Michigan football live updates from 2024 NFL Draft as Wolverines get selected
The clock is officially underway to see which players of Michigan football's national championship team will join the Maize and Blue NFL fraternity over the next three days: Welcome to the 2024 NFL Draft.
This year's NFL draft could be a historic one for the Wolverines as they are chasing Georgia's 2022 NFL draft record (15) of most selections in an NFL draft from one program.
Eighteen Michigan players are eligible for this year's NFL draft, highlighted by starting quarterback J.J. McCarthy — who is a projected top-three overall pick by some NFL draft analysts. The other 17 Wolverines include:
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Offense: Blake Corum, Roman Wilson, Cornelius Johnson, AJ Barner, Karsen Barnhart, LaDarius Henderson, Trevor Keegan, Trente Jones, Drake Nugent and Zak Zinter
Defense: Kris Jenkins, Michael Barrett, Mike Sainristil, Junior Colson, Jaylen Harrell, Braiden McGregor and Josh Wallace
Here's what you need to know about each of Michigan's players who get their names called in the 2024 NFL Draft, including their new landing spots:
Michigan football players selected in 2024 NFL Draft
NOTE: This section will be updated as picks are made during the NFL draft involving the Wolverines:
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All-time Michigan football draft classes:
Michigan is looking to break its all-time record for most players selected in one NFL draft of 11 players, which occurred back during the 2017 NFL Draft.
Here's a list of the top five results for how many Wolverines have been selected in a singular NFL draft the draft was reduced to seven rounds in 1994:
2017 — 11 draft picks
2020 — 10 draft picks
2023 — nine draft picks
2021 — eight draft picks
2007 — seven draft picks
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan football in 2024 NFL Draft: Every player picked, live updates
