[Husker] Huskers Prospects in NFL Draft

[jon johnston]

They mostly make it up... hell, they do all this evaluation stuff, and  
then the NFL guys still make the most bone-headed picks - it's  
unbelievable.

I did a piece on Huskers in the draft a couple days ago, just using a  
couple mock drafts. I can understand why these guys do the mock drafts  
- if you're a NFL fan they can be entertaining. They shouldn't be  
taken too seriously, but all in fun.

If you look at the guys who are going into the draft... well, to be  
blunt, they're not that impressive. Maybe they'll end up with a decent  
NFL career, but they're going to have to work for it.

Carl Nicks bounced around a lot so he didn't really establish a long  
track record with any one team.
Zach Bowman blew both knees out.
Sam Keller... isn't the pro prospect he was made out to be and  
pictures of him as a party boy showing up around the Internet around  
going to help him.
Maurice Purify - potentially decent, but was sloppy running routes and  
has 'character' issues, which is the NFL buzz word for "He might  
embarrass us".

The other one that barely gets a mention is Bo Ruud. He faces an  
uphill battle, but everyone said Barrett was too slow to play in the  
NFL and he's starting at Tampa Bay, so you never know.

The other thing is last year's defense. It was so lost that none of  
those NFL guys will get anything but a bad feeling from it, putting  
anyone Husker at a disadvantage.

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com

On Apr 24, 2008, at 12:49 PM, Nick Chevance wrote:
> At the risk of starting up something about that bugaboo - evaluating
> talent - here is the take on the 2008 NFL draft prospects of this
> year's Huskers, courtesy of Pro Football Weekly.  What they know, I
> don't know.  How they know what they know, I don't know that either.
> How this differs from Mel Kiper, I have no earthly idea.  But this is
> what they say they know.  The first link will take you to an
> explanation of how they rank players, then you can follow the links to
> each position or as a whole draft.  Only two get ranked in the top
> 250; that's what, maybe 6 or 7 rounds of picks?
>
> http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDraft/Player+Rankings/default.htm
>
> Nick
>
> In alphabetical order by position, here's a snapshot (overall position
> in the draft in parenthesis):
>
> Centers -
> Brett Byford #24
>
> Cornerbacks -
> Zach Bowman #25 (#227)
> Andre Jones #45
> Courtney Grixby #66
>
> Def Tackles -
> Brandon Johnson #52
>
> Free Safeties -
> Tierre Green #8
>
> Inside Linebackers -
> Corey McKeon #13
>
> Off Tackles -
> Carl Nicks #10 (#92)
>
> Outside Linebackers -
> Steve Octavien #27
> Bo Ruud #38
> Lance Brandonburgh #57
>
> Quarterbacks -
> Sam Keller #27
>
> Wide Receivers -
> Maurice Purify #43
> Terrance Nunn #90
> Franz Hardy #109
> -- 
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> infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even
> considering if there is a man on base."
> Dave Barry
>
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