O-D Alumni in 2015 NFL Draft Rounds 2 through 7

The 2015 NFL Draft is over and we want to give a big shout out to the fine young men from our Draft Projection list we released last week that found professional homes over the weekend!

RB Ameer Abdullah was selected in the 2nd round of the draft (54th overall) out of Nebraska by the Detroit Lions. Joining him as a second round pick (56th overall) is CB Senquez Golson. Golson played at Ole Miss and is joining the Pittsburgh Steelers.

WR Chris Conley from Georgia (3rd/76th), CB P.J. Williams from Florida State (3rd/78th), DE Henry Anderson from Stanford (3rd/93rd), and WR Ty Montgomery from Stanford (3rd/94th) were the next four O-D Alumni off the board and went to the Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints, Indianapolis Colts, and Green Bay Packers respectively.

The Chiefs selected their 2nd O-D Alum of the draft in the 4th round, 118th overall, as they chose LB Ramik Wilson out of Georgia. RB Mike Davis out of South Carolina also went in the 4th round (126th overall) to the San Francisco 49ers.

OT Tyrus Thompson (Oklahoma) was the next O-D All-American to go as the Minnesota Vikings made him the 185th overall pick in the 6th round. The Indianapolis Colts became the second NFL team to double dip on O-D players by choosing LB Amarlo Herrera in the 6th round with the 207th overall pick.

Finally, the Dallas Cowboys got in on the action in the 7th round, choosing OT Laurence Gibson with the 243rd pick out of Virginia Tech.

Congratulations are in order for each and every one of these outstanding athletes. We can't wait to see you turned loose in the NFL!

! UPDATE !

As a supplemental note to our earlier release, there were some pleasant surprises in this year's draft as well! We scoured the pundits' guides for our players but here were a few that didn't make the consensus prognostications but DID get selected:

DT Darius Philon was a 6th round pick (192nd overall) of the San Diego Chargers. Darius played collegiately with Arkansas and was a 2012 O-D Bowler.

The Cleveland Browns selected LB Hayes Pullard with the 219th pick in the Draft in the 7th round. After the 2010 O-D Bowl he was a part of, Hayes played his college ball with USC.

In the 7th round, 228th overall, the Minnesota Vikings selected OT Austin Shepherd out of Alabama. Austin played in the 2010 O-D All-American Bowl.

A special, separate congratulations are in order. The pundits whiffed, but we always believed!