re: RMD 2011 - In the Books!

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Freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel, who graduated early from Kerrville Tivy High, opened the eyes of the estimated 16,500 fans in attendance by completing 8 of 9 passes for 115 yards and two touchdowns.

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This kid will start at A&M once Tannehill is gone.



TAMU Spring Game Summary

Being a college football fan, this draft really gets me excited each year for the season. But as someone stated earlier, it gives you a rooting interest in teams other than your favorite.

But then you find out things like this...

Stephenson High School, in Stone Mountain Georgia, has sent a ton of talent to the college ranks, but I found that its defense was special one year. In 2006, four LBs and two DEs signed D-1 schollys.

They were:
1. Marcus Ball: First signed with Florida St., but transfered to Memphis, where he played safety the last two years. Totaled 108 tackles and 4 INTs. Will be draft eligible this year.
2. Jermaine Cunningham: Played at Florida and totaled 19 sacks and 34 TFL in three years. Was drafted in the 2nd rd by NE, and started 11 games last year.
3. Perry Riley: LSU LBer who was a Butkus finalist in 2008. Had 13 TFL in his career and was the Def MVP in 2009 Chick-Fil-A bowl. Was drafted in the 4th round last year by the Redskins.
4. Kelvin Sheppard: LSU LBer who ranked 9th in the team's history with 311 tackles. He also accumilated 26 TFL, 4.5 sacks, and 6 FFs. Draft eligible this year.
5. Bruce Irvin: Went to JUCO where he posted 16 sacks and 21 TFL in 2009. Signed with WVU and was second in the nation with 14 sacks last season. He also had 14 TFL. And, he wasn't any every down player last year. This year should be pretty special for this guy.
6. Kelechi Ordu: Signed with Tennessee Tech and was the starting Mike LBer his last two seasons. He totaled 157 tackles, 11 TFL and 2 sacks in his career. He is draft eligible this year, though it is unlikely he will be selected.

It is pretty amazing for one school to have six players selected to D-1 schools in one year. It is even more astounding to have those same six players all playing in the front seven.

So have we given any thought to scoring and stuff? I had some ideas for a system but nothing really concrete yet.

How about everyone has a week to email Dan or Pasty their rankings of all teams, except their own. You cannot vote for yours and that works out to be a pretty unbiased system. If you're higher on other lists, it will work its way out.

Dan and Pasty give us a deadline, and we email them so there's no "well shite, I'm dropping them way low then!"

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How about everyone has a week to email Dan or Pasty their rankings of all teams, except their own. You cannot vote for yours and that works out to be a pretty unbiased system. If you're higher on other lists, it will work its way out.

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I tried that last year, and never calculated it

Pasty and I need to set up a TD Mock Draft email account where we can both access and get stuff like this...

I'd be fine with doing it ranking wise.

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I'm really all for just waiting the three to four years.

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me too

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Any rankings now are way premature!

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But alas, it's fun to have the opinions now for our own immediate gratification sake AND to be able to look back and compare in 3-4 years.

I like having both.

It looks like Colt Lyerla's going to be a TE/HB and since Harry already has one of those I think he should have to throw him back and draft a new LB.

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Yeah because Lyerla is the only player who will play a position other than what we drafted at

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Exactly.

I think last year both of my corners, a guard, and a receiver all played different positions. They played WR/KR, FS, DT, and RB respectively.

2011 BY ROUND
1st – DB Hasean Clinton-Dix (Alabama)
2nd – RB Savon Huggins (Rutgers)
3rd – DB Marcus Roberson (Florida)
4th – OL Brey Cook (Arkansas)
5th – DE Steve Miller (Ohio State)
6th – DT Antwaun Woods (Southern Cal)
7th – DE Brandon Alexander (Texas A&M)
8th – DB Dondi Kirby (Illinois)
9th – LB Jabari Hunt-Days (Georgia Tech)
10th – WR Quinta Funderburk (Arkansas)
11th – OL Fou Fonoti (Michigan State)
12th – DT Al Page (Rutgers)
13th – OL Aaron Douglas (Alabama)
14th – CB Bennett Okotcha (Oklahoma)
15th – WR Quinton Pedroza (Utah)
16th – OC Jacob Brendel (UCLA)
17th – LB Cedrick Cooper (South Carolina)
18th – WR Juwaun Caesar (Michigan State)
19th – TE Austin Maly (Wisconsin)
20th – OL Jay Whitmire (Virginia)
21st – LB Willie Mitchell (UCF)
22nd – QB Maxwell Smith (Kentucky)
23rd – WR Andre Davis (USF)
24th – RB Ronnie Daniels (Texas Tech)
25th – DB Larry Franklin (Vanderbilt)


2011 OFFENSE BY POSITION
QB – Maxwell Smith (22nd)
RB- Savon Huggins (2nd)
FB – Ronnie Daniels (S2)
WR - Quinta Funderburk (10th)
WR - Quinton Pedroza (15th)
WR - Juwaun Caesar (18th)
WR – Andre Davis (S1)
TE - Austin Maly (19th)
OL – Aaron Douglas (13th)
OL – Jay Whitmire (20th)
OC – Jacob Brendel (16th)
OL – Fou Fonoti (11th)
OL – Brey Cook (4th)


2011 DEFENSE BY POSITION
DE – Steve Miller (5th)
DT – Antwaun Woods (6th)
DT – Al Page (12th)
DE – Brandon Alexander (7th)
LB – Jabari Hunt-Days (9th)
LB – Cedrick Cooper (17th)
LB – Willie Mitchell (21st)
CB – Marcus Roberson (3rd)
SS – Hasean Clinton-Dix (1st)
SS – Larry Franklin (S3)
FS – Dondi Kirby (8th)
CB – Bennett Okotcha (14th)


2011 CONFERENCE COUNT
SEC 8
BIG 10 5
PAC 10 3
BIG XII 3
BIG EAST 3
ACC 2
CONFERENCE USA 1

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Damn dude. I never really looked back on all teams on how their players turned out. I always wanted to but just never really sat down and did it.

Probably it would take so long to do.

I think I have one player (my center) that probably won't get any PT. I have two players that are buried on the depth chart, but have still have potential to get PT (WR- who is now a RB and DE- Jordan Allen, LSU). I am still hoping that my SS comes back from his mission in 2012 and still wants to play football. He was interviewed and after a year he still sounds very gung-ho.