Check out notes on new Washington Redskins tight end Jeremy Sprinkle, the No. 154 pick in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft, courtesy of Redskins Public Relations.
• Sprinkle is the 461st selection made by the Redskins in the Common Draft era (since 1967) and the 48th fifth-round selection in that time frame. He is the 73rd fifth-round selection by the Redskins all-time since the institution of the draft in 1936.
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Sprinkle is the first Southeastern Conference tight end selected by the Redskins since the team chose Florida's Jordan Reed in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
• Sprinkle is the 14th player from the University of Arkansas selected by the Redskins all-time, joining C Earl Wheeler (1947), B Ross Pritchard (1949), B Alvin Duke (1950), G Buddy Brown (1951), B A.J. Baker (1955), G John Childress (1962), G Dave Adams (1963), B Gordon Guest (1964), LB Jeff Goff (1982), LB Ravin Caldwell (1986), K Zach Hocker (2014), LB Martrell Spaight (2015) and CB Tevin Mitchel (2015).
• After a nearly three-decade gap between selections from Arkansas from 1986 to 2014, with Sprinkle's selection, the Redskins have now chosen four Razorbacks across the last four drafts.
• Sprinkle, Arkansas's record-holder for career touchdowns by a tight end (11), is the second Arkansas tight end to be selected in NFL Draft history, joining the Los Angeles Chargers' Hunter Henry (2016 second-round pick).
• Sprinkle is the fourth player selected by the Redskins with the No. 154 selection all-time, joining WR Darnerien McCants (2001), LB Robert McCune (2005) and RB Chris Thompson (2013).
