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2016 NFL Draft First Round Grades

By Nathan Eberhardt

Feb 28, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; UCLA Bruins linebacker Jack Myles watches from the sidelines as he chooses not to run the 40 yard dash during the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 28, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; UCLA Bruins linebacker Jack Myles watches from the sidelines as he chooses not to run the 40 yard dash during the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports /
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The first round of the NFL Draft went off last night in Chicago. If you’ve followed any of the Go Joe Bruin crew on twitter, you know that, for UCLA Bruins fans, there was one bright spot (Kenny Clark at 27 to the Green Bay Packers) amidst a night of baffling frustration as all-world linebacker and athletic marvel Myles Jack did not hear his name called.

We knew that Jack’s stock was likely to suffer due to concerns about his knee injury, but I think most of us were expecting him to fall from the 5-7 range down to, say, the 12-15 range, not clear to the second round. Jack is taking things in stride, probably aided by the $5 million he’ll get from his insurance from having fallen out of the first round.

But stepping back a bit, here’s a larger picture of how the night went, and how each team fared in the first round.

1. player. 51. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. QB. Cal. Not Myles Jack

QB. North Dakota State. Not Myles Jack. 2. player. 54. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>

player. 13. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. DE. Ohio State. Not Myles Jack. 3

player. 123. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. RB. Ohio State. Not Myles Jack. 4

<strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. DB. Florida State. Not Myles Jack. 5. player. 52

player. 26. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. OT. Notre Dame. Not Myles Jack. 6

7. player. 42. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. DE. Oregon. Not Myles Jack

35. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. OT. Michigan State. Not Myles Jack. 8. player

57. <strong>Grade: Super dumb.</strong>. LB. Georgia. Not Myles Jack. 9. player

CB. Ohio State. Not Myles Jack. 10. player. 31. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>

48. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. CB. Florida. Not Myles Jack. 11. player

<strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. DL. Louisville. Not Myles Jack. 12. player. 15

Apr 28, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; Laremy Tunsil (Mississippi) is selected by the Miami Dolphins as the number thirteen overall pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft at Auditorium Theatre. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 28, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; Laremy Tunsil (Mississippi) is selected by the Miami Dolphins as the number thirteen overall pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft at Auditorium Theatre. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports /

Eh, kind of a steal, to be honest. Since Miami was one of the teams known to be comfortable with Jack’s injury, you have to wonder if the social media sabotage of <a href=. OT. Ole Miss. Not Myles Jack. 13. player. 59

Not Myles Jack. 14. player. 28. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. S. West Virginia

53. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. WR. Baylor. Not Myles Jack. 15. player

player. 50. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. OT. Ohio State. Not Myles Jack. 16

44. Jeff Ulbrich, first you enervate <strong>Lou Spanos</strong>‘ defense, then the <a href=. S. Florida. Not Myles Jack. 17. player

18. player. 46. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. C. Alabama. Not Myles Jack

16. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. DE. Clemson. Not Myles Jack. 19. player

30. <strong>Grade: Super dumb.</strong>. LB. Ohio State. Not Myles Jack. 20. player

21. player. 10. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. WR. Notre Dame. Not Myles Jack

player. 60. Oh, what could have been. <strong>Grade: Disappointingly dumb.</strong>. WR. Ole Miss. Not Myles Jack. 23

56. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. CB. Houston. Not Myles Jack. 24. player

Not Myles Jack. 25. player. 55. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. CB. Miami

Not Myles Jack. 26. player. 45. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. QB. Memphis

Nov 7, 2015; Corvallis, OR, USA; UCLA defensive lineman Kenny Clark (97) celebrates with teammates during the fourth quarter in a game against Oregon State at Reser Stadium. UCLA won 41-0. Mandatory Credit: Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 7, 2015; Corvallis, OR, USA; UCLA defensive lineman Kenny Clark (97) celebrates with teammates during the fourth quarter in a game against Oregon State at Reser Stadium. UCLA won 41-0. Mandatory Credit: Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports /

DT. UCLA. Kenny Clark. 27. player. 49. Clark is a great pick here for Green Bay. The dude is a cannonball that will just wreck stuff in the trenches, and he can get deep into the backfield well for an interior lineman. He’ll make a great team with fellow Bruin, DE <a href=

OG. Stanford. Not Myles Jack. 28. player. 42. Congratulations, San Francisco. You traded up into the first round so you could make the wrong choice twice. <strong>Grade: Double dumb.</strong>

player. 32. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. DL. Ole Miss. Not Myles Jack. 29

30. player. 87. <strong>Grade: Dumb.</strong>. DT. Louisiana Tech. Not Myles Jack

Texas A&amp;M. Not Myles Jack. 31. player. 36. To be honest, I’d have been a little sick to my stomach if Myles Jack went to play for <a href=. OT

Lesson: the NFL is dumb and should feel dumb for missing out on a generational talent like Myles Jack.

Next: NFL Draft: Myles Jack Avoided in the First Round

Go Bruins.