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FAU TO BE IN SEASON THREE OF AMAZON’S ‘THE COLLEGE TOUR’ SERIES

By Lisa Metcalf, FAU News Desk I February 7, 2022

Learning about Florida Atlantic University from the comfort of your couch has never been easier thanks to Amazon. FAU will be one of 15 universities featured in season three of Amazon’s “The College Tour” series. The episode will make its debut on Amazon Prime and IMDB TV on Tuesday, Feb. 8.

“The College Tour” is a new TV series created by Emmy-nominated and multi-award-

winning producers and tells the story of colleges and universities across the country. From campus life, academics, housing, sports, activities and much more, FAU’s 30-minute episode features 10 students and alumni along with countless faculty and staff cameos, offering an inside look at what it’s truly like being a student at the most diverse university in Florida.  

“Highlighting Florida Atlantic University on ‘The College Tour’ is an exciting way to bring our brilliant educational opportunities and incredible location to potential students everywhere,” said Maura Flaschner, executive director for undergraduate admissions. “Providing access to education is a key component of our mission, so offering this tour on so many platforms provides an in-depth look at the FAU experience for all potential Owls, near and far.”

Series’ host Alex Boylan saw a strong need for creating these ultimate virtual tours to better help high school students during the pandemic learn what colleges across America had to offer.

“The idea for ‘The College Tour’ TV series came to me from my 16-year-old niece. Because of the pandemic and finances, she wasn’t able to travel to tour colleges,” Boylan said. “So, using our skills as executive producers, we created a series inspired by her and millions of other young people who are interested in attending college.”

FAU’s episode can also currently be found on FAU’s  YouTube channel .

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Students and alumni share their stories on how they have achieved their success on and off-campus and the multiple opportunities they have gained from being on campus in Amazon Prime’s “The College Tour.”

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“The College Tour” host Alex Boylan poses with school mascot, Owlsley.

Samantha Sheradsky , Contributing Writer February 17, 2022

FAU is featured in a college tour series called “The College Tour” , an Amazon Prime series exhibiting universities across the U.S. 

“The College Tour” is shown on 18 different channels according to the creator and host, Alex Boylan, and is a useful source of information on colleges and universities.

“At the end of the day, we want the audience to see what FAU is like at home,” Boylan said.

Boylan is the host of multiple award-winning shows, including “The Chef’s Table” and “Animal Attractions.”

Boylan had the idea to create the show after taking his niece on a college tour in Los Angeles, Calif. two years ago.

“Higher education needs its own television show,” Boylan said to the UP.

FAU is one of 14 schools selected to be featured on the show’s third season based on student life, resource centers, atmosphere, and community. 

The universities featured have reached out to Boylan’s team to get featured in the show; however, FAU was an anomaly of sorts — a senior producer of “The College Tour” reached out to Boylan about FAU.

“FAU is an energetic and dynamic place that not only encourages students to forge their own path but gives them the tools they’ll need along the way,” Boylan said in the episode.

Ten students and alumni provided an inside scoop on what FAU has to offer. 

East Haven, Conn., native Michael Mancuso, a senior multimedia journalism major, was interviewed at the FAU Stadium about extracurricular activities and the on-campus job opportunities for students of different majors. 

Mancuso is involved in the South Florida Journal , a student-produced radio show covering news around the region. 

“Looking up to what I have experienced and accomplished leading up to graduation, I am forever grateful for my Owl community,” Mancuso said.

Junior education major Rhoda Hoods spoke about her time at the First Year’s Connections Mentoring Program. There, she was given a mentor who guided her through her first year of college and helped her with valuable resources through the Center of Teaching and Learning ( CTL ). 

Hoods advises FAU students to take advantage of the numerous opportunities available. She mentioned the Wilkes Honors College , which offers an all-honors curriculum and a “close-knit community.” 

“After earning my AA degree, I transferred to FAU from a local college. And let me tell you, as soon as I set foot on this campus, I felt welcomed and supported for achieving my goals,” Hoods said.

Felipe Rodriguez, also featured in the episode, graduated in 2021. He mentioned the advantages the Career Center has afforded him thus far in his job search.  

When it came to his future career, Rodriguez utilized the Success Network , a group of academic career and financial aid advisors who help students get ready for their next step in life.

“So if I can leave you with some words of advice, it would be to get to know your faculty, meet with your advisors, visit the FAU Career Center, join clubs, and most importantly maximize your social and academic resources,” Rodriguez said.

Boylan’s selection of unique students and alumni shows the diversity of the campus environment and what it is like to be part of the OWL Family. 

“The College Tour” shows FAU’s true nature along with the opportunities that high school students can experience when they come to the campus. 

“I am proud to tell the story of FAU,” Boylan said.

Samantha Sheradsky is a contributing writer for the University Press. For more information regarding this or other stories, email [email protected] or DM her on Twitter @samtheham132

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Here are the colleges with the most players drafted in the 2024 NFL draft:

2024 NFL draft concludes with Round 7️⃣

That's a wrap as the 2024 NFL draft has come to an end. In the seventh and final round, 37 players were selected with a total of 20 defensive players and 17 offensive players. 

Holy Cross' C. J. Hanson was the final FCS player selected in the 2024 NFL draft — rounding out the 11 total FCS players selected this year.

DRAFTED ‼️ C.J. Hanson is headed to the @Chiefs — as the first Crusader to be selected in the @NFLDraft since 1989! #GoCrossGo pic.twitter.com/6F9T4Q7iNd — Holy Cross Football (@HCrossFB) April 27, 2024

The Buffalo Bills selected their very first International Pathway Program player Travis Clayton from England. The Mr. Irrelevant title went to Alabama's Jaylen Key (safety), the 257th overall pick heading to the New York Jets.

