The 11 players from D2 Football picked in this year's NFL draft is more than the past two years' drafts combined.

Missouri Southern DT Brandon Williams was the first and only D2 guy taken Friday. The Baltimore Ravens took him with the 94th overall pick in the third round.

PHOTOS | Brandon Williams http://bit.ly/ZPgMlO

Other MIAA players selected were Missouri Western DE David Bass (Oakland) and Northeastern State OT Michael Bowie (Seattle). They both had their names called in the seventh round.

Media Conference Calls: David Bass http://bit.ly/ZPgrQd | Michael Bowie http://bit.ly/ZPgyve

Here's the other players from D2 picked this year.

4th Round
OG Edmund Kugbila, Valdosta State (Carolina)

6th Round
C Eric Kush, Cal PA (Kansas City)
DE Rufus Johnson, Tarleton State DE (New Orleans)
OT Ryan Jensen, CSU-Pueblo (Baltimore)
DE Ty Powell, Harding (Seattle)

7th Round
WR Charles Johnson, Grand Valley State (Green Bay)
DE Armonty Bryant, East Central University (Cleveland)
OL Garrett Gilkey, Chadron State (Cleveland)

MIAA Free Agent Signings

OT Logan Freeman, Central Missouri (Oakland)
DE Travis Chappelear, Northwest Missouri (Cincinnati)
WR Tyler Shaw, Northwest Missouri (Arizona)
RB Michael Hill, Missouri Western (San Diego)
RB Denodus O'Bryant, Lindenwood (Indianapolis) http://bit.ly/ZPgb3D
WR Andrew Helmick, Lindenwood (Atlanta) http://bit.ly/ZPgb3D
CB O'Hara Fluellen, Lincoln (Seattle)

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