SI's biggest draft busts

[Sooner in Tampa]

Sports Illustrated does it again...it shows once again that it is a worthless POS when it comes to sports discusssions.
Listing the Boz as the biggest bust in the "modern era" is a joke, there are picks that were far worse. The Boz was a bust in the NFL, but for him to be #1 out of 23 is just plain stupid...Ryan Leaf gets my vote

Link (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/2006/04/20/gallery.nfldraftbusts/index.1.exclude.html)

[Clever Trevor]

They are dead to me.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/2006/04/20/gallery.nfldraftbusts/index.16.exclude.html

[sooneron]

I think putting someone on there that had injury problems is really ****ing wrong. Boz, Emtman got screwed. Leaf should be no. 1, followed by Akili Smith, and Curtis Enis. Oh yeah, Mandarich was on there, but didn't he sort of turn it around for a couple of years?

[william_brasky]

Leaf should be 1 or 2. No question. They have him at 19. Wow.

[sooneron]

I would say a series of mental brain farts makes for a bigger bust.

[tbl]

So is Harrington cut from the Lions? I hadn't heard that...

I would definitely agree that Ryan Leaf is #1. He's been the staple boy for draft busts for a couple of years now, and SI has him at #19.

However, after reading this about the stupid Green Bay Packers taking a lineman over these guys, I might have to reconsider.
"Mandarich played three seasons in Green Bay and seven total in the NFL. The next three picks in '89? Barry Sanders, Derrick Thomas and Deion Sanders." Ouch!

BTW, you gotta love #16. ;)

[sanantoniosooner]

I think the fact that Boz got over on the NFL might have gave him some special attention.

He KNEW he was injured before he was drafted and played it for all he could get so he could further his acting and business opportunities.

Yeah......injuries are an excuse for him to not be on the list, but the way he played the system is a good reason for him to be on the list.

Leaf should be number 1 though.

[tbl]

I would say a series of mental brain farts makes for a bigger bust.

Excellent points. Injuries can happen to anybody, regardless of their talent level. People who are physically healthy but just can't perform is what I would call a bust. Morans...

[tulsaoilerfan]

Nice to see Trev on that list; amazing how many QB's are on there.

[usmc-sooner]

Leaf, Mandarich, Heath Shuler, Gino Toretta, Andre Ware, Rasham Salaam,

at least Boz was a productive player and played although it was a short lived career.

[Ruuuuuufus]

Boz isn't listed as #1 bust, he's just on the first slide.

I guess it's too early to call Charles Rodgers a bust?

[BASSooner]

as Carlos Mencia would say, "DER DER DERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!"

[picasso]

don't forget Rick Mirer and that RB from Penn State who played with Kerry horse head Collins. Kijana Cater or something like that.

[sooneron]

don't forget Rick Mirer and that RB from Penn State who played with Kerry horse head Collins. Kijana Cater or something like that.
Carter - Pretty sure he blew his knee out.

[picasso]

Carter - Pretty sure he blew his knee out.
yes but I thought he did so after sucking for an entire year first.

[Harry Beanbag]

I can't find the numbers anymore, but Bosworth averaged like 10 tackles a game during his short NFL career, hardly a bust. A bust to me means you just can't play at that level. If healthy, Bosworth would have been a star.

[sanantoniosooner]

yes but I thought he did so after sucking for an entire year first.
He blew his knew out before playing in any games.

[FroggyStyle22]

I would make a case for Tim Couch. Number 1 overall pick and has never made a pro bowl. Not number one bust but definetly not a solid way to use a #1.

[okienole3]

By the way, the pictures are in order of the year they were drafted. Everyone who jumped to the conclusion that SI hates OU is acting like a Puke.

EDIT: This is from last year before the draft and Harrington has been added in because he was recently cut.

[Scott D]

Harrington hasn't been cut yet guys. He's only worked out a deal with the Dolphins, but needs the Lions to either cut/waive/trade him before he can sign it.

[Keyser]

Harrington hasn't been cut yet guys. He's only worked out a deal with the Dolphins, but needs the Lions to either cut/waive/trade him before he can sign it.

He also has the right to refuse a trade in his contract. He came out and said basically that he was a Dolphin killing any trade hope the Lions had. Right now Miami is offering a 6th for him or he will get cut in a few weeks when his bonus is due.

[King Crimson]

it's got to be Leaf. people were talking about taking him ahead of Peyton Manning. maybe PM can't win the big one, but Leaf *is* a big one.

