Draft anxious time for Sanzenbacher, ex-OSU players

By: Matt Markey (ToledoBlade.com) -

COLUMBUS — In the three or four months since his amateur career ended, Dane Sanzenbacher has been continually educated in the nuances of professional football. As he looks forward to the NFL draft over the next few days, the course is incomplete.

“From the time the Sugar Bowl was over, this all became a business,” Ohio State’s 2010 MVP said.

“You’re part of this team, this big group of coaches and players, in everything you do over your four years, and then it all changes, just overnight. Basically, you’re just a guy looking for a job in the business of professional football.”

Sanzenbacher is one of 10 Buckeyes who received that baptism by fire into the unique machinations of the pro world. Some of them were poked and probed and tested at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis and then a second time at the pro workout day held at the Woody Hayes Center.

After collecting all of that data and film from four years of games and practices, the NFL’s masters of smart retreated to their formerly smoke-filled rooms and deliberated. When the draft starts Thursday night, the business decisions will come in rapid-fire order……

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