The 2014 NFL draft has come to a close, and I am happy to report that I only watched 10 minutes of it. Though I do not like to watch the draft, I am interested to see which teams picked who, and where the picks came from. We never know which players will end up being a success. Here are the draft picks I look at for various reasons
Top Draft Pick: Jadaveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina
Mr. Irrelevant: Lonnie Ballentine, FS, Memphis
(Both picks made by the Houston Texans)
Players from NCAA Division I-FCS or lower
Reasons why I look at this category: First, I root for the little guy. Second, stars and valuable role players can come from these schools. Jerry Rice went to Mississippi Valley St. (Div I-FCS), Terrell Owens went to Tennessee-Chattanooga (FCS), Super Bowl winning quarterback, Joe Flacco went to Delaware (FCS), and Danny Woodhead, a valuable role player, went to Chadron St. (Div. II). This is just a small sample of players from these schools who succeeded.
NCAA Division I-FCS players
Rd. (O) Team Player Position School
2 (62) New England Jimmy Garoppolo QB Eastern Illinois
3 (67) Miami Billy Turner OT North Dakota St.
3 (94) Cleveland Terrance West RB Towson
3 (96) Minnesota Jerick McKimon RB Georgia Southern
4 (126) Miami Walt Aikens CB Liberty
4 (137) New York Jets Dakota Dozier G Furman
4 (138) Baltimore Lorenzo Taliaferro RB Coastal Carolina
5 (143) Tampa Bay Kadeem Edwards G Tennessee St.
5 (158) Detroit Caraun Reid DT Princeton
5 (171) Miami Jordan Tripp LB Montana
6 (184) Minnesota Kendall James CB Maine
6 (190) Miami Matt Hazel WR Coastal Carolina
6 (196) Arizona Walt Powell WR Murray St.
7 (226) St. Louis Mitchell Van Dyk OT Portland St.
7 (234) Miami Terrance Fede DE Marist
7 (235) Oakland Shelby Harris DE Illinois St.
7 (250) St. Louis Demetrius Rhaney C Tennessee St.
7 (252) Cincinnati Lavelle Westbrooks CB Georgia Southern
7 (255) Atlanta Tyler Starr LB South Dakota
Some of the media have made a big deal of Texas not having anyone drafted. Georgia Southern, Tennessee State, and Coastal Carolina each got two players drafted.
NCAA Division II players
Rd. (O) Team Player Position School
3 (91) Arizona John Brown WR Pittsburg St.
4 (127) Cleveland Pierre Desir CB Lindenwood
4 (136) Detroit Larry Webster III DE Bloomsburg
6 (195) New York Jets Brandon Dixon CB Northwest Missouri St.
7 (236) Green Bay Jeff Janis WR Saginaw Valley St.
NCAA Division III player
The New England Patriots drafted DE, Zach Moore in the 6th round (198th overall) from Concordia-St. Paul.
CIS (Canada) player
The Kansas City Chiefs drafted OT Laurent Duvernay-Tardif in the 6th round (200th overall) from McGill University in Montreal, QC.
Players from California Universities
Since I am from California, I want to look at who got drafted from the state of California.
Rd. (O) Team Player Position School
1 (9) Minnesota Anthony Barr LB UCLA
2 (33) Houston Xavier Su'a Filo G UCLA
2 (36) Oakland Derek Carr QB Fresno St.
2 (39) Jacksonville Marquise Lee WR USC
2 (47) Washington Trent Murphy LB Stanford
2 (53) Green Bay Davante Adams WR Fresno St.
3 (70) San Francisco Marcus Martin C USC
3 (98) Green Bay Richard Rodgers TE California
4 (108) Seattle Cassius Marsh DE UCLA
4 (115) New York Jets Shaq Evans WR UCLA
4 (126) New Orleans Khairi Fort LB California
4 (140) New England Cameron Fleming OT Stanford
5 (145) Minnesota David Yankey G Stanford
5 (148) Carolina Bene Benwikere CB San Jose St.
5 (152) New York Giants Nat Berhe S San Diego St.
5 (162) Philadelphia Ed Reynolds S Stanford
5 (174) New York Giants Devon Kennard OLB USC
6 (183) Chicago David Fales QB San Jose St.
6 (192) Pittsburgh Jordan Zumwalt OLB UCLA
6 (204) Carolina Tyler Gaffney RB Stanford
6 (208) Seattle Eric Pinkins SS San Diego St.
7 (231) Dallas Ben Gardner DE Stanford
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