Biggest Steals in the Draft
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I wonder if this draft will have someone that will match some of the following......who are/were the biggest steal of a draft:
A. By far the biggest steal of a draft is to sign a guy that was not drafted, i.e. a UDFA. And here is a list of Hall of Fame players who meet that criteria. NOT drafted:
948 Joe Perry FB San Francisco 49ers (AAFC) 1948 Emlen Tunnell DB New York Giants 1951 Jack Butler CB Pittsburgh Steelers 1952 Dick "Night Train" Lane DB Los Angeles Rams 1960 Willie Wood DB Green Bay Packers 1962 Mick Tingelhoff C Minnesota Vikings 1963 Willie Brown DB Houston Oilers (Cut during training camp by Oilers and then signed by Denver Broncos.) 1966 Emmitt Thomas DB Kansas City Chiefs 1967 Larry Little G San Diego Chargers 1970 Jim Langer C Cleveland Browns (Cut by Browns during training camp and then signed by Miami Dolphins.) 1984 Warren Moon QB Houston Oilers 1990 John Randle DT Minnesota Vikings
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Now also these:
Roosevelt Brown #321
Chris Hanburger 245
Raymond Berry 232
Ken Houston 214
Richard Dent 203
Bart Starr 200
Tom Brady 199
Shannon Sharpe 192
Deacon Jones 186
Willie Davis 181
Roger Staubach 129
George Blanda 119
Steve Largent 117
Leroy Kelly 110
Don Maynard 109
Dante Lavelli 103
Johnny Unitas 102
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So....do any of you have any predictions for any Sleepers who could go 100 or below and turn out to be something special. We shall see from those taken on Saturday.
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Here are major Draft Steals in this Century. All of the following were taken below pick #100:
Julian Edelman #232
Jon Sitton 135
Jahri Evans 109
Brandon Marshall 119
Kyle Williams 154
Domata Peko 123
Marques Colston 252
Ryan Fitzpatrick 250
Darren Sproles 130
Jared Allen 126
Geno Atkins 120
Antonio Brown 195
Richard Sherman 154
Jason Kelce 191
Kirk Cousins 102
David Bakhtari 109
Stefon Diggs 146
Dak Prescott 135
Tyreek Hill 165
Eddie Jackson 112
George Kittle 146
So, there are gems down below 100 if a team can ferret them out.
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i was listening to Iowa's HC Kirk Ferentz on the radio the other day..Ferentz was asked "who he won't miss in the Big 10 after this draft class?..
"Simple..Wisconsin RB Jonathan Taylor..it just seems like, I've watch that kid blow by nfl draftee's at 4.3 speed for like 6 years" ?
As a Buckeye fan... Amen, Kirk Ferentz!
I remember my dad, wanting RB Emmitt Smith coming out of Florida... JT has all those tools imo..Good Luck & GoodBye!
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I guess you can never have too many "Steals" threads...
Started thinking about my own list rather than Bleachers. In no particular order...
- Jalen Hurts - QB, OU... the more I look, the more I see Dak 2.0...
- Anthony McFarland - RB, Maryland... fast and quick.. good receiver...
- Devin Duvernay - WR, Texas... almost uncoverably quick... extremely productive.
- Shane Lemieux - IOL, Oregon... made for our ZBS.
- Matt Peart - OT, UConn... I believe I may have mentioned him before.
- Khalil Davis - IDL, Nebraska... quick disruptor...
- Jabari Zuniga - Edge, Florida... strong for his size, if can improve his "get-off", he's going to be really good.
- Troy Dye - OLB, Oregon... has the speed, needs to get a little stronger.
- Malik Harrison - LB, tOSU... I keep seeing him as a Mike... and a good one with thump and surprising coverage skill.
- JR Reed - FS, UGA... good size... decent speed... needs work on tackling, but otherwise the skill set is pretty well complete.
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My purpose was to highlight the steels of the past
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