Illinois football DT Johnny Newton snubbed in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft
The first round of the 2024 NFL Draft came and went, and the Illinois football team still has Johnny Newton on the board. There were a lot of “experts” who thought Newton was going in the first round. The former Illini consensus All-American had all of the accolades to be a first-round pick but that didn’t end up being the case. Coming into the night, Newton was projected to be somewhere in the 20s in the first round. I had his best landing spot as the No. 24 pick to the Dallas Cowboys. That didn’t end up being the case,...
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