The 2015 NFL draft came and went this past weekend, and when all was said and done, a total of 35 players from the Big Ten were selected. But while the Big Ten possessed the second-fewest total number of draftees among the Power Five conferences, the league should see a spike in players picked in 2016.
Particularly in the first round, where WalterFootball.com currently projects three Big Ten quarterbacks and a total of seven players from the conference to be taken in 2016. Four of those players come from Ohio State and two hail from Michigan State, and it's realistic to think both the Buckeyes and Spartans could add to those respective totals in the next year.
It's not just Columbus and East Lansing that possess talent, however, as the league finds itself particularly loaded with NFL prospects in 2015. With that in mind, let's take a look at each Big Ten school's top NFL draft prospect for the upcoming year.