Full results from Round 7 of the NFL draft: 

• 221. Buffalo Bills (from Kansas City): Travis Clayton, OT, Bills International Pathway Program Player
• 222. Washington Commanders: Javontae Jean-Baptiste, Edge, Notre Dame
• 223. Las Vegas Raiders (from New England): Trey Taylor, SAF, Air Force
• 224. Cincinnati Bengals (from Houston): Daijahn Anthony, SAF, Mississippi
• 225. Los Angeles Chargers: Brenden Rice, WR, USC
• 226. Arizona Cardinals (from New York Giants): Jaden Davis, DB, Miami
• 227. Cleveland Browns (from Tennessee): Myles Harden, CB, South Dakota
• 228. Baltimore Ravens (from New York Jets): Nick Samac, C, Michigan State
• 229. Las Vegas Raiders (from Minnesota): MJ Devonshire, CB, Pittsburgh
• 230. Minnesota Vikings (from Arizona): Michael Jurgens, C, Wake Forest
• 231. New England Patriots (from Chicago): Jaheim Bell, TE, Florida State
• 232. Minnesota Vikings (from Houston): Levi Drake Rodriguez, DT, Texas A&M-Commerce
• 233. Dallas Cowboys (from Las Vegas): Nathan Thomas, OT, Louisiana-Lafayette
• 234. Indianapolis Colts: Jonah Laulu, DT, Oklahoma
• 235. Denver Broncos (from Seattle): Devaughn Vele, WR, Utah
• 236. Jacksonville Jaguars: Myles Cole, DE, Texas Tech
• 237. Cincinnati Bengals: Matt Lee, C, Miami
• 238. Houston Texans (from New Orleans): Solomon Byrd, Edge, USC
• 239. New Orleans Saints (from Denver): Josiah Ezirim, OT, Eastern Kentucky
• 240. Carolina Panthers (from Pittsburgh): Michael Barrett, LB, Michigan
• 241. Miami Dolphins: Tahj Washington, WR, USC
• 242. Tennessee Titans (from Philadelphia): James Williams, SAF, Miami
• 243. Cleveland Browns: Jowon Briggs, DT, Cincinnati
• 244. Dallas Cowboys: Justin Rogers, DT, Auburn 
• 245. Green Bay Packers: Michael Pratt, QB, Tulane
• 246. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Devin Culp, TE, Washington
• 247. Houston Texans: Marcus Harris, DT, Auburn 
• 248. Kansas City Chiefs (from Buffalo): C. J. Hanson, G, Holy Cross
• 249. Houston Texans (from Detroit): LaDarius Henderson, G, Michigan
• 250. Baltimore Ravens: Sanoussi Kane, SAF, Purdue
• 251. San Francisco 49ers: Tatum Bethune, LB, Florida State
• 252. Tennessee Titans (from Kansas City): Jaylen Harrell, Edge, Michigan
• 253. Los Angeles Chargers (compensatory selection): Cornelius Johnson, WR, Michigan
• 254. Los Angeles Rams (compensatory selection): KT Leveston, G, Kansas State
• 255. Green Bay Packers (compensatory selection): Kalen King, CB, Penn State
• 256. Denver Broncos (from New York Jets, compensatory selection): Nick Gargiulo, C, South Carolina
• 257. New York Jets (compensatory selection): Jaylen Key, SAF, Alabama

Round 6️⃣ Results

One more round to go! During the sixth round of the 2024 NFL draft, Alabama kicker Will Reichard was selected by the Minnesota Vikings as the 203rd overall pick — marking the first kicker to be taken off the board.

WILL THE THRILL!!! 🙌 Congratulations, @WillReichard #RollTide pic.twitter.com/ILkKFrOGAJ — Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) April 27, 2024

To keep the QB train moving, Joe Milton III (Tennessee) was selected 193rd overall by the New England Patriots and Devin Leary (Kentucky) was selected 218th overall by the Baltimore Ravens. 

Full results from Round 6 of the NFL draft: 

• 177. Minnesota Vikings (from Jacksonville): Walter Rouse, OT, Oklahoma
• 178. Pittsburgh Steelers (from Carolina) : Logan Lee, DT, Iowa
• 179. Seattle Seahawks (from Washington): Sataoa Laumea, G, Utah
• 180. New England Patriots: Marcellas Dial, CB, South Carolina
• 181. Los Angeles Chargers: Kimani Vidal, RB, Troy
• 182. Tennessee Titans (from Philadelphia): Jha'Quan Jackson, WR, Tulane
• 183. New York Giants: Darius Muasau, LB, UCLA
• 184. Miami Dolphins (from Chicago): Malik Washington, WR, Virginia
• 185. Philadelphia Eagles (from New York Jets): Johnny Wilson, WR, Florida State
• 186. Atlanta Falcons (from Arizona): Jase McClellan, RB, Alabama
• 187. Atlanta Falcons: Casey Washington, WR, Illinois
• 188. Houston Texans (from Minnesota): Jamal Hill, LB, Oregon
• 189. Detroit Lions (from Houston): Mekhi Wingo, DT, LSU
• 190. Philadelphia Eagles (from New York Jets): Dylan McMahon, C, N.C. State
• 191. Arizona Cardinals (from Indiana): Tejhaun Palmer, WR, UAB 
• 192. Seattle Seahawks: DJ James, CB, Auburn
• 193. New England Patriots (from Jacksonville): Joe Milton III, QB, Tennessee
• 194. Cincinnati Bengals: Tanner McLachlan, TE, Arizona
• 195. Pittsburg Steelers: Ryan Watts, CB, Texas
• 196. Los Angeles Rams: Tyler Davis, DT, Clemson
• 197. Atlanta Falcons (from Cleveland) : Zion Logue, DT, Georgia
• 198. Miami Dolphins: Patrick McMorris, SAF, California
• 199. New Orleans Saints (from Philadelphia): Khristian Boyd, DT, Northern Iowa
• 200. Carolina Panthers (from Buffalo) : Jaden Crumedy, DT, Mississippi State
• 201. Indianapolis Colts (from Philadelphia): Micah Abraham, CB, Marshall
• 202. Green Bay Packers: Travis Glover, OT, Georgia State
• 203. Minnesota Vikings (from New York Jets): Will Reichard, K, Alabama
• 204. Buffalo Bills: Tylan Grable, OT, UCF
• 205. Houston Texans (from Detroit): Jawhar Jordan, RB, Louisville
• 206. Cleveland Browns (from Baltimore): Nathaniel Watson, LB, Mississippi State
• 207. Seattle Seahawks (from Denver): Michael Jerrell, OT, Findlay
• 208. Las Vegas Raiders (from Kansas City): Dylan Laube, RB, New Hampshire
• 209. Los Angeles Rams (compensatory selection): Joshua Karty, K, Stanford
• 210. Detroit Lions (from Philadelphia, compensatory selection): Christian Mahogany, G, Boston College
• 211. Kansas City Chiefs (from San Francisco, compensatory selection): Kamal Hadden, CB, Tennessee
• 212. Jacksonville Jaguars (compensatory selection): Cam Little, K, Arkansas
• 213. Los Angeles Rams (compensatory selection): Jordan Whittington, WR, Texas
• 214. Cincinnati Bengals (compensatory selection): Cedric Johnson, Edge, Mississippi
• 215. San Francisco 49ers (compensatory selection): Jarrett Kingston, G, USC
• 216. Dallas Cowboys (compensatory selection): Ryan Flournoy, WR, Southeast Missouri State
• 217. Los Angeles Rams (compensatory selection): Beaux Limmer, C, Arkansas
• 218. Baltimore Ravens (from New York Jets, compensatory selection): Devin Leary, QB, Kentucky
• 219. Buffalo Bills (from Green Bay, compensatory selection): Daequan Hardy, CB, Penn State
• 220. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (compensatory selection): Elijah Klein, G, Texas-El Paso

