Quality of the Draft

Zod · Dec 4, 2007

Has anyone seen articles referencing the quality of this draft? I was a little disappointed when I looked at scout.com last year. They had a grand total of 18 players ranked as 5 star players. In contrast they have 35 players ranked as 5 star this year. The ranking of four star players doesn't stop until after the first 100 players!

This could be something as simple as they changed editors, the way they rank, or whatever. As of today though, I'm encouraged about their observations of the draft quality. Anyone find any articles to confirm the supposed quality of this draft?

http://profootballexperts.scout.com/a.z?s=211&p=9&c=12&yr=2008&nid=83&lnid=124&rc=4&pid=88&pg=1

lbmclean_sj · Dec 4, 2007

hopefully the juniors will make the picture rosier

Michael Oher, 2008 NFL Draft Prospect
6' 6" 325 lbs.
Offensive Tackle
Ole Miss
Junior

Meet one of the best offensive line prospects in college football and soon to be one of the best in the NFL. As a freshman Michael Jerome Oher was a fantastic guard, he earned First Team Freshman All-American honors from Rivals.com and The Sporting News and Third Team honors from CollegeFootballNews.com. He was also named First Team Freshman All-SEC by the SEC Coaches and The Sporting News. Oher stared the last 10 games at right guard. It’s a pretty impressive feat to even start in the SEC as a true freshman. Oher became the first freshman starter on the offensive line at Ole Miss since 1997 when Terrance Metcalf started.

Last year as a sophomore (2006) he was converted to left tackle and didn’t miss a beat. He earned second team All-SEC honors and has accumulated 22 consecutive starts over the last two seasons, and last year he started every game at left tackle. Oher plays with a mean and the 6’ 6” 325 pound former basketball star has very quick feet. His powerful blocking helped running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis become only the third 1,000-yard runner in Ole Miss History and Green-Ellis recorded four 100-yard rushing games.

Coming out of high school Oher was rated as one of the top offensive linemen in the country. He earned first team USA Today All-American honors and played in the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. He was also selected by ESPN as the nation's top offensive tackle and rated as the fifth best offensive lineman in the country by Scout.com as well as first team All-American honors. As a high school senior, he was credited with 130 pancake blocks, allowing no sacks, and grading out at 90 percent. He didn't allow a sack in his two years and had 200 total pancake blocks. I mentioned he was a star basketball player, he also lettered twice in basketball and twice in track. For a 300 pound basketball player he averaged 22 points and 10 rebound and earned All-State honors. In track, he was state runner-up in discus.

This year Michael Oher is on almost everyone’s second or third team All-American list. He is also included as a possible first round draft pick on many 2008 NFL Mock Drafts. Oher is only a junior so we might have to wait until the 2009 NFL Draft to see him walk up to the podium, but sooner or later he will make that walk and play on Sundays. Oher is a special talent not because of his proto type size, or even his mean streak, it’s his technique that has all the NFL Scouts giddy. He plays with excellent knee bend, uses proper leverage and slides his feet very well. He plays with excellent balance and is solid muscle. If he does enter the draft early he has the maturity and talent to start as a rookie in the NFL.

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Canes_Fan_83 · Dec 5, 2007

Colt Brennan is 19th?!

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