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Big 12 – 2009 Draft
Posted by Phenomenal Smith on April 26th, 2009 under Football
It’s finally over and we saw six Mizzou Tigers taken in the seven rounds. In fact, we saw six Tigers taken in the first six rounds. Not since 1981 have the Tigers had so many players taken in the NFL Draft, so this is a big deal. Congrats to J-Mac, Ziggy, Willy Mo, Coffman, Colin Brown, and Stryker.
Just to get an idea how big a deal this is, I thought we’d take a look at the conference. If you’ll recall, I broke down Big 12 players in the NFL way back in October. The chart looked like this:
|
TEAM |
NO. PLAYERS IN NFL |
|
Texas |
36 |
|
Nebraska |
27 |
|
Texas A&M |
21 |
|
Oklahoma |
19 |
|
Kansas State |
19 |
|
Colorado |
18 |
|
Oklahoma State |
9 |
|
Iowa State |
8 |
|
Texas Tech |
7 |
|
Missouri |
6 |
|
Kansas |
6 |
|
Baylor |
6 |
So, you know where I’m going with this. I can confidently say that Mizzou is the college football program to have as many players drafted into the League this year as it had in the League last year. A big deal.
Next, here are the schools sorted by numbers of players’ drafted:
|
TEAM |
2009 DRAFT |
|
Missouri |
6 |
|
Oklahoma |
5 |
|
Texas |
4 |
|
Texas Tech |
4 |
|
Nebraska |
3 |
|
Texas A&M |
2 |
|
Kansas State |
1 |
|
Colorado |
1 |
|
Oklahoma State |
1 |
|
Baylor |
1 |
|
Iowa State |
0 |
|
Kansas |
0 |
K-State, Baylor, and Okie State all had one player taken and that was in the first round. ISU and KU were shut out of the festivities. OU and UT were their normal impressive selves, with TT taking part in the fun.
Now, for direct comparison’s sake and because it looks cool, here are the numbers together.
|
TEAM |
NO. PLAYERS IN NFL |
2009 DRAFT |
|
Missouri |
6 |
6 |
|
Oklahoma |
19 |
5 |
|
Texas |
36 |
4 |
|
Texas Tech |
7 |
4 |
|
Nebraska |
27 |
3 |
|
Texas A&M |
21 |
2 |
|
Kansas State |
19 |
1 |
|
Colorado |
18 |
1 |
|
Oklahoma State |
9 |
1 |
|
Baylor |
6 |
1 |
|
Iowa State |
8 |
0 |
|
Kansas |
6 |
0 |
Just like when comparing the recent success, see above linked article, Mizzou and Texas Tech were flirting with the conference elite. Looks like there is a good chance that Kansas with take over sole possession of fewest NFL players in the conference. Makes me want to cry.
Finally, because I have the info handy, below is a comparison of the players drafted v. the players invited to the NFL combine. Please analyze, come to conclusions, and share.
|
TEAM |
2009 DRAFT |
COMBINE PLAYERS |
|
Oklahoma |
5 |
8 |
|
Missouri |
6 |
6 |
|
Texas |
4 |
6 |
|
Nebraska |
3 |
6 |
|
Texas Tech |
4 |
5 |
|
Texas A&M |
2 |
4 |
|
Kansas State |
1 |
2 |
|
Oklahoma State |
1 |
2 |
|
Baylor |
1 |
1 |
|
Colorado |
1 |
0 |
|
Iowa State |
0 |
0 |
|
Kansas |
0 |
0 |
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Roberto Frankfurter said:
April 26th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
2009 was a historic and significant draft for the Tigers. It is exciting that there might be twice as many Tigers on an NFL roster next season. This year is the first draft this century that the Tigers had more than 3 players drafted, which only happened once in 2005, and the Tigers have only had one player drafted in the first three rounds this century before this weekend (Justin Smith in the first round and #4 overall in 2001).