The final round of the 2024 draft is underway. Follow this page for updates after each round.  

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Round 5️⃣ results

Five rounds down, only two more to go! The fifth round in the 2024 NFL draft saw the first quarterback selected since Round 1 when South Carolina's Spencer Rattler was taken 150th overall by the New Orleans Saints. 

At No. 150, the #Saints take South Carolina QB Spencer Rattler. That’s 138 picks from the sixth QB to the seventh. — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 27, 2024

The 138 picks between QB selections broke the NFL draft record for most picks in between quarterback selections. 

Full results from Round 5 of the NFL draft: 

• 136. Seattle Seahawks (from Denver): Nehemiah Pritchett, CB, Auburn
• 137. Los Angeles Chargers (from New England): Tarheeb Still, CB, Maryland 
• 138. Arizona Cardinals: Xavier Thomas, Edge, Clemson
• 139. Washington Commanders: Jordan Magee, LB, Temple 
• 140. Los Angeles Chargers: Cam Hart, CB, Notre Dame
• 141. Buffalo Bills (from Carolina): Sedrick Van Pran-Granger, C, Georgia 
• 142. Indianapolis Colts (from Carolina): Anthony Gould, WR, Oregon State
• 143. Atlanta Falcons: JD Bertrand, LB, Notre Dame
• 144. Chicago Bears (from Buffalo): Austin Booker, Edge, Kansas 
• 145. Denver Broncos (from N.Y. Jets): Kris Abrams-Draine, CB, Missouri 
• 146. Tennessee Titans (from Minnesota): Jarvis Brownlee Jr., CB, Louisville 
• 147. Denver Broncos: Audric Estime, RB, Notre Dame
• 148. Las Vegas Raiders: Tommy Eichenberg, LB, Ohio State 
• 149. Cincinnati Bengals: Josh Newton, CB, TCU
• 150. New Orleans Saints: Spencer Rattler, QB, South Carolina 
• 151. Indianapolis Colts: Jaylon Carlies, S, Missouri 
• 152. Philadelphia Eagles (from Washington): Ainias Smith, WR, Texas A&M
• 153. Jacksonville Jaguars: Deantre Prince, CB, Ole Miss 
• 154. Los Angeles Rams: Brennan Jackson, Edge, Washington State
• 155. Philadelphia Eagles (from Indianapolis): Jeremiah Trotter Jr., LB, Clemson  
• 156. Cleveland Browns (from Philadelphia): Jamari Thrash, WR, Louisville
• 157. Carolina Panthers (from Minnesota):  Chau Smith-Wade, CB, Washington State
• 158. Miami Dolphins: Mohamed Kamara, Edge, Colorado State 
• 159. Kansas City Chiefs (from Dallas): Hunter Nourzad, C, Penn State 
• 160. Buffalo Bills (from Green Bay): Edefuan Ulofoshio, LB, Washington 
• 161. Washington Commanders (from Philadelphia): Dominique Hampton, S, Washington 
• 162. Arizona Cardinals (from Houston): Christian Jones, OT, Texas
• 163. Green Bay Packers (from Buffalo): Jacob Monk, C, Duke 
• 164. Indianapolis Colts (from Detroit Lions): Jaylin Simpson, S, Auburn 
• 165. Baltimore Ravens: Rasheen Ali, RB, Marshall 
• 166. New York Giants (from San Francisco): Tyron Tracy Jr., RB, Purdue
• 167. Jacksonville Jaguars (from Minnesota): Keilan Robinson, RB, Texas
• 168. Buffalo Bills (from Green Bay; compensatory Selection): Javon Solomon, Edge, Troy 
• 169. Green Bay Packers (compensatory selection): Kitan Oladapo, S, Oregon State 
• 170. New Orleans Saints (compensatory selection): Bub Means, WR, Pittsburgh 
• 171. New York Jets (from Philadelphia; compensatory selection): Jordan Travis, QB, Florida State
• 172. Philadelphia Eagles (compensatory selection): Trevor Keegan, OG, Michigan 
• 173. New York Jets  (from San Francisco; compensatory selection): Isaiah Davis, RB, South Dakota State 
• 174. Dallas Cowboys (compensatory selection): Caelen Carson, CB, Wake Forest 
• 175. New Orleans Saints (compensatory selection): Jaylan Ford, LB, Texas  
• 176. New York Jets (from San Francisco; compensatory selection): Qwan'tez Stiggers, CB, Toronto Argonauts (CFL)

Follow this page for updates after each round.  

