You know the drill. For those just joining the feed, read the frickin' prologue. For the rest of you, here's the second part of the 2024 Draft Day Party Hangover live feed. Rounds 2 and 3 are more rapid-fire than the first, as seven minutes are allotted to each pick tonight.
6:11pm: The Bills, having traded out of last night's first round, kick off the second...or will they?
6:14pm: The answer to my post-ellipsis question is "yes."
6:17pm: BREAKING NEWS! Florida State's Keon Coleman is the first pick of the second round, and that's enough to put the Seminoles in Draft Day Party Hangover territory with the minimum twelve points! One year ago, only one pick came from FSU, and that was a fifth-round selection.
6:28pm: Ruke Orhorhoro of Clemson has gone to the Falcons, which puts the Tigers at the minimum twelve points. However, that's only half of what they incurred last year.
6:45pm: BREAKING NEWS! T'Vondre Sweat of Texas goes to the Titans, putting the Longhorns at nineteen points, three more than a year ago.
7:09pm: Jackson Powers-Johnson of Oregon has gone to the Raiders, putting the Ducks at the minimum twelve points. However, that's four fewer than a year ago.
7:21pm: The first Minnesota Gopher and first (pure) safety off the board is Tyler Nubin to the Giants. Five straight years that my alma mater has produced a first- or second-round pick!
7:26pm: Kris Jenkins of Michigan has gone to the Bengals, which puts the defending national champs at the minimum twelve points. But that's fewer than half of what the Wolverines had last year.
7:46pm: Michael Hall of Ohio St has gone to the Browns, putting the Buckeyes at the minimum twelve points. But that's well fewer than half last year's haul.
8:08pm: BREAKING NEWS! Blake Fisher of Notre Dame goes to the Texans, giving the Irish twelve points and one more than a year ago.
8:16pm: BREAKING NEWS! The host Lions select Ennis Rakestraw out of Missouri, giving the Tigers the minimum twelve points for Draft Day Party Hangover. That's quadruple the points of a year ago for Mizzou.
8:28pm: The 49ers conclude Round 2 with Renardo Green out of Florida State. So far in the draft, 34 schools have had a pick, but that's six fewer than a year ago. Only two Group of Five picks and no smaller programs have had picks so far. As for the Power Five (2023 alignments), seven Big Ten schools, six from the Pac-12, nine from the SEC and six from the Big 12 (same number of ACC schools as before, including Notre Dame, which competes in the conference in other sports except ice hockey) have had at least one. A dozen schools have had a pick in both rounds so far.
8:36pm: While I was typing the above, Malachi Corley of Western Kentucky became the first G5 player from outside the MAC to be picked, as he went to the Cardinals to kick off the third round.
9:01pm: And now both CFP finalists have had a pick in each round so far, as Bralen Trice goes to the Falcons after Junior Colson followed his college coach Jim Harbaugh to the Chargers.
9:06pm: Kiran Amegadjie of Yale is the first small-school pick, going to the Bears.
9:27pm: Tip Reiman of Illinois has gone to the Cardinals, giving the Illini thirteen points. However, they are still five points away from a year ago.
9:32pm: BREAKING NEWS! Roman Wilson of Michigan goes to the Steelers after his college teammate Blake Corum went to the Rams with the pick immediately before that. The national champs have 29 Draft Day Party Hangover points, one more than last year, giving the Wolverines the condition.
9:47pm: Marshawn Lloyd of USC has gone to the Packers, giving the Trojans fifteen points. However, they are still two points away from a year ago.
10:03pm: BREAKING NEWS! Adisa Isaac of Penn St goes to the Ravens, giving the Nittany Lions 22 points. That's the same as last year, which is enough for Draft Day Party Hangover.
10:08pm: We are into the compensatory picks, as the Dolphins forfeited their normal pick this round for tampering with Tom Brady. I thought he was retired!
10:22pm: Luke McCaffrey (Christian's brother) is the final pick of Round 3 and the second night, going to the Commanders. After two nights, 47 schools have had a pick (seven fewer than a year ago), including seven from beyond the Power Five. Two are FCS members in Yale and Houston Christian. In addition to the MAC, Conference USA is represented twice over by WKU and, of course, Rice. As for the Power Five, eight cases of Draft Day Party Hangover have been diagnosed with one day remaining.
Power Five breakdown, two nights in: ACC + Notre Dame 9, Big Ten 8, Big 12 8, Pac-12 (RIP) stays at 7, SEC 8. Seven schools, including three participants in last year's College Football Playoff--Michigan, Washington and Alabama--plus Florida State, Georgia, Mizzou and Notre Dame, are eligible to "shoot the moon." That's a term I use for having a pick in every round of the NFL Draft.
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