo’s Hunt

NIU’s Golladay goes to Lions

OU loses Simmons, adds another guard

Broncos' Davis is first receiver picked at NFL draft

Miami defense aims to stay at/near top

White downs Blue at Akron scrimmage

RedHawks wrap up spring work

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