After more than six hours of making picks, the third and final day of the 2016 NFL Draft is officially a thing of the past. It all started with Jared Goff of Cal going to the Los Angeles Rams to kick off the first round on Thursday, resumed when Emmanuel Ogbah went to the Cleveland Browns to start the second day and round on Friday, and then finally concluded with four complete rounds on Saturday.
NFL Draft results 2016: Full recap of third and final day
The final four rounds of the draft are in the books.
Cleveland once again had the top pick to get Saturday underway, and they used it on Wisconsin outside linebacker Joe Schobert, adding to an already impressive haul for the Browns. But the biggest pick of the day came one later at No. 100 overall, when the Oakland Raiders traded up to draft Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook, thought by many to be one of the top quarterbacks of the NFL Draft.
It's possible the Raiders felt that the Dallas Cowboys or San Diego Chargers, teams that held the No. 101 and No. 102 picks, respectively, might be looking at Cook as a potential future replacement for Tony Romo or Philip Rivers. Oakland felt strongly enough about Cook to move up and spend the fourth-round pick on him. It was a bit of a fall for Cook, who was considered one of the top players remaining when Day 2 got underway, but multiple quarterbacks were selected before him in the third round.
The actual consensus top player remaining going into Day 3 was Baylor nose tackle Andrew Billings, who may have slipped in the draft due to injury concerns. Billings is one of the strongest defensive lineman in a draft loaded with talent at the position, and he wound up going to the Cincinnati Bengals at No. 122 overall, the 24th pick in the fourth round. It's a great landing spot for him, as he should be able to take his time getting onto the field and will be able to take a reduced workload early on.
Before the fourth round got underway, the remaining two biggest names at the quarterback position wound up being drafted: Dak Prescott of Mississippi State went to the Cowboys at No. 135 overall, a compensatory selection, and Cardale Jones of Ohio State went to the Buffalo Bills at No. 139, the final pick of the fourth round and also a compensatory selection.
The fifth round didn't see much excitement or any really big names called, but the sixth round definitely had some intrigue. German wide receiver Mortiz Boehringer, who learned about the NFL when he saw clips of Adrian Peterson on YouTube, was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings at the start of the sixth round. Boehringer is the first German-born player without any playing experience on American soil to hear his name called in the NFL Draft. As a bonus, the Vikings are his favorite team.
Aside from a handful of quarterbacks not named Vernon Adams, the sixth round didn’t see any other significant action until No. 217 overall, when the Cowboys used a compensatory selection to select Rico Gathers, a Baylor basketball player they identified as a tight end. The last time he played football was when he was 13 years old.
The seventh round saw Ted Karras go to the New England Patriots. If the name is vaguely familiar, it's because his great uncle, Alex Karras, was a four-time NFL Pro Bowler before starring on the TV show Webster. It also saw the Miami Dolphins spending a pick on Brandon Doughty, a prolific quarterback who has led the FBS in passing for two consecutive years.
Arizona's Scooby Wright, one of the biggest names remaining in the draft, went at No. 250 to the Cleveland Browns, a compensatory selection. That was just a handful of picks away from Mr. Irrelevant, the final pick in the draft from the Tennessee Titans. That player was Kalan Reed of Southern Miss.
The draft ended with some big players still on the board, players who will attract plenty of attention as undrafted free agents. Safety Jeremy Cash, linebacker Dominique Alexander and guard Landon Turner are just three of those players, with a more comprehensive list available here.
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