Round 4 results

• 101. Carolina Panthers: Ja'Tavion Sanders, TE, Texas 
• 102. Seattle Seahawks (from Washington): Troy Franklin, WR, Oregon 
• 103. New England Patriots: Layden Robinson, OG, Texas A&M 
• 104. Arizona Cardinals: Dadrion Taylor-Demerson, S, Texas Tech 
• 105. Los Angeles Chargers: Justin Eboigbe, DT, Alabama 
• 106. Tennessee Titans: Cedric Gray, LB, North Carolina  
• 107. New York Giants: Theo Johnson, TE, Penn State 
• 108. Minnesota Vikings: Khyree Jackson, CB, Oregon 
• 109. Atlanta Falcons: Brandon Dorlus, DT, Oregon
• 110. New England Patriots (from Los Angeles Chargers): Javon Baker, WR, UCF 
• 111. Green Bay Packers (from New York Jets): Evan Williams, S, Oregon 
• 112. Las Vegas Raiders: Decamerion Richardson, CB, Mississippi State  
• 113. Baltimore Ravens (from Denver): Dovontez Walker, WR, North Carolina 
• 114. Jacksonville Jaguars: Javon Foster, OT, Missouri 
• 115. Cincinnati Bengals: Erick All, TE, Iowa 
• 116. Jacksonville Jaguars (from New Orleans): Jordan Jefferson, DT, LSU 
• 117. Indianapolis Colts: Tanor Bortolini, C, Wisconsin
• 118. Seattle Seahawks: Tyrice Knight, LB, UTEP  
• 119. Pittsburgh Steelers: Mason McCormick, OG, South Dakota State
• 120. Miami Dolphins (from Philadelphia): Jaylen Wright, RB, Tennessee 
• 121. Seattle Seahawks (from Denver): AJ Barner, TE, Michigan 
• 122. Chicago Bears (from Philadelphia): Tory Taylor, P, Iowa  
• 123. Houston Texans (from Philadelphia): Cade Stover, TE, Ohio State
• 124. San Francisco 49ers (from Dallas): Malik Mustapha, S, Wake Forest 
• 125. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Bucky Irving, RB, Oregon 
• 126. Detroit Lions (from Green Bay): Giovanni Manu, OT, British Columbia
• 127. Philadelphia Eagles (from Houston): Will Shipley, RB, Clemson
• 128. Buffalo Bills: Ray Davis, RB, Kentucky 
• 129. San Francisco (from Detroit): Isaac Guerendo, RB, Louisville 
• 130. Baltimore Ravens: T.J. Tampa, CB, Iowa State
• 131. Kansas City Chiefs: Jared Wiley, TE, TCU
• 132. Detroit Lions (from San Francisco, compensatory selection): Sione Vaki, S, Utah
• 133. Kansas City Chiefs (from Buffalo, compensatory selection): Jaden Hicks, S, Washington State
• 134. New York Jets (from Baltimore, compensatory selection): Braelon Allen, RB, Wisconsin
• 135. San Francisco 49ers: Jacob Cowing, WR Arizona

Follow this page for updates after each round.  

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Draft concludes today with rounds 4-7

The final day of the 2024 NFL draft begins at noon ET.

Rounds 4-7 still have plenty of intrigue with quarterbacks Spencer Rattler and Michael Pratt still on the board as the two highest projected QBs remaining. Rounds 2 and 3 saw no quarterbacks selected after the first round featured six QB selections in the top 12 overall picks. 

Here is the order for round four: 

• 101. Carolina Panthers
• 102. Seattle Seahawks (from Washington)
• 103. New England Patriots
• 104. Arizona Cardinals
• 105. Los Angeles Chargers
• 106. Tennessee Titans
• 107. New York Giants
• 108. Minnesota Vikings
• 109. Atlanta Falcons
• 110. New England Patriots (from Los Angeles Chargers)
• 111. New York Jets
• 112. Las Vegas Raiders
• 113. Baltimore Ravens (from Denver)
• 114. Jacksonville Jaguars
• 115. Cincinnati Bengals
• 116. Jacksonville Jaguars (from New Orleans)
• 117. Indianapolis Colts
• 118. Seattle Seahawks
• 119. Pittsburgh Steelers
• 120. Philadelphia Eagles (from L.A. Rams)
• 121. Denver Broncos (from Miami)
• 122. Chicago Bears (from Philadelphia)
• 123. Philadelphia Eagles (from Houston Texans)
• 124. San Francisco 49ers (from Dallas)
• 125. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• 126. Green Bay Packers
• 127. Houston Texans
• 128. Buffalo Bills
• 129. New York Jets (from Minnesota)
• 130. Baltimore Ravens
• 131. Kansas City Chiefs
• 132. Philadelphia Eagles (from San Francisco, compensatory selection)
• 133. Kansas City Chiefs (from Buffalo, compensatory selection)
• 134. New York Jets (from Baltimore, compensatory selection)
• 135. San Francisco 49ers

Round 3 recap: Offensive lineman dominate, two FCS prospects picked up

Ten offensive linemen were taken off the board in Round 3, and five more wide receivers were scooped up to close out Day Two. The first two FCS players off the board were Kiran Amegadjie (Yale) and Jalyx Hunt (Houston Christian) picked by the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles respectively.

Washington and Michigan, the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship contenders, are facing off — this time fighting for the most draft picks. Michigan and Washington are tied at seven, with the Wolverines storming back — tallying four picks in the third round. This comeback was fueled by an incredible three-pick streak between picks 83-85 for Jim Harbaugh's former squad. On the other side, the Huskies now have all three of their starting wide receivers from 2024 off the board through three.

Offensive tackle remains the most popular pick (17), with wide receivers finishing right behind after three rounds at 16. Teams are fatigued from quarterbacks after taking a record-setting six on Day One after no quarterbacks were selected on Day Two.

Here is the full list of round three:

