With The First Pick
Fansided

2020 NFL Draft: Selecting collegiate head coaches to needy teams

By Cory Kinnan

TAMPA, FL - JANUARY 09: Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide talks with head coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers after the Tigers defeated the Crimson Tide 35-31 in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship Game at Raymond James Stadium on January 9, 2017 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL - JANUARY 09: Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide talks with head coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers after the Tigers defeated the Crimson Tide 35-31 in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship Game at Raymond James Stadium on January 9, 2017 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
3 of 9
Next
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN – NOVEMBER 30: Head coach Ryan Day of the Ohio State Buckeyes reacts to a first half play while playing the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium on November 30, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN – NOVEMBER 30: Head coach Ryan Day of the Ohio State Buckeyes reacts to a first half play while playing the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium on November 30, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

2. 58. Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. . Ryan Day. Ohio State. player

With the second pick in the draft, Washington selects Ryan Day, Ohio State. Jay Gruden was a dead man walking this season, far before the videos of him hanging out at the club late night. They drafted Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins in the first round of last year’s draft, and who better to groom him in his NFL career than the man that found him in the first place in Day?

Ryan Day remains a wildcard, because nobody really knows what is deep aspirations are; does he want to stay at the college level, or does he want to work his way into the pros and become a household name at the highest level? While he just signed a massive deal with the Buckeyes last year when Urban Meyer stepped down, there is nothing holding Day back from taking the leap as early as one year later.

During his time as the interim head coach for the Buckeyes last year, Day went undefeated in his three game reign. This year, Day has been a little more impressive than just 3-0, as he has the Buckeyes undefeated, in the Big Ten title game this weekend, and as the top ranked team in the nation.

Day and Haskins have familiarity, making this fit a natural one for both the head coach and for Washington.

Home/Mock Drafts