Michigan Football: The 12 Wolverine draft candidates for 2021

The 2020 NFL draft had 10 Michigan football players taken, the second-highest in history. Could 2021 break the record?

The 2020 NFL draft started slowly if you were one of the 11 Michigan football players invited to the combine. Even those who weren’t permitted into the NFL’s campground for scouting, there was still the potential of landing with time left in the sixth or seventh round, but not with the lack of Wolverines being selected.

Cesar Ruiz lasted all the way to pick 24. Then, 35 organizations submitted names of college athletes, none of them played in Ann Arbor. At 60, the Patriots reunited Chase Winovich with the hybrid linebacker Josh Uche, who will likely join Chase on the line.

Two days, two Michigan men off the board.

Day three was eventful, however, as the rest of the starting lineman not named Mayfield (he wasn’t eligible) learned of their destination as well as four other Wolverines. 10 Michigan football players drafted with two others finding their place in the NFL on undrafted free agent (UDFA) deals.

Now, with the 2020 draft is in the past, it’s time to turn our attention to the 2021 season and the NFL draft that follows.

The 13 potential draftees will be broken down by the day they will likely be taken (for example: Day 3 = Round 4-7, Day 2 = Round 2-3, Day 1 = Round 1).

Additionally, juniors will be included in this hypothetical draft if it is believed they will leave on the condition they have a season worthy of becoming a pro.

Here we go: