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Michigan football ties program record with three first-round NFL draft picks

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The University of Michigan football team had a program-record-tying three players chosen in the first round of the NFL Draft , held Thursday ( April 24 ) evening at Lambeau Field and the adjacent Titletown District in Green Bay , Wisconsin .

Tight end Colston Loveland was chosen by the Chicago Bears with the 10th overall selection.

Defensive tackle Mason Graham was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the fifth overall pick and defensive tackle Kenneth Grant by the Miami Dolphins at No. 13 .

This is the seventh straight draft in which a Michigan player has been chosen in the first round.

Mason Graham is the highest drafted defensive tackle in school history.

It is the 11th time that Michigan has had multiple first -round NFL Draft picks.

JJ McCarthy , Mason Graham and Colston Loveland have been selected in the last two drafts.

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