With round one of the NFL draft kicking off tonight, let’s take a look the history of Wildcats in the draft: - 181: The total number of Northwestern players that have been drafted all-time - 26: Amount of ‘cats drafted since 2000 - There have also been a pair of ‘cats taken in round one since 2000, Luis Castillo in 2005 (Chargers, 28th overall) and Napoleon Harris in 2002 (Raiders, 23rd overall) - What was the highest a Northwestern player was ever picked at? It’s a tie between QB Otto Graham (1944) and T Chris Hinton (1983) at the fourth overall pick - How about the first Northwestern player ever drafted? It was Wally Cruice in 1936 to the Green Bay Packers - This year, Northwestern’s NFL hopefuls include DE jgaziano97, DT alex.w.miller and OL j6r5d. Good luck in the next following days! - - - - - #B1GCats #nufootball #football #windycity #chicago #northwesternwildcats #northwestern #purplepride #evanston #illinois #bigten #nfl #college #cfbplayoff #wildcats #gocats #B1GFootball #nort...