After two long days and 256 players getting their names called out, the Hawkeyes ended up with 4 players selected in the NFL Draft. First picked was Shonn Greene by the New York Jet. Greene was the 65th pick overall and the first in the third round. Immediately following Greene was Bradley Fletcher, drafted by the St. Louis Rams. In the fourth round, Seth Olsen's name was called and he is headed to the Denver Broncos. The final Hawkeye selected was Brandon Myers by the Oakland Raiders. Myers was the 202nd pick overall and one of 20 tight ends drafted.

Player	Round	Pick(Overall)	Team
Shonn Greene	3	1(65)	Jets
Bradley Fletcher	3	2(66)	Rams
Seth Olsen	4	32(132)	Broncos
Brandon Myers	6	29(202)	Raiders

With 4 Hawkeyes selected, Iowa ties for 3rd in the Big Ten with Wisconsin for the most drafted. Ohio State was 1st with 7 players drafted, followed by Penn State with 5. In addition to the 4 drafted, 4 other Hawkeyes ended up being selected in the free agency. Mitch King signed with the Tennessee Titans, Rob Bruggeman signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Andy Brodell signed with the Green Bay Packers, and Matt Kroul joined Shonn Greene by signing with the New York Jets.

Iowa's TE Brandon Myers is headed to the Oakland Raiders. He was drafted at the end of the 6th round and was the 202nd overall draft pick. The Raiders traded their 7th round pick and their 2010 6th round pick to get Myers. He was the 7th player selected by Oakland, and join 2 other receivers, Darrius Heyward-Bey and Louis Murphy, as the Raiders looks to improve their passing game, the worst in the NFL averaging only 148 yards through the air a game. Myers is the 6th TE drafted from Iowa while Kirk Ferentz has been coaching and should fit into the Raider's offense well. The team like to feature the tight end in the passing game and last year TE Zach Miller was the team's leading receiver.

The annual Cy-Hawk game will have lower ticket prices this year. Instead of the very high $90 that Iowa State charged in 2007, the tickets will go on sale for $60 a ticket on August 3. The lower ticket prices should increase attendance to the rivalry game which only had an attendance of 49,516 in 2007 (over 7000 less than the Iowa State vs UNI game the week before). Not mentioned in the Des Moines Register article, but according to Iowa State's website, the $60 applies to hillside tickets only.

Iowa offensive lineman Seth Olsen was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 4th round. He was the 132nd overall pick and the 7th by Denver. So far in the draft, the Broncos have looked to increase their running threat picking up Georgia's quick RB Knowshon Moreno and North Carolina TE Richard Quinn, who is a very solid blocker.

Bradley Fletcher was the 2nd pick of the third round and is headed to the St. Louis Rams. Fletcher is the second Hawkeye to be drafted, right behind Shonn Greene. Fletcher should be able to make an immediate impact on a defense that was near the bottom in the NFL against the pass. Opposing quarterbacks had a QB rating of 92.5 and averaged over 8 yards per completion. Only Detroit gave up more yards per completion in the NFL last year.