Page 26 - Van Lanen News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Seven Wisconsin Badgers find NFL homes By: Van Bassindale MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The NFL Draft was good to a talented class of Wisconsin Badgers NFL hopefuls this weekend. Seven Badgers are officially with an NFL team as of Sunday, with three officially drafted and four more signing on as undrafted free agents. Defensive lineman Isaiahh Loudermilk went first, getting drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fifth round. Loudermilk was followed by defensive back Rachad Wildgoose who is headed to Buffalo as the Bills sixth round selection. Just...

Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images On Day 3 of the 2021 NFL Draft the first Wisconsin Badgers player was taken when Isaiahh Loudermilk was drafted by the Steelers in the fifth round. Later on Saturday, CB Rachad Wildgoose was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the sixth round with pick No. 213. A mere one pick later and OL Cole Van Lanen was taken by the hometown Green Bay Packers! Related Our resident draft expert, and former offensive lineman himself, Owen Riese had this to say about Van Lanen in his scouting report: Cole Van Lanen was the first big recruit that Paul Ch...

Round 1 Pick 29 Eric Stokes  CB  Georgia   Stokes is a 6-1, 190 pound, extremely fast defensive back who more than held his own in the competitive Southeastern Conference.   He went up against top flight receivers from LSU’s Justin Jefferson who lit up a rookie season with the Vikings to his LSU counterpart Ja’Mar Chase, the first receiver off the board this weekend.  Throw in Alabama’s tandem of Heisman winner DeVontae Smith and Jaylen Waddle, also top 10 picks, and Stokes is ready for what the NFL has to offer.   He has a very good chance to be on the field a lot this fall for...

Round 1 Pick 29 Eric Stokes  CB  Georgia   Stokes is a 6-1, 190 pound, extremely fast defensive back who more than held his own in the competitive Southeastern Conference.   He went up against top flight receivers from LSU’s Justin Jefferson who lit up a rookie season with the Vikings to his LSU counterpart Ja’Mar Chase, the first receiver off the board this weekend.  Throw in Alabama’s tandem of Heisman winner DeVontae Smith and Jaylen Waddle, also top 10 picks, and Stokes is ready for what the NFL has to offer.   He has a very good chance to be on the ...

Round 1 Pick 29 Eric Stokes  CB  Georgia   Stokes is a 6-1, 190 pound, extremely fast defensive back who more than held his own in the competitive Southeastern Conference.   He went up against top flight receivers from LSU’s Justin Jefferson who lit up a rookie season with the Vikings to his LSU counterpart Ja’Mar Chase, the first receiver off the board this weekend.  Throw in Alabama’s tandem of Heisman winner DeVontae Smith and Jaylen Waddle, also top 10 picks, and Stokes is ready for what the NFL has to offer.   He has a very good chance to be on the field a lot this fall for...