• No. 65 New York Jets: Malachi Corley, WR, Western Kentucky
• No. 66 Arizona Cardinals: Trey Benson, RB, Florida State
• No. 67 Washington Commanders: Brandon Coleman, OG, TCU
• No. 68 New England Patriots: Caedan Wallace, OT, Penn State
• No. 69 Los Angeles: Chargers: Junior Colson, LB, Michigan
• No. 70 New York Giants: Andru Philips, CB, Kentucky
• No. 71 Arizona Cardinals: Isaiah Adams, OT, Illinois
• No. 72 Carolina Panthers: Trevin Wallace, LB, Kentucky
• No. 73 Dallas Cowboys: Cooper Beebe, OG, Kansas State
• No. 74 Atlanta Falcons: Bralen Trice, Edge, Washington
• No. 75 Chicago Bears: Kiran Amegadjie, OT, Yale
• No. 76 Denver Broncos: Jonah Elliss, Edge, Utah
• No. 77 Las Vegas Raiders: Delmar Glaze, OT, Maryland
• No. 78 Houston Texans: Calen Bullock, S, USC
• No. 79 Indianapolis Colts: Matt Goncalves, OT, Pittsburgh
• No. 80 Cincinnati Bengals: Jermaine Burton, WR, Alabama
• No. 81 Seattle Seahawks: Christian Haynes, OG, UConn
• No. 82  Arizona Cardinals: Tip Reiman, TE, Illinois
• No. 83 Los Angeles Rams: Blake Corum, RB, Michigan
• No. 84 Pittsburgh Steelers: Roman Wilson, WR, Michigan
• No. 85 Cleveland Browns: Zak Zinter, OG, Michigan
• No. 86 San Francisco 49ers: Dominick Puni, OT, Kansas
• No. 87 Dallas Cowboys: Marist Liufau, LB, Notre Dame
• No. 88 Green Bay Packers: MarShawn Lloyd, RB, USC
• No. 89 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Tykee Smith, S, Georgia
• No. 90 Arizona Cardinals: Elijah Jones, CB, Boston College
• No. 91 Green Bay Packers: Ty'Ron Hopper, LB, Missouri
• No. 92 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Jalen McMillan, WR, Washington
• No. 93 Baltimore Ravens: Adisa Isaac, Edge, Penn State
• No. 94 Philadelphia Eagles: Jalyx Hunt, Edge, Houston Christian
• No. 95 Buffalo Bills: DeWayne Carter, DT, Duke
• No. 96 Jacksonville Jaguars: Jarrian Jones, CB, Florida State
• No. 97 Cincinnati Bengals: McKinnley Jackson, DT, Texas A&M
• No. 98 Pittsburgh Steelers: Payton Wilson, LB, NC State
• No. 99 Los Angeles Rams: Kamren Kinchens, S, Miami
• No. 100 Washington Commanders: Luke McCaffrey, WR, Rice

First FCS player off the board 👀

Adding to the front lines with @the2kkiran5 💪 pic.twitter.com/eCvPqwIilz — Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) April 27, 2024

Round 2 recap: Defense prioritized after offensive-focused round one

Twenty defensive players were taken off the board in round two, 12 more than in the first. Seven defensive tackles and corner backs were selected after just four combined were taken in the first round.

Offensive tackle and wide receiver are the popular picks, with 11 taken through two. Cornerbacks sit right behind with 10.

Round two ended in a four-way tie for most picks by school, with Texas, Washington, Alabama and Georgia having five selections through the first 64 picks.

Here is the full list of round two:

• No. 33 Buffalo Bills: Keon Coleman, WR, Florida State
• No. 34 Los Angeles Chargers: Ladd McConkey, WR, Georgia
• No. 35 Atlanta Falcons: Ruke Orhorhoro, DT, Clemson
• No. 36 Washington Commanders: Jer'Zhan Newton, DT, Illinois
• No. 37 New England Patriots: Ja'Lynn Polk, WR, Washington
• No. 38 Tennessee Titans: T'Vondre Sweat, DT, Texas
• No. 39 Los Angeles Rams: Braden Fiske, DT, Florida State
• No. 40 Philadelphia Eagles: Cooper DeJean, CB, Iowa
• No. 41 New Orleans Saints: Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB, Alabama
• No. 42 Houston Texans: Kamari Lassiter, CB, Georgia
• No. 43 Arizona Cardinals: Max Melton, CB, Rutgers
• No. 44 Las Vegas Raiders: Jackson Powers-Johnson, C, Oregon
• No. 45 Green Bay Packers: Edgerrin Cooper, LB, Texas A&M
• No. 46 Carolina Panthers:  Jonathon Brooks, RB, Texas
• No. 47 New York Giants: Tyler Nubin, S, Minnesota
• No. 48 Jacksonville Jaguars: Maason Smith, DT, LSU
• No. 49 Cincinnati Bengals: Kris Jenkins, DT, Michigan
• No. 50 Washington Commanders: Mike Sainristil, CB, Michigan
• No. 51 Pittsburgh Steelers: Zach Frazier, C, West Virginia
• No. 52 Indianapolis Colts: Adonai Mitchell, WR, Texas
• No. 53 Washington Commanders: Ben Sinnott, TE, Kansas State
• No. 54 Cleveland Browns: Michael Hall Jr., DT, Ohio State
• No. 55 Miami Dolphins: Patrick Paul, OT, Houston
• No. 56 Dallas Cowboys: Marshawn Kneeland, Edge, Western Michigan
• No. 57 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Chris Braswell, Edge, Alabama
• No. 58 Green Bay Packers: Javon Bullard, S, Georgia
• No. 59 Houston Texans: Blake Fisher, OT, Notre Dame
• No. 60 Buffalo Bills: Cole Bishop, S, Utah
• No. 61 Detroit Lions: Ennis Rakestraw Jr., CB, Missouri
• No. 62 Baltimore Ravens: Roger Rosengarten, OT, Washington
• No. 63 Kansas City Chiefs: Kingsley Suamataia, OT, BYU
• No. 64 San Francisco 49ers: Renardo Green, CB, Florida State

A linebacker and running back are taken back-to-back to end the droughts

The Green Bay Packers ended the linebacker drought, selecting Edgerrin Cooper out of Texas A&M with pick No. 45.

With the very next pick, the Carolina Panthers took the first running back off the board, Jonathon Brooks out of Texas. This selection marked the end of the second-longest running back drought in NFL draft history. The record dates back to 2014 when Bishop Sankey was taken with pick No. 54.

Carolina trades up to select Texas RB Jonathon Brooks with the No. 46 pick, per @albertbreer First RB taken in the 2024 draft 😤 pic.twitter.com/3l36jfLegk — B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) April 27, 2024

First 10 off the board in round two

The wide receiver train keeps rolling, and seven defensive prospects were taken with the first 10 picks of round two — only one less than the entire first round.

There are still no running backs off the board through 42 selections, the second-longest drought in NFL history.

Round 2 kicks off tonight

The 2024 NFL draft picks back up today, April 26, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN and NFL Network. Rounds 2-3 will air tonight and the draft will conclude on Saturday with rounds 4-7 at noon on NFL Network.

Round 2 will begin with the Buffalo Bills on the clock with pick No. 33. The Bills traded back twice yesterday — starting the night with pick No. 28 before trading down to No. 32 and then No. 33 to close out the night.

