SoonerShay
4/21/2009, 05:16 PM
Starting in 2004 when the first Stoops recruit was drafted in the first round, OU hasn't had 1 first round bust. There have only been 5 in that time span but that's still hard to do. Not only that but only 1 hasn't made the pro bowl and that's mostly because he plays in Baltimore and the QBs there have pretty much stunk all but 1 year.
3 of these players were named to atleast the top 4 of the NFL landing on the all pro team. AD, Jammal Brown and Tommie Harris. We have never had a pick higher than 7 under Stoops and that was AD in 2007.
USC on the other hand has had 9 1st rounders since 2004, also the first year a Pete Carroll recruit got taken in the 1st round. Yet out of those 9 exactly 0 have been to the pro bowl or an all pro. The highest pick being 2nd when the Saints took Reggie Bush. Lofa Tatupu has been a pro bowler the last few years though but not a first rounder.
You may ask why I bring this up and it's because USC seems to be some gold standard now. Yet if you look at their high draft picks, especially on offense, they are frauds. Now Mark Sanchez and some USC linebackers are getting love in this upcoming draft. While OUr picks are again overanalyzed and deemed unworthy.
OUt of 18 picks under Stoops picked on the first day only 3 aren't in the league anymore 2 from injury(Lehman and Calmus) and 1 didn't pan out(Strait). 15 out of the 18 are starters on there teams.
Does anyone have any idea why OUr guys seemed to be so undervalued compared to some other schools? Namely USC but you could put texass up there too, cause their 1st rounders suck too.
EDIT: by the way I didn't put Roy Williams,Woolfolk,Carson Palmer or Troy Polamalu on there because all those players were recruited by someone else for their respective schools.
3 of these players were named to atleast the top 4 of the NFL landing on the all pro team. AD, Jammal Brown and Tommie Harris. We have never had a pick higher than 7 under Stoops and that was AD in 2007.
USC on the other hand has had 9 1st rounders since 2004, also the first year a Pete Carroll recruit got taken in the 1st round. Yet out of those 9 exactly 0 have been to the pro bowl or an all pro. The highest pick being 2nd when the Saints took Reggie Bush. Lofa Tatupu has been a pro bowler the last few years though but not a first rounder.
You may ask why I bring this up and it's because USC seems to be some gold standard now. Yet if you look at their high draft picks, especially on offense, they are frauds. Now Mark Sanchez and some USC linebackers are getting love in this upcoming draft. While OUr picks are again overanalyzed and deemed unworthy.
OUt of 18 picks under Stoops picked on the first day only 3 aren't in the league anymore 2 from injury(Lehman and Calmus) and 1 didn't pan out(Strait). 15 out of the 18 are starters on there teams.
Does anyone have any idea why OUr guys seemed to be so undervalued compared to some other schools? Namely USC but you could put texass up there too, cause their 1st rounders suck too.
EDIT: by the way I didn't put Roy Williams,Woolfolk,Carson Palmer or Troy Polamalu on there because all those players were recruited by someone else for their respective schools.