With the recently completely NFL draft who were the ACC schools that were winners and who were the losers?
Winners
Pittsburgh
Pitt led the ACC with 6 draft NFL Drafts Picks, and despite a pedestrian 6-5 2020 season where the Panthers failed to met expectations that’s a win. We’re talking about the draft not the season. Below is why it’s a such a win. Pat Narduzzi can sell this draft to recruits in a big a way. Whether it translates in wins/losses who knows, but it sure can’t hurt.
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— Pat Narduzzi (@CoachDuzzPittFB) May 2, 2021
North Carolina
Mack Brown had 5 players drafted in this past years NFL draft. These were players primarily recruited by Larry Fedora who won 5 games his last two years. Brown is already recruiting well, and now he can add a big plus in player development. Next year they could have a top 10 pick in QB Sam Howell. Brown has plenty to sell in Chapel Hill.
Losers
Clemson
How can a team that had the number 1 pick in the draft, and another first rounder plus 3 more NFL picks have a so-so draft? When you are Clemson you aren’t competing with the rest of the ACC for talent. You are competing with recent national champions and perennial playoff teams like Alabama and Ohio State. Both had twice as many NFL draft picks as Clemson. LSU who thumped Clemson the year before had more NFL picks. I expect Clemson to continue to be among they very best college football teams, but if you want keep up with Alabama you better get closer in producing pro talent.
Virginia
Virginia is a year a removed from participating in the ACC Championship and going to the Orange Bowl, but when you have ZERO NFL draft picks that’s going to leave a mark. Bronco Mendenhall definitely gets a lot out of what he has, but throwing up a goose egg in the NFL draft and being the only ACC team to do so – well you probably don’t want to repeat that.
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