[sooneron]

I give Couch one more year before he's a bust.

[Sooner47]

Leaf has to be hands down the #1 bust in NFL history. Boz is not even in the same league as Leaf as far as busts go nor is anyone else for that matter.

[The Consumate Showman]

Akili Smith, Leaf, Sammie Davis, Mandrich, Marinovich, Klingler, Blair Thomas, Mirer, Shuler, Kijana, Lawrence Philips, Emtman were all much bigger busts. Also, isn't Boz one of the only ones on that list that was taken in the supplemental draft???

[Scott D]

I give Couch one more year before he's a bust.

one more year of not even being on a roster? :D

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Ok first of all a bust cant be a bust due to injuries....2nd..He was in the supplemental draft not the regular draft.....Ryan Leaf has to be the bigger bust because they didnt get anything at all from him.....
Tony Mandarich,imo, has to be a top 3..Quentin Coryatt was terrible...Klingler....Mirer.....People love to hate the Boz tho but he fed off of that...It made him rich...

[goingoneight]

#4. Vince Young

just for a laugh, whorns...

[Oldnslo]

I'd probably take VY ahead of Vick's little brother.

I think.

[tbl]

If it wasn't for Boz being a "bust", we'd never have found out about Chains and the Brotherhood.

[tbl]

"God forgives; the brotherhood doesn't."

[okienole3]

http://www.web-magic.demon.co.uk/chains017.jpg

[Doged]

Boz was never even given a chance to succeed. The local media worked up the fans against him over the amount of his contract, the organization never even tried to get behind him, nor did they make any allowance for his injury. They deserved to get played and I hope most of the people in the NW are still ****ed off enough to lose some sleep or something over it.

[badger]

Hey look, its Trev Alberts!
http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/2006/04/20/gallery.nfldraftbusts/gallery_alberts.jpg
hehe, I know its been posted, but it's still funny.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Is that a pic of Trev after Lou Holtz kicked his butt out of the ESPN office front door and took his job?

[stoops the eternal pimp]

92' Draft
Best Ever.

1 Indianapolis Steve Emtman DT Washington
2 Indianapolis Quentin Coryatt MLB Texas A&M
3 L.A. Rams Sean Gilbert DT Pittsburgh
4 Washington Desmond Howard WR Michigan
5 Green Bay Terrell Buckley CB Florida State
6 Cincinnati David Klingler QB Houston
7 Miami Troy Vincent FS Wisconsin
8 Atlanta Bob Whitfield T Stanford
9 Cleveland Tommy Vardell FB Stanford
10 Seattle Ray Roberts T Virginia
11 Pittsburgh Leon Searcy T Miami
12 Miami Marco Coleman DE Georgia Tech
13 New England Eugene Chung G Virginia Tech
14 N.Y. Giants Derek Brown TE Notre Dame
15 N.Y. Jets Johnnie Mitchell TE Nebraska
16 L.A. Raiders Chester McGlockton DT Clemson
17 Dallas Kevin Smith CB Texas A&M
18 San Francisco Dana Hall DB Washington
19 Atlanta Tony Smith RB Southern Mississippi
20 Kansas City Dale Carter CB Tennessee
21 New Orleans Vaughn Dunbar RB Indiana
22 Chicago Alonzo Spellman DE Ohio State
23 San Diego Chris Mims DE Tennessee
24 Dallas Robert Jones MLB East Carolina
25 Denver Tommy Maddox QB UCLA
26 Detroit Robert Porcher DE South Carolina State
27 Buffalo John Fina T Arizona
28 Cincinnati Darryl Williams FS Miami

[Taxman71]

I would take J.D. Runnells over Touchdown Tommy at #9.

[Harry Beanbag]

92' Draft
Best Ever.

