The 24 players selected in this years draft will need to continuously contribute to their respective teams in order for their "small school" label to fade away. Following is a summary of all the FCS players selected in this year's draft.
1st Round
No. 19 — Northern Iowa OL Trevor Penning (Saints)
No. 29 — Chattanooga OL Cole Strange (Patriots)
2nd Round
No. 34 — NDSU WR Christian Watson (Packers)
No. 58 — Montana State LB Troy Andersen (Falcons)
4th Round
No. 127 — South Dakota State RB Pierre Strong Jr. (Patriots)
No. 136 — North Dakota State OL Cordell Volson (Bengals)
No. 142 — South Carolina State CB Decobie Durant (Rams)
5th Round
No. 155 — North Dakota OL Matt Waletzko (Cowboys)
No. 157 — Sam Houston CB Zyon McCollum (Bucs)
No. 159 — Missouri State DT Eric Johnson (Colts)
No. 162 — Samford WR Montrell Washington (Broncos)
No. 168 — Southern Utah OL Braxton Jones (Bears)
6th Round
No. 185 — Villanova CB Christian Benford (Bills)
No. 187 Fordham OL Nick Zakelj (49ers)
No. 192 Youngstown State TE Andrew Ogletree (Colts)
No. 217 Jackson State LB James Houston (Lions)
7th Round
No. 226 — Southern OL Ja’Tyre Carter (Bears)
No. 235 — Montana State DE Daniel Hardy (Rams)
No. 239 — Yale S Rodney Thomas II (Colts)
No. 241 — South Dakota State QB Chris Oladokun (Steelers)