re: Hypothetical: Nkemdiche eligible for 2013 draft, where does he go?

I knew you guys would say that, I was waiting for those answers before presenting this nugget.

Amobi Okoye was the 10th overall pick in 2007 when he was 19 years old. He was eligible at that age because he graduated college early since he was ridiculously smart.

So does his intelligence have anything to do with him being judged likely to succeed at that age? Of course not. He was drafted early on potential. He never amounted to much, but you're meaning to tell me a 19-year-old Okoye is worth the 10th overall pick, but an 18-year-old Nkemdiche wouldn't even be drafted? I highly doubt that.

If you want to make the argument that Okoye was tested by college competition, that's valid, but one year of age does not differentiate a top 10 pick and completely undrafted in my opinion.

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