1 Indianapolis Steve Emtman DT Washington
2 Indianapolis Quentin Coryatt MLB Texas A&M
3 L.A. Rams Sean Gilbert DT Pittsburgh
4 Washington Desmond Howard WR Michigan
5 Green Bay Terrell Buckley CB Florida State
6 Cincinnati David Klingler QB Houston
7 Miami Troy Vincent FS Wisconsin
8 Atlanta Bob Whitfield T Stanford
9 Cleveland Tommy Vardell FB Stanford
10 Seattle Ray Roberts T Virginia
11 Pittsburgh Leon Searcy T Miami
12 Miami Marco Coleman DE Georgia Tech
13 New England Eugene Chung G Virginia Tech
14 N.Y. Giants Derek Brown TE Notre Dame
15 N.Y. Jets Johnnie Mitchell TE Nebraska
16 L.A. Raiders Chester McGlockton DT Clemson
17 Dallas Kevin Smith CB Texas A&M
18 San Francisco Dana Hall DB Washington
19 Atlanta Tony Smith RB Southern Mississippi
20 Kansas City Dale Carter CB Tennessee
21 New Orleans Vaughn Dunbar RB Indiana
22 Chicago Alonzo Spellman DE Ohio State
23 San Diego Chris Mims DE Tennessee
24 Dallas Robert Jones MLB East Carolina
25 Denver Tommy Maddox QB UCLA
26 Detroit Robert Porcher DE South Carolina State
27 Buffalo John Fina T Arizona
28 Cincinnati Darryl Williams FS Miami


My God that's sad. :eek: There are maybe two guys that turned out to be 1st round talents, Whitfield and Carter.

[eastxsooner]

Blair Thomas, Kajana Carter (1st overall pick), and Curtis "Penis" Enis...PSU..I smell a Flop U. Leaf, Cade McCown, Akili Smith were all 1st rounders from the same draft. Only McNabb remains from that 1st round class.
My biggest disappointment would have to be Kijana Carter. I thought this guy was the truth coming out of PSU. Boy he had some bad luck with those knees.

[eastxsooner]

1990 Draft...Emmitt at 17

1 Indianapolis Jeff George QB Illinois
2 N.Y. Jets Blair Thomas RB Penn State
3 Seattle Cortez Kennedy DT Miami
4 Tampa Bay Keith McCants DE Alabama
5 San Diego Junior Seau OLB Southern California
6 Chicago Mark Carrier FS Southern California
7 Detroit Andre Ware QB Houston
8 New England Chris Singleton ILB Arizona
9 Miami Richmond Webb T Texas A&M
10 New England Ray Agnew DT North Carolina State
11 L.A. Raiders Anthony Smith DE Arizona
12 Cincinnati James Francis LB Baylor
13 Kansas City Percy Snow ILB Michigan State
14 New Orleans Renaldo Turnbull OLB West Virginia
15 Houston Lamar Lathon OLB Houston
16 Buffalo James Williams CB Fresno State
17 Dallas Emmitt Smith RB Florida
18 Green Bay Tony Bennett OLB Mississippi
19 Green Bay Darrell Thompson RB Minnesota
20 Atlanta Steve Broussard RB Washington State
21 Pittsburgh Eric Green TE Liberty
22 Philadelphia Ben Smith CB Georgia
23 L.A. Rams Bern Brostek C Washington
24 N.Y. Giants Rodney Hampton RB Georgia
25 San Francisco Dexter Carter RB Florida State

[Sooner in Tampa]

I really thougth that Keith McCants (Alabama) was going to be a LB for the ages...I guess it was the curse of the Buccaneers back then.

[eastxsooner]

By far the Best 1st round ever: 1983

1 Baltimore John Elway QB Stanford
2 L.A. Rams Eric Dickerson RB Southern Methodist
3 Seahawks Curt Warner RB Penn State
4 Broncos Chris Hinton T Northwestern
5 Chargers Billy Smith Ray OLB Arkansas
6 Bears Jimbo Covert T Pittsburgh
7 Chiefs Todd Blackledge QB Penn State
8 Philadelphia Michael Haddix RB Mississippi State
9 Houston Bruce Matthews G Southern California
10 Giants Terry Kinard S Clemson
11 Packers Tim Lewis DB Pittsburgh
12 Bills Tony Hunter TE Notre Dame
13 Detroit James Jones RB Florida
14 Bills Jim Kelly QB Miami
15 New England Tony Eason QB Illinois
16 Atlanta Mike Pitts DE Alabama
17 St. Louis Leonard Smith S McNeese State
18 Bears Willie Gault WR Tennessee
19 Minnesota Joey Browner S Southern California
20 Chargers Gary Anderson RB Arkansas
21 Pittsburgh Gabriel Rivera NT Texas Tech
22 Chargers Gill Byrd CB San Jose State
23 Dallas Jim Jeffcoat DE Arizona State
24 N.Y. Jets Ken O'Brien QB Cal-Davis
25 Cincinnati Dave Rimington C Nebraska
26 L.A. Raiders Don Mosebar C Southern California
27 Miami Dan Marino QB Pittsburgh
28 Washington Darrell Green CB Texas A&M-Kingsville