Following the Bills: No. 34 New England Patriots, No. 35 Arizona Cardinals, No. 36 Washington Commanders, No. 37 Los Angeles Chargers and No. 38 Tennessee Titans.

Last night, two Heisman winners, seven wide receivers and eight defensive prospects were selected. The seven receivers taken tied a record for most drafted in the first round since 2004. There are plenty of big-name wideouts still on the board including Adonai Mitchell (Texas), Ladd McConkey (Georgia) and Keon Coleman (Florida State).

Top 10 players available on Day 2: 1. CB Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama (8.4) 2. DL Jer'Zhan Newton, Illinois (8.0) 3. WR Keon Coleman, Florida State (8.0) 4. IOL Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon (8.0) 5. IOL Zach Frazier, West Virginia (7.8) 6. CB Cooper DeJean, Iowa (7.7) 7. S… pic.twitter.com/BIXeHXTRb0 — B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) April 26, 2024

Colleges with the most first round draft picks 📊

LSU, Alabama and Washington lead with three players taken in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft with the Tigers and Huskies each claiming two picks in the top 10.

Here are the colleges with multiple first round picks.

For a full list of the 2024 NFL draft first-round picks keep scrolling down ⬇️

Here's a full list of the 2024 NFL first round draft picks ⤵️

USC quarterback Caleb Williams headlines the top 10 picks in the 2024 NFL draft.

The top 10 saw five quarterbacks selected, including the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, Jayden Daniels, who was selected second. For the first time in NFL draft there was not one defensive player selected in the top 10.

This is the full list of first-round picks:

• Chicago Bears:  Caleb Williams, QB, USC
• Washington Commanders:  Jayden Daniels, QB, LSU
• New England Patriots:  Drake Maye, QB, UNC
• Arizona Cardinals: Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State
• Los Angeles Chargers:  Joe Alt, OT, Notre Dame
• New York Giants:  Malik Nabers, WR, LSU
• Tennessee Titans:  JC Latham, OT, Alabama
• Atlanta Falcons:  Michael Penix Jr., QB, Washington
• Chicago Bears: Rome Odunze, WR, Washington
• Minnesota Vikings:  JJ McCarthy, QB, Michigan
• New York Jets: Olumuyiwa Fashanu, OT, Penn State
• Denver Broncos: Bo Nix, QB, Oregon
• Las Vegas Raiders: Brock Bowers, TE, Georgia
• New Orleans Saints: Taliese Fuaga, OT, Oregon State
• Indianapolis Colts: Laiatu Latu, EDGE, UCLA
• Seattle Seahawks: Byron Murphy II, DT, Texas
• Minnesota Vikings: Dallas Turner, OLB, Alabama
• Cincinnati Bengals: Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia
• Los Angeles Rams : Jared Verse, EDGE, Florida State
• Pittsburg Steelers : Troy Fautanu, OT, Washington
• Miami Dolphins: Chop Robinson, EDGE, Penn State
• Philadelphia Eagles : Quinyon Mitchell, CB, Toledo
• Jacksonville Jaguars: Brian Thomas Jr., WR, LSU
• Detroit Lions: Terrion Arnold, CB, Alabama
• Green Bay Packers: Jordan Morgan, OL, Arizona
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Graham Barton, C, Duke
• Arizona Cardinals: Darius Robinson, DE, Missouri
• Kansas City Chiefs : Xavier Worthy, WR, Texas
• Dallas Cowboys: Tyler Guyton, OT, Oklahoma
• Baltimore Ravens : Nate Wiggins, CB, Clemson
• San Francisco 49ers: Ricky Pearsall, WR, Florida
• Carolina Panthers: Xavier Legette, WR, South Carolina

Rounds 2️⃣ and 3️⃣ begin at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, April 26. Rounds 4-7 begin on Saturday at noon ET. You can watch the NFL draft on NFL Network, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and NFL+.

⤵️ Below is a full breakdown of each top-10 pick, including notable moments and stats from each player's college career. 

Michigan's national champion QB goes No. 10 to Minnesota

pic.twitter.com/ChJz4Czcsh — Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) April 26, 2024

The Minnesota Vikings trade up to No. 10 to select Michigan's JJ McCarthy.

McCarthy won the national championship at Michigan, guiding the Wolverines to a 28-1 record over two seasons. McCarthy is the first Michigan quarterback to be selected in the first round since his former head coach, Jim Harbaugh, was taken in the 1987 draft. 

Kyle Rittenhouse, deadly shooter, college speaker? A campus gun-rights tour sparks outrage

Kyle Rittenhouse is not a typical college campus speaker.

In 2020, at the age of 17, he took an AR-15-style rifle to a Black Lives Matter demonstration and fired it, killing two people and injuring a third. Rittenhouse said he pulled the trigger in self-defense and was acquitted of wrongdoing .

He has since penned a book, “Acquitted,” and has set out on a series of college speaking events dubbed the " Rittenhouse Recap ." He is slated to appear Thursday at Clemson University in South Carolina.

Rittenhouse is selling books, and ostensibly promoting the right to bear arms on campus, but he’s also trying to persuade young people to join the conservative movement. The key group behind the appearances, Turning Point USA, is led by the self-described “youth director” of President Donald Trump’s first campaign and a key ally rallying votes for Trump this year.

The group told USA TODAY that it isn’t a nationally organized tour – that its chapters independently requested Rittenhouse. Student chapter leaders told USA TODAY that Rittenhouse is an important conversation starter. “I think sometimes you have to be kind of polarizing to pull a crowd," said Brady Seymour, president of Turning Point USA's chapter at Kent State University in Ohio.

The provocative choice of backing the Rittenhouse tour is par for the course for Turning Point and its local affiliates, which have hosted controversial figures like Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist and Holocaust denier . But it has stirred up devastating pain and disdain in a man he almost killed.

"He has used every moment to gloat and to make light of taking life," Paul Prediger said, speaking publicly for the first time about what happened in protest of a Rittenhouse speech last week at Kent State. "As if that were not enough, Kyle has embraced and been embraced by those who peddle hateful rhetoric, who believe in nationalism that excludes those who do not look like or think like them, and who have sought to amplify a troubling desire for violence against supposed political, cultural, and religious enemies."

