Ohio State lost a member of its secondary for the second day in a row when cornerback Gareon Conley, a redshirt junior, announced via Instagram that he will pass up his final season of college eligibility and enter the 2017 NFL Draft.
On Monday Ohio State safety Malik Hooker announced his intention to turn pro, and now Conley has followed.
"I wanna thank God cause I didn't earn any of this he blessed me," Conley wrote, "and I took advantage of the blessings and I'm just glorifying him.
"Mannnnn it's been a wonderful journey from recruiting to playing in the shoe. I feel like the past four years have really expanded and opened my mind and made me grow as a student an athlete and a man! It's been an honor to play as a buckeye and a silver bullet and also to be apart of the great secondary this past year! I wanna thank everyone from family to friends to buckeye nation for all the love and support it's a tremendous blessing to have played for yall.
"Most importantly I wanna thanks all my team mates who I was in the trenches with and through thick and thin I love y'all boys and y'all my brothas for life once a buckeye always a buckeye! I have decided to declare for the 2017 NFL draft. I wanna thank God cause I didn't earn any of this he blessed me and I took advantage of the blessings and I'm just glorifying him. Thanks again buckeye nation #HowSheGoneEat #BIA #silverbullets #tbc ..."
Conley originally committed to Michigan while in high school before changing his mind and ending up at Ohio State.
Conley was a starter the past two seasons for the Buckeyes, and this season he was named to the second-team All-Big Ten team.
NFLDraftScout.com ranks Conley as the No. 71 draft prospect overall and the No. 9 prospect at his position.