[Harry Beanbag]

1991 was also pretty crappy:

1 Dallas Russell Maryland NT Miami
2 Cleveland Eric Turner S UCLA
3 Atlanta Bruce Pickens CB Nebraska
4 Denver Mike Croel OLB Nebraska
5 L.A. Rams Todd Lyght CB Notre Dame
6 Phoenix Eric Swann DT No College
7 Tampa Bay Charles McRae T Tennessee
8 Philadelphia Antone Davis T Tennessee
9 San Diego Stanley Richard DB Texas
10 Detroit Herman Moore WR Virginia
11 New England Pat Harlow T Southern California
12 Dallas Alvin Harper WR Tennessee
13 Atlanta Mike Pritchard WR Colorado
14 New England Leonard Russell RB Arizona State
15 Pittsburgh Huey Richardson OLB Florida
16 Seattle Dan McGwire QB San Diego State
17 Washington Bobby Wilson DT Michigan State
18 Cincinnati Alfred Williams OLB Colorado
19 Green Bay Vinnie Clark CB Ohio State
20 Dallas Kelvin Pritchett DT Mississippi
21 Kansas City Harvey Williams RB Louisiana State
22 Chicago Stan Thomas T Texas
23 Miami Randal Hill WR Miami
24 L.A. Raiders Todd Marinovich QB Southern California
25 San Francisco Ted Washington NT Louisville
26 Buffalo Henry Jones FS Illinois
27 N.Y. Giants Jarrod Bunch RB Michigan

[royalfan5]

1991 was also pretty crappy:

1 Dallas Russell Maryland NT Miami
2 Cleveland Eric Turner S UCLA
3 Atlanta Bruce Pickens CB Nebraska
4 Denver Mike Croel OLB Nebraska
5 L.A. Rams Todd Lyght CB Notre Dame
6 Phoenix Eric Swann DT No College
7 Tampa Bay Charles McRae T Tennessee
8 Philadelphia Antone Davis T Tennessee
9 San Diego Stanley Richard DB Texas
10 Detroit Herman Moore WR Virginia
11 New England Pat Harlow T Southern California
12 Dallas Alvin Harper WR Tennessee
13 Atlanta Mike Pritchard WR Colorado
14 New England Leonard Russell RB Arizona State
15 Pittsburgh Huey Richardson OLB Florida
16 Seattle Dan McGwire QB San Diego State
17 Washington Bobby Wilson DT Michigan State
18 Cincinnati Alfred Williams OLB Colorado
19 Green Bay Vinnie Clark CB Ohio State
20 Dallas Kelvin Pritchett DT Mississippi
21 Kansas City Harvey Williams RB Louisiana State
22 Chicago Stan Thomas T Texas
23 Miami Randal Hill WR Miami
24 L.A. Raiders Todd Marinovich QB Southern California
25 San Francisco Ted Washington NT Louisville
26 Buffalo Henry Jones FS Illinois
27 N.Y. Giants Jarrod Bunch RB Michigan

Pickens from Nebraska should always show up on draft bust lists. Croel should be up there to, but he had at least one decent year.

[Scott D]

My God that's sad. :eek: There are maybe two guys that turned out to be 1st round talents, Whitfield and Carter.

psst...Porcher went on to become the Lions all time sack leader.

[Harry Beanbag]

psst...Porcher went on to become the Lions all time sack leader.


Yeah, but that's just the Lions. ;)

[Scott D]

Yeah, but that's just the Lions. ;)

which makes it twice as impressive ;) in fact it could only be more impressive if he'd played his entire career for the cardinals :D

[Harry Beanbag]

which makes it twice as impressive ;) in fact it could only be more impressive if he'd played his entire career for the cardinals :D


Yeah, but the Cardinals didn't need Porcher, they picked up Eric Swann the previous year. ;)

[sanantoniosooner]

DANGYOUFREAKING;)ABUSERS!!!!!!!!!

[Salt City Sooner]

My God that's sad. :eek: There are maybe two guys that turned out to be 1st round talents, Whitfield and Carter.
I'd add 4 time Pro Bowler Troy Vincent as well. I was SOOO hoping my Bengals would nab him that year.

[rainiersooner]

Boz isn't listed as #1 bust, he's just on the first slide.

I guess it's too early to call Charles Rodgers a bust?

Revisit this segment next year for VY I say.