Arizona Wildcats

Paul Magloire

 Courtesy Arizona Athletics

No Arizona Wildcats were selected in the 2017 NFL draft, which concluded Saturday afternoon.

This year’s draft marked the second in the past three in which no Arizona players were picked. Safety Will Parks (sixth round) and linebacker Scooby Wright (seventh) were the UA’s representatives in the 2016 draft.

Two Arizona players were considered draftable this year: linebacker Paul Magloire Jr. and receiver Trey Griffey. Both participated in the East-West Shrine Game.

Several analysts not affiliated with NFL teams praised Magloire during the pre-draft run-up. Matt Miller of Bleacher Report ranked Magloire 20th among “off-ball” linebackers and 180th overall. That would have put him at the back end of the fifth round.

Magloire tweeted after the draft that he will sign with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a free agent:

Griffey also is expected to sign with a club as a free agent. A handful of other UA players could sign later today or Sunday.

Only one player from the two Division I schools in Arizona got picked in this year’s draft: Arizona State kicker Zane Gonzalez, whom the Cleveland Browns selected in the seventh round.

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