[Fwd: [Husker] 3 First Rounders?!?!?!? (fwd)]

[Kurt Holst]

>Wouldn't it be odd if the worst Husker team in 40 years has one of
>the best draft classes in the last 10 years?
>--
>Mike Nolan

Husker NFL draft history snapshot:

Total first-round selections: 30

Most recent year with three first-rounders: 1972 (Kinney, Tagge, Jacobson) 
(Rozier was actually selected in the supplemental draft in 1984, 
Fryar & Steinkuhler went in the 1st round of the regular draft)

Most recent year with ANY first-rounder: 1998 (Wistrom, Peter)

Most recent year with 3 players drafted in the the first two rounds: 
1997 (Booker(1), Tomich(2), Minter(2))

Prior to 1997, most recent year with 3 players drafted in the first two rounds:
 1981  (Gary, Franklin, Redwine, all 2nd rounders)

Based on comparison with the past, 2005 should go down as one of the best NFL draft classes in Husker history.

(all data taken from the NU media guide)

Kurt Holst