NFL Draft

It took three days, 253 picks, a selfie with the commissioner and a social media hacking, but the 2016 NFL Draft finally ended late Saturday night in Chicago. Which franchises and players fared best (and worst)? Find out:

Former NDSU Cornerback CJ Smith did not get drafted but he signed on with the Philadelphia Eagles.

The defending Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos used a fifth round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft on guard Connor McGovern, who is originally from North Dakota.

Thursday night, the Philadelphia Eagles chose North Dakota State's Carson Wentz as their quarterback of the future when they selected him second overall in the NFL Draft. Friday, Wentz addressed the Philadelphia media for the first time.

If only job offers in all of our lives could earn this kind of reaction.

Now that we know Carson Wentz is a Philadelphia Eagle, it is time to take a look at some other former NDSU players because Wentz is not necessarily the only player who recently left the Bison to have a future in the NFL.

Twitter has never been more alive in the state of North Dakota than it was Thursday night (4/28) when NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced that the Philadelphia Eagles had selected Carson Wentz with the second overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.

The MDU Resources Community Bowl was the place to be Thursday night, April 28th, as hundreds gathered together to celebrate Carson Wentz being drafted into the NFL.

The Philadelphia Eagles used the second overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft to select their quarterback of the future: North Dakota State's Carson Wentz.

Images via Getty Connor McGovern grew up in Fargo and is projected to be picked in the third or fourth round of the NFL Draft. See our previous story about him here. We caught up with McGovern to talk about how he has been preparing for the NFL...