Washington Football Team Selects Longhorns OT Samuel Cosmi With No. 51 Pick in NFL Draft

The Texas Longhorns had their first player selected in the 2021 NFL Draft on Friday night, when the Washington Football Team selected Samuel Cosmi with the No. 51 overall pick.

Matt Galatzan | Apr 30, 2021

After a long offseason of speculation, the Texas Longhorns finally had their first player taken off of the board in the 2021 NFL Draft, when the Washington Football Team selected offensive tackle Samuel Cosmi with the No. 51 overall pick in the NFL Draft.

Washington now adds Cosmi to an offensive line that was in need of desperate help on the edge, following the exit of Trent Williams to San Francisco last season.

"When the call came I felt like I was about to drop my phone," Cosmi said. "I couldn’t believe that my phone was ringing, so when I picked it up and saw who was taking me I was super excited about it, and I can’t wait to get there and start working. The emotions that were going through me, you can’t really describe it. It’s something completely special and very exciting."

Cosmi started in 34 games over the course of his Texas career, seeing time both at right and left tackle, and was named a freshman All-America in 2018, as well as first-team All-Big 12 in both 2019 and 2020.

Cosmi was a top high school recruit in the state of Texas as well, where he was an all-state selection and two-time all-district honoree at Atascocita High School in Humble, Texas.

"It was huge having my family, friends, teammates, and coaches here," Cosmi said. "It was something that was just so incredible we all got to experience it together. They’ve gotten me here, and they’ve always been part of this journey. Us getting to experience this together is something I always dreamed of."

With Cosmi and Joseph Ossai now off of the board, it remains to be seen which of his fellow Longhorns will be next to go on Day three, with names like Caden Sterns, Ta’Quon Graham, and Sam Ehlinger still remaining.

"I’m just super excited," Cosmi said. "I can’t wait to get to work and be part of this team building toward a Super Bowl and a championship. I just can’t wait to get to work."

You can view NFLDraftBible.com's full scouting report of Cosmi below:

Over the last two seasons, Cosmi developed into one of the premier offensive linemen in college football. Body beautiful standing in at a hair over 6-foot-6 and 309 pounds, evaluators will be hard-pressed to find a more desirable frame in the class.

With prototype length and athleticism, Cosmi has a big upside as a blind-side pass protector. His movement skills show up in the run game, where he is able to transition fluidly laterally and to the second level.

Cosmi has put on a substantial amount of weight during his Longhorns career and the power behind his pads is still a work in progress. As he continues to develop physically, a clearer picture will be gained on just how dominant he can become.

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Published Apr 30, 2021

MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.