Hopefully, the statistics in Phenom’s post will help Pinkel and his coaches recruit, but I think it will only be an effective recruiting tool if the Tigers can continue getting one or two players drafted on day one and five or so drafted overall on a regular basis.
Roberto Frankfurter said:
April 26th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Woops, I meant to write that the Tigers have only had one player drafted in the first two rounds this century before this weekend. Atiyyah was drafted in the third round in 2005.
Chet Gristler said:
April 26th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
I’m still mystified about Freeman. How can it not matter that he can’t play QB? Even money says he throws more INTs than TDs in his career. And decent odds he throws more pick 6s than TDs. I’m 6′4″ 235, I should have declared too.
hot stove steve said:
April 27th, 2009 at 8:04 am
6 players drafted, and don’t forget that Chase Daniel will probably make a roster somewhere.
Congrats Mizzou.
hiphopopotamus said:
April 27th, 2009 at 8:57 am
All that NFL caliber talent and all it led to was a couple losses at Arrowhead and a dramatic Alamo Bowl win over Northwestern.
Gotta love Pinkel.
NateHeupel said:
April 27th, 2009 at 9:04 am
“I’m still mystified about Freeman. How can it not matter that he can’t play QB?”
Chet, below is an accurate list of factors I was able to obtain from one NFL GM’s notebook. I have been told this list is standard throughout NFL personnel offices.
1) Chi – Does the player have a balanced energy about him?
2) Eyeball test – Does the player look fuckin’ awesome?
3) Jedi skills – Is the Force with him?
4) Bone structure – Does he have a solid jaw?
5) Upside – YEAH!!!
(after 30 other factors including Kabbalah mystic insight, eye color, and shoe size…)
35) Penis length – Does he make me worry about the safety of my wife and daughters?
36) Skills – Does he have any?
37) Proven production – Has he actually done anything?
Phenomenal Smith said:
April 27th, 2009 at 9:11 am
All that NFL caliber talent and all it led to was a couple losses at Arrowhead
It’s good that it’s not just Mizzou fans see losing to KU in ‘08 was freakin’ embarrassing. I mean, the Jayhawks!?!?! Those guys suck!
Larry Coker said:
April 27th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Good work, Phenom. Do you have stats like that for the all top programs (Michigan, USC, Ohio State, Floida, et al.)?
Gene Claude said:
April 27th, 2009 at 10:37 am
I believe Mizzou was employing the stars n scrubs approach to college football last year.
Phenomenal Smith said:
April 27th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Larry, I don’t. I got the Big 12 numbers in October from espn.com. That site allows you to sort NFL players by college. I’ve found that you have to wait a few weeks into the season to get any sort of real figures because otherwise it picks up all the dregs on a 90 man preaseason roster – I prefer the 53 man roster for this ciphering.
Gene Claude said:
April 27th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Chet, I agree with you about Freeman. I guess the counter argument is that he spent three years behind an offensive line held together with Ron Prince’s used chewing gum.
I do not think I’m exaggerating that in the three years Freeman faced Mizzou, he threw 15 balls that were or should have been intercepted.
Gene Claude said:
April 27th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Hiphop….all that NBA talent and you guys almost made it as far in the tourney as poor, untalented Mizzou. Congrats.
Phenomenal Smith said:
April 27th, 2009 at 10:56 am
On Freeman, I agree with GC. The K State offensive line was historically bad. Freeman’s lack of production isn’t all on him. However, one thing we learned from that is Freeman makes a lot of bad decisions under pressure. I’m sure Tampa thinks they can fix that….
I’m setting the over/under on Talib interceptions in the first scrimmage at 12.
huge said:
April 27th, 2009 at 11:01 am
freeman always looked good against UT, maybe that’s what the NFL scouts were looking at, his play against top competition
oh wait, our pass defense has sucked for a while…..
hiphopopotamus said:
April 27th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Which NBA draft talent would you be referring to – Brennan Bechard or Matt Kleinmann?