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Utah Wraps Up 2020 NFL Draft With Seven Selections
4/25/2020 5:38 PM | Football
SALT LAKE CITY – The University of Utah football program was well represented during the 2020 NFL Draft this week as seven former players were taken in rounds 2-6.
Utah's seven players drafted is the second-most in school history after a program-record eight players were taken in 2017, also leading the Pac-12 and tying for fifth-most in the country this year. Six of the seven Utes drafted this week were from the defensive side of the ball, the most from Utah's defense taken in a single draft.
Entering the 2020 draft, Utah had 95 draftees during the modern era since 1970. With Utah's seven picks today, that brings the total to 102 with head coach Kyle Whittingham being at the helm for 52 of those chosen to become pros.
The Utes have had 12 total players drafted in the last two years and 21 in the last four, which is the most in school history in a two-year and four-year period. Utah's 21 draft picks in the past four years are also the most in the Pac-12 with Washington coming in second with 20.
Jaylon Johnson was the first Ute off the board on Friday night, going in the second round to the Chicago Bears as the 50th overall pick. He is the third member of the Utah secondary taken in the second round in the past four years and the 15th Ute in program history to go in the second.
Julian Blackmon and Terrell Burgess followed suit, joining their secondary squad member as pros after Blackmon was taken by the Indianapolis Colts and Burgess was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams, both in the third round. It is the fourth time that two-or-more players from the Utah secondary have gone in the same draft and the first time since 2017.
Utah's career rushing yards record-holder Zack Moss became the highest drafted running back since Del Rodgers (71st overall to Green Bay in 1982) when he was picked 86th overall to the Buffalo Bills in the third round. Moss is the fourth running back drafted in the Whittingham era and the first since 2017.
Utah's 2020 draft class was rounded out by three members of the defensive line as Leki Fotu, Bradlee Anae and John Penisini were taken on the last day. Fotu was taken in the fourth round to kick off Saturday's events with the 114th overall pick to the Arizona Cardinals while Anae went in the fifth to Dallas and Penisini was taken in the sixth by Detroit.
For a full recap of all seven of Utah's 2020 NFL Draftees, see the links below.
2020 NFL Draft Recap
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Utah's seven players drafted is the second-most in school history after a program-record eight players were taken in 2017, also leading the Pac-12 and tying for fifth-most in the country this year. Six of the seven Utes drafted this week were from the defensive side of the ball, the most from Utah's defense taken in a single draft.
Entering the 2020 draft, Utah had 95 draftees during the modern era since 1970. With Utah's seven picks today, that brings the total to 102 with head coach Kyle Whittingham being at the helm for 52 of those chosen to become pros.
The Utes have had 12 total players drafted in the last two years and 21 in the last four, which is the most in school history in a two-year and four-year period. Utah's 21 draft picks in the past four years are also the most in the Pac-12 with Washington coming in second with 20.
Jaylon Johnson was the first Ute off the board on Friday night, going in the second round to the Chicago Bears as the 50th overall pick. He is the third member of the Utah secondary taken in the second round in the past four years and the 15th Ute in program history to go in the second.
Julian Blackmon and Terrell Burgess followed suit, joining their secondary squad member as pros after Blackmon was taken by the Indianapolis Colts and Burgess was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams, both in the third round. It is the fourth time that two-or-more players from the Utah secondary have gone in the same draft and the first time since 2017.
Utah's career rushing yards record-holder Zack Moss became the highest drafted running back since Del Rodgers (71st overall to Green Bay in 1982) when he was picked 86th overall to the Buffalo Bills in the third round. Moss is the fourth running back drafted in the Whittingham era and the first since 2017.
Utah's 2020 draft class was rounded out by three members of the defensive line as Leki Fotu, Bradlee Anae and John Penisini were taken on the last day. Fotu was taken in the fourth round to kick off Saturday's events with the 114th overall pick to the Arizona Cardinals while Anae went in the fifth to Dallas and Penisini was taken in the sixth by Detroit.
For a full recap of all seven of Utah's 2020 NFL Draftees, see the links below.
2020 NFL Draft Recap
| Player | Round, Pick | Team | Content |
| Jaylon Johnson | 2nd, 50th | Chicago Bears | UtahUtes.com Release, When We Knew |
| Julian Blackmon | 3rd, 85th | Indianapolis Colts | UtahUtes.com Release, When We Knew |
| Zack Moss | 3rd, 86th | Buffalo Bills | UtahUtes.com Release, When We Knew |
| Terrell Burgess | 3rd, 104th | Los Angeles Rams | UtahUtes.com Release, When We Knew |
| Leki Fotu | 4th, 114th | Arizona Cardinals | UtahUtes.com Release, When We Knew |
| Bradlee Anae | 5th, 179th | Dallas Cowboys | UtahUtes.com Release, When We Knew |
| John Penisini | 6th, 197th | Detroit Lions | UtahUtes.com Release, When We Knew |
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