{"id":266162,"date":"2026-04-25T18:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T18:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/266162\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T18:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T18:59:07","slug":"see-which-texas-am-players-go-on-day-3-of-the-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/266162\/","title":{"rendered":"See which Texas A&#038;M players go on Day 3 of the NFL draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Through the first two days of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/nfl-draft\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">NFL draft<\/a>, no school in the Lone Star State has had more draft picks than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-am-aggies\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Texas A&amp;M<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Keep track of where the Aggies&#8217; draft prospects landed, either as a Day 3 draft selection or as an undrafted free agent.<\/p>\n<p>Round 4, No. 129 overall: The Carolina Panthers have selected defensive back Will Lee III in the fourth round.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Blanket\u201d made his way to College Station in 2024 following a season at Kansas State and two years at Iowa Western Community College.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He totaled 92 tackles, 20 passes defended and two interceptions during his two seasons with the Aggies. He was also named a Second Team All-SEC player in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The St. Louis, Mo. native brings a good size at 6-1 and 189 pounds and showed good athleticism at the combine with an elite 42-inch vertical and 11 foot broad jump. NFL draft analyst Lance Zierlien wrote before the draft that Lee profiles as a \u201cquality backup and eventual starter as a prospect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned here for updates!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Through the first two days of the NFL draft, no school in the Lone Star State has had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28,95969,88145,89124],"class_list":{"0":"post-266162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-texas","9":"tag-texas-headlines","10":"tag-texas-news","11":"tag-tp-texas-a-m-aggies","12":"tag-tp-colleges","13":"tag-tp-nfl-draft"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}