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re: The worst first-round pick from each SEC school in the NFL draft (Gridiron Now article)
Posted on 3/27/18 at 9:44 am to CockHolliday
Posted on 3/27/18 at 9:44 am to CockHolliday
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My thought immediately as well.
+1. Dude was picked 7th overall and finished with 4 TDs over 5 seasons.
He also challenged Brad Childress to a fight.
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Posted on 3/27/18 at 9:45 am to thirdlawson
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Every team that didn't have Bo Jackson...
Walter Payton was just as good.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 9:46 am to TideSaint
Holy shite!
They really did have college players (rookies) going against the pros at one time.
I will look up the records to see if any rookie team won
They really did have college players (rookies) going against the pros at one time.
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College Football All-Star Classic; that was an annual game from 1934-76 that matched rookies against the defending Super Bowl champs
I will look up the records to see if any rookie team won
Posted on 3/27/18 at 10:22 am to TideSaint
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LSU
QB JaMarcus Russell
The particulars: Drafted 1st overall in 2007 by the Oakland Raiders
The skinny: A handful of players taken first overall were busts, but none to Russell’s level. He had all the physical tools, including a cannon for an arm, but his work ethic was questionable and he always seemed out of shape. Russell started once as a rookie, 15 times in his second season and nine times in 2009. Oakland cut him after the 2010 draft and that was it for his career. He played in 31 games, with 25 starts (7-18 record), and threw 18 TD passes and 23 interceptions.
This one was easy.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 10:31 am to mikeboss550
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I have to disagree and nominate Troy Williamson
Was just about to say this
This post was edited on 3/27/18 at 10:32 am
Posted on 3/27/18 at 10:44 am to CrazyJoeDivola
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I was thinking Keith McCants.
Solid pick
Posted on 3/27/18 at 10:50 am to TideSaint
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Auburn
LB Aundray Bruce
The particulars: Drafted 1st overall in 1988 by the Atlanta Falcons
The skinny: He was an excellent athlete who started for the Falcons in his first two seasons. But to say he lacked football instincts would be kind, and though he had an 11-season career, he was a reserve for the final nine seasons and finished with 32 sacks (12 of those came in his first two seasons). Bruce, who started just 41 games in his career, didn’t have 40 tackles in any of his final nine seasons. He was barely a journeyman – and he went first overall (three first-rounders from that draft are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame).
Ehh... Bo Jackson
Jackson was selected with the first overall pick of the 1986 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but he refused to play for them because a visit to team facilities they said was NCAA-approved was actually not, causing him to miss the remainder of his final college baseball season.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 11:00 am to TideSaint
Note - the consistent BAD drafting by football Cardinals.
Bidwell & Co. were the worst.
Bidwell & Co. were the worst.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 11:05 am to TideSaint
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QB JaMarcus Russell
Freakish arm strength, but nothing in btw the ears. What a waste.
If he did bring anything positive to the league it was being the straw that broke the camel's back when it came to limiting rookie contracts.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 11:21 am to TideSaint
LSU won this...print the shirts!!! 
Posted on 3/27/18 at 12:33 pm to TideSaint
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Mississippi State
OT Derek Sherrod
The particulars: Drafted 32rd in 2011 by the Green Bay Packers
The skinny: He started one game in three seasons with the Packers – he missed the 2012 season with a broken leg – before being cut in November 2014. He never played in another game.
Sherrod broke his leg during the 2011 season, his rookie year, in one of those accidents where a guy falls on the legs of a lineman while he is blocking. He never recovered enough to be able to play the game. He was grading out very well before the injury.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 12:49 pm to TideSaint
You could argue that ours is Tebow since the Broncos traded up to draft him in the first round and I think he only started 13 games.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 1:03 pm to TideSaint
Aundray Bruce certainly did not live up to expectations but the dude played for over a decade in the NFL. Probably made a pretty nice living for himself. He was crazy athletic but dumb as a shoe.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 1:03 pm to TideSaint
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Auburn
LB Aundray Bruce
The particulars: Drafted 1st overall in 1988 by the Atlanta Falcons
The skinny: He was an excellent athlete who started for the Falcons in his first two seasons. But to say he lacked football instincts would be kind, and though he had an 11-season career, he was a reserve for the final nine seasons and finished with 32 sacks (12 of those came in his first two seasons). Bruce, who started just 41 games in his career, didn’t have 40 tackles in any of his final nine seasons. He was barely a journeyman – and he went first overall (three first-rounders from that draft are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame).
Nope.
Bruce didn't turn out to be worth the overall #1 pick (didn't help that the Falcons tried to make him a middle linebacker which was pure idiocy), but he at least had a journeyman 11 year NFL career and actually made "All-Rookie" in 1988 before the Falcons really got their claws firmly embedded into him.
At this point, I'd give the "Auburn's worst 1st round pick" label to Greg Robinson.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 1:05 pm to BoCam2
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Ehh... Bo Jackson
You seem to be confused by the point of the exercise.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 2:04 pm to TideSaint
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Auburn
LB Aundray Bruce
The particulars: Drafted 1st overall in 1988 by the Atlanta Falcons
The skinny: He was an excellent athlete who started for the Falcons in his first two seasons. But to say he lacked football instincts would be kind, and though he had an 11-season career, he was a reserve for the final nine seasons and finished with 32 sacks (12 of those came in his first two seasons). Bruce, who started just 41 games in his career, didn’t have 40 tackles in any of his final nine seasons. He was barely a journeyman – and he went first overall (three first-rounders from that draft are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame).
LOL I remember vividly the NFL Top 10 Busts episode that listed him and revealed his arrest for pulling a BB gun on the pizza guy, dude was a clown apparently was hyped as the Next Lawrence Taylor when the real Next Lawrence Taylor was a year away (Derrick Thomas) and playing at the Iron Bowl rival school
Posted on 3/27/18 at 2:44 pm to TideSaint
quote:Led the XFL in rushing though
Ole Miss
RB John Avery
The particulars: Drafted 29th in 1998 by the Miami Dolphins
The skinny: The Dan Marino era was nearing an end and the Dolphins still were looking for a running back to take pressure off Marino. Alas, Avery was not that guy. He rushed for 503 yards as a rookie – and he ran for just 21 more for the rest of his career. The Dolphins got rid of him during his second season and he got five carries with Denver that season. He later got one carry with Minnesota in 2003.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 2:46 pm to TideSaint
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QB JaMarcus Russell
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He played in 31 games, with 25 starts (7-18 record), and threw 18 TD passes and 23 interceptions.
Oddly enough, this isn't as bad as I remember.
"JaMahcus is a great playuh."
Posted on 3/27/18 at 3:03 pm to TideSaint
That Arkansas kicker's story makes me feel really sorry for the guy. Holy crap.
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Hours after his release by the Cardinals, Little was involved in a high-speed single car accident, which broke his neck and left him a quadriplegic.[1][4][13][14] Little died in 1999 at age 43, having spent years as a quadriplegic in hospice in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he lived with and was cared for by his brother Gene Little.[1][2] Little is on the All-Century team at Arkansas, and is also listed as #11 on the list of greatest Arkansas football players of all time.[15]
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Posted on 3/27/18 at 3:31 pm to Ross
I was hoping to see Matt Jones instead.
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