Rank:
54
Round Drafted:
59
College:
Ohio State
It’s athletic and talented Gareon Conley’s turn to lead the Ohio State cornerbacks, a position group that has seen its last three leaders drafted into the NFL with Bradley Roby and Eli Apple each first-round picks (Roby in 2014 to Denver and Apple this year to the New York Jets) and Doran Grant a fourth-round pick of Pittsburgh in 2015 … Conley is the only returning starter in the defensive secondary and he’ll leverage his 28 games played and 1,158 plays of experience with his younger teammates who are in the same position Conley was in this time last year: fighting for playing time … a fourth-year member of the team, Conley has played in every game the past two seasons, including 13 starts last year for the 12-1 Buckeyes … Conley has nine career passes defended – seven break-ups and two interceptions – and 65 total tackles … with a red-shirt year in 2013 behind him, Conley is a fourth-year member of the team and a two-time letterwinner … he is majoring in sport industry.