{"id":119839,"date":"2021-05-02T13:41:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T17:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839//?p=119839"},"modified":"2021-05-07T14:39:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T18:39:03","slug":"ucf-football-sets-new-record-at-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839//ucf-football-sets-new-record-at-nfl-draft/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Football Sets New Record at NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"
A program-record five UCF football student-athletes were selected in the 2021 NFL Draft over the weekend, topping the previous school record of four, set both in 2003 and again in 2018./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839/n
Safety Richie Grant /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839/u201920 went 40th overall to the Atlanta Falcons in the second round; Aaron Robinson /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839/u201920 was picked 71st overall by the New York Giants in the third round; Jacob Harris /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839/u201919 went 141st to the Los Angeles Rams in the fourth round; Tay Gowan /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839/u201920 was taken 223rd overall by the Arizona Cardinals in the sixth round; and Tre Nixon /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839/u201919 went 242nd overall to the New England Patriots in the seventh round./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839/n UCF had more student-athletes drafted in 2021 than 100% of American Athletic Conference teams, 80% of Big 12 teams, 79% of Big Ten teams, 79% of ACC teams, 75% of Pac-12 teams and 57% of SEC teams./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119839/n