Skattebo is joining a backfield that's returning both Tyrone Tracy Jr. and Devin Singletary. Tracy broke out as a fifth-round rookie last year, leading the team with 839 rushing yards and five scores on 192 carries, while Singletary picked up 437 yards and four touchdowns on his 113 totes.

The longest draft drought in terms of years involving an SEC program and an NFL team pairs Vanderbilt and the Detroit Lions. Detroit made its most recent selection from the Commodores in 1959, when the Lions took center Ben Donnell. Since then, the other NFL teams have chosen 81 players from Vanderbilt in the draft.