Like many who paid attention to the 2019 NFL Draft, University at Buffalo football coach Lance Leipold was just as surprised when it closed and not one UB player, including quarterback Tyree Jackson, was selected.

Six UB players were eligible for the draft. Jackson chose to forgo his final year of eligibility to turn pro in January.

“We’re disappointed some of our players we thought would get drafted didn’t, but it’s something we’ve talked about, that they’re going to have to compete anyways, to make a team,” Leipold said Sunday. “Once you get there, you still have to go and earn it, and that’s something our players have always done.”

After the draft ended Saturday, five UB players signed with NFL teams as undrafted free agents: Jackson and cornerback Cam Lewis with the Bills, wide receiver Anthony Johnson with Tampa Bay, center James O’Hagan with the New York Giants and defensive end Chuck Harris with Chicago. Cornerback Tatum Slack was invited to Detroit’s rookie minicamp in May. Khalil Hodge, a linebacker, has not yet announced if he has signed with an NFL team or if he will attend a rookie minicamp.