NFL Draft Thread: Gophers predictions, articles, analysis mock draft, tweets, etc.

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hungan1 said:
With character issues under the microscope, the pros will be looking long at hard at the Gophers crops of developing players closely if they haven't already.

Vikings' Spielman was really impressed with the Gophers football program. It is too bad they did not draft a hometown player. That may change.
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Yeah I was hoping for Wilson or Thompson, but I can't complain. I'm pumped about the Vikings draft.
 

4 Gophers drafted in 5 rounds. That's fun! Is there somewhere that lists schools with the most players drafted?
 



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Full 10 minute presser with Maxx: http://m.baltimoreravens.com/mediaItem.html?media-id=922726&media-type=V

I wasn't aware that they also drafted another TE in Nick Boyle from Delaware who seems more like an in-line guy.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Maxx Williams: I'll keep my mouth shut & earn respect.

WATCH: <a href="http://t.co/22XEQDLlok">http://t.co/22XEQDLlok</a> <a href="http://t.co/2QpYnpVPgs">pic.twitter.com/2QpYnpVPgs</a></p>— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ravens/status/594640625733009408">May 2, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Botticelli signs with chargers.


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Congrats on all these Gophers going to the NFL, and kudos to them as well as their coaches. That's the type of thing that gets noticed in a hurry, when you're able to develop players enough to send them on to the league. Excellent day for Gopher football.

Gopher028 said:
Buck Allen ahead of Jay and Cobb??? Damien Wilson ahead of Cobb?!
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I was disappointed Dallas didn't take David Cobb, but I'm thrilled to death about Damien Wilson. Given Sean Lee's terminally dodgy health, Damien offers great depth at MILB and he will get plenty of chances to play in Dallas, just like Hitchens, 4th round LB from Iowa did last season. And Jay Ajayi, it's just a shame. He was ranked in that tier right below Gordon and Gurley, in there amongst Tevin Coleman, Ameer Abdullah, Duke Johnson etc., but the reason he dropped like that is he's got a bone on bone situation going on in his right knee, so his NFL career is liable to be very, very short. He was initially highly ranked on Dallas' board, but they had to eliminate him due to that knee, and were it not for bone rubbing on bone in the knee, he'd have been a second- early third rounder.
 

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Awesome that so many guys drafted and getting looks! Has to help show potential recruits they can develop talent and get them to the next level, especially since these were some of the earliest Kill recruits.

So to recap so far...

Maxx Williams - 2nd round - Baltimore
Damien Wilson - 4th round - Dallas
David Cobb - 5th round - Tennessee
Cedric Thompson - 5th round - Miami
Cameron Botticelli - UDFA signing - San Diego
Derrick Wells - rookie mini camp invite - Tampa Bay
Donnell Kirkwood - rookie mini camp invite - Minnesota
Isaac Freuchte - rookie mini camp invite - Minnesota
Zac Epping - rookie mini camp invite - Minnesota

That's a lot of Golden Gophers making NFL rosters and/or getting looks from NFL teams.
 

Not Gophers specific, but 24 underclassmen go undrafted this year. Not as many as last year but that's still a lot.

A cautionary tale every NFL Draft is the number of underclassmen who go undrafted. Of the 84 underclassmen who declared early for the 2015 NFL Draft, only 60 were selected, leaving 24 players, who gave up their college eligibility early, undrafted.

Here is a rundown of the underclassmen who went undrafed:

SS Durell Eskridge, Syracuse
CB Jacoby Glenn, UCF
FS Chris Hackett, TCU
WR DaVaris Daniels, Notre Dame
RB Trey Williams, Texas A&M
DE Deion Barnes, Penn State
TE Jean Sifrin, Massachusetts
DT David Irving, Iowa State
WR Deontay Greenberry, Houston
DT Ellis McCarthy, UCLA
RB B.J. Catalon, TCU
WR Chris Harper, California
LB Max Flores, Northern Colorado
RB Dee Hart, Colorado State
RB Braylon Heard, Kentucky
WR George Farmer, USC
WR Nigel King, Kansas
OT Patrick Miller, Auburn
WR Zach D'Orazio, Akron
WR Tacoi Sumler, Appalachian State
OG Tyler Moore, Florida
WR Jaquel Pitts, Trinity International
LS Easton Wahlstrom, Arizona State
OLB Darien Rankin, North Carolina

While 28.6 percent of underclassmen went undrafted this year, that's actually a decline from last year when 36.7 percent of underclassmen went undrafted. After a record 98 underclassmen declared for the 2014 NFL Draft, the NFL tweaked the rules in an attempt to lower the number of early entrees and better educate players to make informed decisions. A minimum of five underclassmen from each school are allowed to petition the advisory committee for feedback and the grades players receive are either "first round," "second round" or a "return to school" grade.
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WanderingGopher said:
Yeah, especially the last 15 seconds when apparently the selection is being announced on TV.
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Never understood the delayed reaction when families only start to freak out once it is announced on TV. Wouldn't they know the second they receive a phone call, or a few second into the conversation that their kid has been drafted? Do they think he is just talking to a random friend on the phone or something?
 

die hard gopher said:
Never understood the delayed reaction when families only start to freak out once it is announced on TV. Wouldn't they know the second they receive a phone call, or a few second into the conversation that their kid has been drafted? Do they think he is just talking to a random friend on the phone or something?
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There's got to be something much more tangible for a parent, seeing their kid's name being called on national TV. I'm sure you imagined getting drafted in one sport or another as a kid. When you imagined it, did you picture getting a phone call, or seeing your name pop up on TV screen?
 


Cedric is #41. Looks like the Dolphins rookie minicamp has already started.

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