Bullough, who was selected by his brother, senior linebacker Max Bullough, was the first running back drafted as seniors divvied up teams for the annual Green and White Spring Game on Wednesday evening in the Clara Bell Smith Auditorium.

“He’s had a productive couple of weeks for us,” senior quarterback Andrew Maxwell said of the younger Bullough. “And then Max taking him, you have the Bullough family bias, but Riley’s certainly made an impression.”

Maxwell captained the White team opposite of Max Bullough’s Green squad.

Riley Bullough led the offense in rushing during last week’s second scrimmage, racking up 43 yards on 11 carries while adding two touchdowns.

Bullough’s selection was one of numerous of revealing picks in an otherwise trivial exercise.

Junior Nick Hill, the consensus top tailback heading into spring practice, was selected third at the position after junior Jeremy Langford who recorded just 23 yards off nine attempts last season.

Rushing statistics were not released after the first scrimmage, but Hill ran for 33 yards on 12 carries and scored the game-winning touchdown during the second scrimmage last week.

Hill was not the only notable offensive player that seemed to have fallen from grace as junior wide receiver DeAnthony Arnett was the eighth wideout taken. If this were accurate as a depth chart, Arnett would be pegged as the No. 9 receiver as senior Benny Fowler already was spoken for.

Arnett was taken behind three players that did not see game action in 2012 — redshirt freshman Monty Madaris, junior John Jakubik and sophomore A.J. Troup, who the White team took as the third wide receiver selected, drawing a rise from the Green team.

“What’s fun is, you know you made a good pick when you call out a name and everyone on the other team goes, ‘Oh man,’” Maxwell said. “There was some going back and forth about who we were gonna take — that was at the third wideout, so when (the Green team) reacted the way they did, we knew we had a good pick (with Troup).”

Maxwell said junior wide receiver Keith Mumphrey’s attention to detail and improved route-running solidified him as the White team’s first-overall pick at the position, beating out sophomore Aaron Burbridge.

Other first selections at key positions were junior linebacker Taiwan Jones for the White team, sophomore cornerback Trae Waynes for the Green team, sophomore defensive end Shilique Calhoun for the White and redshirt freshman quarterback Tyler O’Connor, who was selected by the White team but will take snaps for both teams.

The game is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. (Spartan Sports Network) on Saturday at Spartan Stadium, and although it will just be a scrimmage, Max Bullough said that doesn’t mean it won’t be competitive.

“You’re not competing, you’re not playing the game if you’re not doing a little bit of (trash) talking,” Bullough said. “We’ve been talking all spring, it’s not going to stop now.”