A few more players with Utah ties heard their names called in later rounds, as did a handful of athletes from the Big Sky Conference.

Here’s a rundown of the action as the NFL draft concluded Saturday in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

JAXSON DART: GIANTS, NO. 25

The New York Giants traded with Houston to get the 25th pick Thursday night and took Mississippi alum Dart in the first round. Dart threw for 5,997 yards and 50 touchdowns at Roy High before a record-setting senior season at Corner Canyon with 4,691 yards and 67 touchdowns. After playing six games at USC, Dart transferred to Ole Miss and was a three-year starter racking up 10,617 passing yards and 72 touchdowns in 39 games.

JALEN ROYALS: CHIEFS, NO. 133

Not the Royals of Dart’s, but Jalen Royals, the Utah State receiver, was the next player with Utah ties to hear his name called, coming in the fourth round Saturday. Royals hauled in 1,080 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns as a junior at USU. He was limited to seven games in 2024 but caught six touchdowns and averaged 119 receiving yards per game.

The Associated Press gave Kansas City the grade of A for its draft picks, including Royals about whom the AP wrote he “could be fun to watch in Andy Reid’s offense.”

JEFFREY BASSA: CHIEFS, NO. 156

JACKSON HAWES: BILLS, NO. 173

The next two off the board are natives of the Salt Lake City area who played out of state in college and were selected in the fifth round.

Jeffrey Bassa, a linebacker from Kearns High School who played at Oregon, went to Kansas City in a pick the Associated Press called a “potential late-round steal.” He totaled 236 tackles, 4.5 sacks and three interceptions in four years at Oregon.

Jackson Hawes, a tight end from Highland High School, followed not much later. After four years at Yale, Hawes transferred to Georgia Tech for his final college season. He caught just 51 passes for 566 yards in his college career but is considered one of the best blocking tight ends in the game.

CALEB LOHNER: BRONCOS, NO. 241

The incredible journey for Caleb Lohner continues. The Texas native who played prep basketball at Utah’s Wasatch Academy, two seasons of basketball at BYU, two more years of basketball at Baylor, transferred to the University of Utah to play football and then finished with one more basketball season with the Utes, is now an NFL draft pick.

Denver took the Utah tight end in the seventh round. The 6-foot-8 player was perhaps underutilized on the gridiron, catching four passes for 54 yards — all touchdowns — in his one year of college football.

UNDRAFTED SIGNINGS

A handful of BYU and Utah players were reported to have signed free-agent contracts following the draft.

BYU: Tyler Batty (Vikings), Caleb Etienne (Bengals), Darius Lassiter (Eagles), Blake Mangelson (Vikings), Jakob Robinson (49ers),

Utah: Micah Bernard (Titans), Connor O’Toole (Seahawks), Karene Reid (Broncos), Zemaiah Vaughn (Vikings).

BIG SKY CONFERENCE

The Las Vegas Raiders were one of just three teams to be graded with an A by the Associated Press and they did so with a handful of picks that made die-hard college football fans happy.

One of those was the selection of freak Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty at No. 6 overall. But another elite athlete came in round six when the Raiders took Montana State quarterback Tommy Mellott at No. 213 overall. He’s likely to play receiver and returner (think Taysom Hill?) in the pros. Two picks later, Las Vegas took North Dakota State quarterback Cam Miller.

Mellott was one of three Big Sky players taken in this year’s draft. Sacramento State offensive lineman Jackson Slater was the first off the board, going in the fifth round to the Tennessee Titans.

The San Francisco 49ers took a seventh-round flier on Montana punt-return extraordinaire Junior Bergen.

Those three were part of eight FCS players drafted from their FCS schools this year (not counting former FCS players who later transferred to FBS programs and were drafted).