Rittenhouse's message on his campus tour – that students should be allowed to take up arms, including to fend off "these Hamas, Palestinian terrorists" if they invade dormitories – has sparked protests and raised questions about free speech and just how far it should be allowed to go. A similar question helped lead to the resignations of the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University , who stepped down amid fierce criticism for equivocating when asked if calls for the genocide of Jews would be allowed on campus.

Rittenhouse, in a statement provided by spokesperson Jillian Anderson, said his campus appearances are not part of an official tour or book-selling venture, and he is reminding students of their rights. "Every American has a constitutional right to bear arms," he said, "and it should not be infringed by a college campus."

Experts say context matters. Tom Ginsburg, a law professor at the University of Chicago and faculty director of the forum on free inquiry and expression, told USA TODAY that federal regulations require colleges and universities to ensure their learning environment is not hostile. Within that framework, some incendiary language could be permitted in a general public space but prohibited if directed at an individual or group.

"That's a key distinction," he said. "Is it said in general, as part of a general demonstration, or is it shouted at a particular group of people who might then reasonably perceive it as being a threat of some kind? And if it's the latter, then it could be punished."

Kyle Rittenhouse says students should carry guns on campus

On the evening of Aug. 25, 2020 , Rittenhouse brought a rifle to the site of intense protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, sparked by the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man. Amid a scuffle with protesters, Rittenhouse fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounded Prediger.

In a trial that drew national attention in 2021, Rittenhouse said he shot the men in self-defense after Rosenbaum threatened his life and Prediger pointed a gun at him. Prediger said he thought Rittenhouse was an active shooter. Critics said Rittenhouse had no right to fire his weapon and was illegally acting as a vigilante militia. A jury acquitted him of all five charges he faced, including intentional homicide.

Rittenhouse soon took on celebrity status in right-wing circles where the right to bear arms and use them to defend life and property is sacrosanct. The weekend after his trial, he flew to Florida to visit Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort and to appear on Fox News for an interview with conservative host Tucker Carlson.

At Kent State, Rittenhouse implored students to fight to be allowed to carry guns at school.

"We have these blue boxes that are on the campus – we've all seen them, you push a button, it calls the police, and you get connected to a dispatcher," he said. "How long does it take a cop to show up, though? When somebody is trying to kidnap you or somebody is threatening your life, is that the quickest option to be able to protect yourself?"

He encouraged students to join conservative groups like Turning Point USA and said elected officials don't care about them.

"What makes me really scared, and I get really upset that people, especially young campus students, aren't allowed to carry firearms, just because I'm scared that what happens if these Hamas, Palestinian terrorists come to the U.S. and try to attack us?" Rittenhouse said. "Are we supposed to be left defenseless? Are you supposed to be left defenseless because you're not allowed to have a gun in your dormitory?"

After Prediger – formerly known as Gaige Grosskreutz – criticized his speaking tour, Rittenhouse posted a video clip on X, formerly Twitter. It showed Prediger admitting he pointed a gun in Rittenhouse's direction before being shot. Rittenhouse did not include text in the post.

Students accuse Turning Point of 'hateful actions'

In the days leading up to his arrival at Kent State, demonstrators staged a walkout, organized a vigil, and spray painted "Welcome, killer" on a free-speech landmark. A Change.org petition urging the university and Turning Point USA to cancel Rittenhouse's visit gathered more than 3,700 signatures. The event spurred Prediger to speak out. Hundreds showed up to protest.

"I stand with the students of Kent State University who have had enough," Prediger said.

Students said it was particularly insensitive for the campus to host Rittenhouse and his message about guns on campus given the school's history. On May 4, 1970, four students were gunned down at Kent State when the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd gathered to protest the invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War.

Aimée Flores, a representative from the university's Spanish and Latine Student Association, said the organization encouraged students "to learn more about Turning Point USA.... their hateful actions on campus and throughout this whole year, why we don't agree with their actions."

Seymour, the school's Turning Point chapter president, said the event was about "creating conversation." It had no relation to the 1970 killing of protestors, he said.

"In his speech, he talked mostly about having the right to carry on campus, considering students aren't allowed to at Kent State," Seymour said.

"These two stories are completely different and 50 years apart," he said.

Protests at every campus on 'Rittenhouse Recap' tour

Other “Rittenhouse Recap” appearances prompted vocal opposition and protest.

At Western Kentucky University , protesters held a sit-in and march last month. His appearance at East Tennessee State University in February also sparked demonstrations – local press reports show one protester wielding a sign accusing Turning Point of empowering "stochastic terrorism" – the incitement of violence through public demonization of a person or group.

In the days leading up to Rittenhouse's appearance at The University of Memphis in March, the school fielded a barrage of complaints from students, faculty, and community members. Protesters held signs with messages like, “Put Rittenhouse behind bars, not a podium.” Rittenhouse abruptly left the stage after about 30 minutes as protesters shouted him down.

Universities said allowing the events – and the protests – upholds key tenets of American democracy and academic tradition: Free speech and freedom of assembly. Turning Point USA’s chapter at The University of Memphis is a registered student organization, the school said.

"We cannot ban speech because it would go against a core value and because of well-established laws governing free speech on public university campuses,” Kent State said in a statement provided to USA TODAY. “Upholding the First Amendment rights of free speech and peaceful assembly for all, the university has a long history of allowing peaceful dialogue from all points of view, including those whom some may feel are offering different and/or sometimes controversial opinions."

Turning Point has history of booking controversial speakers

Turning Point USA has a track record of booking controversial and provocative figures, placing it at the center of debates over First Amendment rights on college campuses, where it says it has grown to more than 800 chapters since its founding in 2012.

In late 2016 and early 2017, the group was behind a nationwide campus speaking tour by Milo Yiannopoulos – a former Breitbart writer banned from Twitter for harassment and dropped from the agenda at a Conservative Political Action Conference after videos surfaced of him defending sexual relationships between 13-year-old boys and grown men. Yiannopoulos said he was joking and may have used "imprecise language."

In 2019, Turning Point’s Iowa State University chapter claimed partial responsibility for extending a speaking invitation to Fuentes, a white nationalist who has said he wants a "total Aryan victory" and self-identified as a "sexist man," according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Last year, representatives of the group confronted, criticized and assaulted an LGBTQ+ instructor at Arizona State University in Tempe.

