NFL Bust

If they played for Bama HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'm fricking hilarious

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What are the guidelines used to determine a player being called a Bust?

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Expectation > reality.

if you are an alabama player, not making the pro bowl as a rookie or getting hurt means you are a bust. everyone else, if you stay in the league for a couple of season you are a success

Anyone that didn't play at LSU.

I think that is very dependent on what round the player was drafted in. The expectations obviously are going to be different for a guy like Clowney versus a guy who was drafted in say the third round. In both cases, you expect the player to make the team and contribute. A third rounder would probably be a situational player/borderline starter while a guy like Clowney should be expected to contribute from Day 1.

I am going to assume you were talking about first round players. For a first round player, I think a reasonable expectation for a rookie season is that he should be a starter by the end of the year. The learning curve from college football to the NFL is pretty steep and takes some time. By year 2, they should be a full time starter and starting to separate themselves from others in their draft class. By years 3 and 4, they should be someone the opposing coaches have to take into account on every play and be challenging for a place in the top 10 players at their position. The team they play for should choose to exercise their 5th year option on them.

I think the expectations are a bit higher on guys in the top 10 who you expect to make a Pro Bowl in about 3 to 5 years. I also don't think it is fair to label a guy a bust until about year 3 when he should have had plenty of time to adjust to the NFL and the system he is in, however there should be signs of improvement in year 2.

IMO, it all depends on how your career goes in relation to where you were picked. Aundray Bruce's name always comes up when a "bust" is talked about. He went #1 overall and never came close to living up to that.....but dude spent 11 seasons in the NFL. He had a good career, just not relative to where he was drafted.

See:

Mark Ingram
Trent Richardson
Dre Kirkpatrick
Dee milliner
Etc.


Just to make bama fans a bit less but hurt:

Morris Claiborne
Jamarcus Russell
Buster Davis

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What are the guidelines used to determine a player being called a Bust?

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Bust (n): to not meet expectations that were set because of a prolific college career. The term is often used by fans of an opposing team to describe a player that had success against their team, but has not continued that level of success in the league. Often this term is used as a moral victory, as the last remaining line of trash talk from opposing fans when their team has failed to match the success of the "bust's" team. See also little brother, inferiority complex, or 21-0.

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What are the guidelines used to determine a player being called a Bust?

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Going to South Carolina.