[Husker] 3 Huskers in 1st 40 draft picks!

[Mike Jaixen]

Some good points, but the head coach who recruited
most of the athletes in those classes would be Tom
Osborne.

Solich's first class in 1998 is sometimes attributed
to Osborne, but even if you attribute it to Solich,
that class wasn't drafted until 2001 or 2002
(redshirts).

Some people like to use the statistics that you bring
up to infer that Solich was a poor recruiter as a head
coach.  That would be invalid.

In terms of total NFL draft picks from Solich's
recruiting classes, you get a different picture.  For
the 2002-2004 drafts (Solich years), here is the
breakdown by Big XII team:
CU 13, KSU 12, NU 11, UT 10, OU 9, A&M 9, TT 5.

--- Jeff Volk <jeffv at alphavideo.com> wrote:
> A few random notes on the Huskers recent talent
> level and the events of the NFL draft yesterday. 
> 
> If you use the NFL draft and where players are
> drafted as the barometer of our relative talent
> level as compared to our championship years (which
> really isn't a good barometer at all), then our
> talent level was definitely down under Solich. The
> 2005 draft marks the first time since 1998, a period
> of 7 seasons, that the Huskers have produced a first
> round draft pick.
...
> 
> Yesterday's draft also marked the first time since
> 1997 that 3 Huskers have been drafted in the first 2
> rounds of the draft. I realize that these players
> drafted yesterday were Solich recruited, but a gap
> of 7 years between 1st round draft picks and 8 years
> with 3 or more palyers in the first 2 rounds
> certainly has to make one at least scratch their
> head. 
> 
...
> Yesterday was a great day for those 3 guys and
> marked the first time since 1972 that 3 Huskers were
> drafted in the first 40 players, but let's maintain
> a little perspective and not extrapolate this to
> somehow insinuate that our Husker teams of the early
> 2000's were loaded full of talent.


Mike Jaixen


		
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