Turning Point has taken action against members for promoting hate speech. In 2019, the group expelled a member at the University of Nevada Las Vegas after a video surfaced of the student shouting "white power" and using a white supremacist hand sign.

Andrew Kolvet, a spokesperson for Turning Point USA, said the Fuentes event was not sanctioned, and a local chapter official was tricked into arranging the appearance. He said that Turning Points has repeatedly denounced white nationalism . Kolvet said that in general, students should be able to hear from controversial speakers. "We do our best to make sure that there's going to be enriching discussion, that the speaker is going to be, I would say, uplifting, inspiring, productive."

He said Turning Point chapters chose Rittenhouse as a speaker. "There just happened to be schools that asked for Kyle because he came out with a book and he made himself available, essentially."

Turning Point touts itself as a key player in conservative politics , as does its founder and president, Charlie Kirk , who told conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh 's show in 2019 that he “traveled the country for about 70 days straight carrying Donald Trump Jr.’s bags and getting his Diet Cokes.” In addition to becoming Trump Jr.'s "body man," he took on the role of "youth director of the campaign," Kirk said. Speaking at the Republican National Convention in 2020, he called President Trump the "bodyguard of Western civilization."

Kirk also speaks on college campuses, where his fiery rhetoric has sparked controversy. At a speech last fall at Missouri State University , he said all immigration to the U.S. should be halted, called global warming an "academic distraction," and speculated about how many Hamas sleeper cells might be active in the U.S.

Expert says universities grappling with non-academic provocateurs

Ginsburg stressed that colleges and universities must allow free speech. "It’s pretty clear that their obligation is to make sure that event goes forward and to make sure it's not disrupted," he said. "At the same time, peaceful protest also has a long tradition on campus."  

Ginsburg said an added dimension to their challenges is the more recent phenomenon of campus speakers who intentionally draw negative attention.

"What we're now seeing is that people are sometimes getting invited to campus who aren't necessarily academics. They're not articulating a truly academic point of view," Ginsburg said. "In some cases, we have provocateurs, including some people who actually are seeking to be canceled, seeking to be protested."

He said people like Rittenhouse often capitalize on controversy. "He's certainly part of a media ecosystem in which you do have some of those kind of characters where, if you can get canceled, it ups your follower rate and you can portray yourself as a victim," he said.

To the Turning Point leader at Kent State, it's a tactic the group uses to advance conversation.

"That's the sad reality of how people are," Seymour said. "You kind of have to stir up drama or be a polarizing character for people to end up paying attention to you."

Cybele Mayes-Osterman is a breaking news reporter for USA Today. Reach her by email at [email protected]. Follow her on X @CybeleMO.

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USC Football: Transferring SEC Receiver To Visit Trojans

Could the Trojans be adding another lethal weapon to their offense?

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When you operate an offensive scheme like the one Lincoln Riley does, you can never have too many receivers.

Since arriving in Los Angeles, Riley has bolstered the position with a plethora of former 5-star prospects and highly-touted transfers. Depth within the wide receiver corps is arguably better than anywhere else on the USC roster currently.

Despite this, Riley is wanting to give expected starting QB Miller Moss the best possible chance at succeeding in the Big Ten this year.

According to a report from Matt Zenitz, former Auburn pass-catching threat Jay Fair is on an official visit to USC currently.

Former Auburn wide receiver Jay Fair is visiting USC, sources tell @247sports . Led Auburn wide receivers last season with 31 catches. https://t.co/DYVXNbRa8R pic.twitter.com/ky9yyHZLDV — Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) April 26, 2024

According to 247Sports, Fair was a 3-star prospect out of the state of Texas. He originally chose Auburn over offers from Florida, TCU, Georgia, Tennessee and USC.

The 5'10" 185-pound athlete led Auburn receivers last year in receptions (31). He also accrued 324 receiving yards and two TDs.

It is interesting to see USC pursuing Fair when analyzing the rest of the receivers' room. The team recently accepted the commitment from Kyle Ford. Ford was with USC for a handful of years before briefly transferring to UCLA last year.

Though Tahj Washington and Mario Williams have departed, USC still brings back Duce Robinson, Kyron Hudson, Ja'Kobi Lane, Makai Lemon, and the electric Zachariah Branch. With Lane, Hudson, and Ford being bigger receivers, there's a world where Fair can come in and utilize his speed/quickness from the jump.

It's never a bad thing to add an experienced receiver -- especially when coming from arguably the best conference in all of college football. Pairing Fair next to Branch in certain situations would give the Trojans considerable explosiveness in the slot and on the perimeter.

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FBI director says agency is sharing intelligence to prevent violence on college campuses over Israel-Hamas war

The FBI is coordinating with college campuses to make them aware of antisemitic threats and possible violence in connection with the ongoing wave of protests over the Israel-Hamas war, FBI Director Christopher Wray told NBC News' Lester Holt in an exclusive interview Tuesday.

He said the FBI is “keenly focused on working with state and local law enforcement, campus law enforcement and others to try to make sure that we stay ahead” of any threats of violence.

Wray said the FBI doesn’t monitor protests, “but we do share intelligence about specific threats of violence with campuses, with state and local law enforcement.”

In a wide-ranging interview on "NBC Nightly News," he spoke expansively about what he views as the national security threat from TikTok , the popular social media platform owned by a Chinese company. Congress is moving toward passing legislation requiring that company, ByteDance, to divest itself of TikTok.

Asked to describe the real-world threat from TikTok, Wray said, using an acronym to refer to the Chinese Communist Party, that national security officials are concerned it provides Chinese intelligence services with “the ability to collect the data, the ability to control the recommendation algorithm, which means the ability to push CCP narratives, pro-CCP narratives, downplay criticism of the Chinese government, in effect, enlist millions of users as unwitting advocates of CCP propaganda.”

He added that the Chinese government also has “the ability to control the software, which gives the opportunity to technically compromise the devices, the phones, millions and millions of phones.”

Asked what he would say to the millions of people in the United States who regularly use TikTok for business or pleasure and simply don’t care about the perceived risks, Wray said, "My message is, you need to take into account who the Chinese government is, who the Chinese Communist Party is."

Ken Dilanian is the justice and intelligence correspondent for NBC News, based in Washington.