USC Players Underperform in NFL

[Whiskeyjack]

There's a good article on ESPN right now about how the 2006, 2007, and 2008 drafts should have gone with the benefit of hindsight.

The last paragraph made me smile:

Lastly, we find out that over this three-year period, USC has the best publicity department in college football. The Trojans may have had a lot of players taken in those three first rounds, but no school's picks underperformed worse (Leinart, Reggie Bush, Keith Rivers and Sedrick Ellis fell a combined -382). Then again, Mark Sanchez and Clay Matthews will be counted when we get to fixing 2009-11.

They've been beating us on #s drafted for quite a while, but the above provides some consolation (for those three years at least).

 

[Riddickulous]

Ryan Harris is the only quality NFL player ND put out during that three-year stretch. We don't have a lot of room to brag.

Also John Carlson. Excuse me.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Ryan Harris is the only quality NFL player ND put out during that three-year stretch. We don't have a lot of room to brag.

Also John Carlson. Excuse me.

That passage was offered as small consolation for our sorry draft performance vis-a-vis USC, not as bragging rights.

 

[loomis41973]

Kinda reminds me of a ..."whose johnson is bigger debate"

 

[KPENN]

Ryan Harris is the only quality NFL player ND put out during that three-year stretch. We don't have a lot of room to brag.

Also John Carlson. Excuse me.

Fasano too

 

[Ironman8]

Fasano too

Ryan Grant was '05 as well.

 

[Riddickulous]

Ryan Grant was '05 as well.

Yes.

 

[military_irish]

May I throw in Chinedum Ndukwe in the mix. He was a 7th round pick but was pretty formidable for the Bengals before he got injured.

 

[NDbrbkny]

what about tuck?

 

[WabashFalcon]

Battle's still kicking around the league as well.

 

[PatsandBostonfan1975]

Ya with Clausen and Quinn this is not a subject you bring up in bar.

 

[Dizzyphil]

Ya with Clausen and Quinn this is not a subject you bring up in bar.

Yep ^


and Ryan Grant was not drafted either. He signed as a free agent in 2005 with the Giants.


Diz

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Justin. Tuck.

 

[Riddickulous]

Tuck was drafted in '05. Battle was drafted in '03.

The article was about the '06, '07, and '08 drafts.