The idea the NFL limits the total payout is ridiculous considering everything must fall under the total team salary cap anyway. They give millions away at the top of the rosters but limit the bonuses to peanuts for the leftovers from draft day?

The Lions gave TE Joseph Fauriaa $12,500 bonus last year when he was one of the more highly sought UDFA's. He caught 7 TD's last year, so I think he was worth it. :)

The conference seems to be getting more kids into camps. Couple that with Fischer and now Mack both getting drafted before the 1st Big Ten-ish player, the conference as a whole should find it easier to recruit those *** type of players that go to second echelon "power" conference schools.

You can go to Illinois and get drilled by MSU, OSU and UM, or you can go to a MAC school and play on national TV, compete for a title, go to a bowl game and get a chance at playing in the league.

You won't get one of these playing football in Champaign-Urbana.

They don't have a Jostens rep in Champaign-Urbana?


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I was just wondering...how many players from each MAC school played NFL last season? Every school had at least one. Kent State had the most with 9 players getting in at least 1 game last year. This data was pulled from http://www.pro-football-reference.com

(updated 10:28EST)
Akron….Domenik Hixon with the Panthers; 15 games 0 starts; 6 years; Denver Broncos / 4th / 130th pick / 2006
Akron….Chase Blackburn with the Panthers; 13 games 7 starts; 8 years; Not drafted
Ball St.….Sean Baker with the Buccaneers; 5 games 0 starts; 1 years; Not drafted
Bowling Green….Kory Lichtensteiger with the Redskins; 16 games 16 starts; 5 years; Denver Broncos / 4th / 108th pick / 2008
Bowling Green….Chris Jones with the Patriots; 13 games 11 starts; Rookie; Houston Texans / 6th / 198th pick / 2013
Bowling Green….Shaun Suisham with the Steelers; 16 games 0 starts; Rookie; Not drafted
Buffalo….Trevor Scott with the Buccaneers; 4 games 0 starts; 5 years; Oakland Raiders / 6th / 169th pick / 2008
Buffalo….James Starks with the Packers; 13 games 1 starts; 3 years; Green Bay Packers / 6th / 193rd pick / 2010
Buffalo….Josh Thomas with the Panthers; 13 games 6 starts; 2 years; Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 143rd pick / 2011
Central Michigan….Joe Staley* with the 49ers; 16 games 16 starts; Rookie; San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 28th pick / 2007
Central Michigan….Antonio Brown* with the Steelers; 16 games 14 starts; 3 years; Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 195th pick / 2010
Central Michigan….Eric Fisher with the Chiefs; 14 games 13 starts; Rookie; Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st pick / 2013
Central Michigan….Cullen Jenkins with the Giants; 16 games 15 starts; 9 years; Not drafted
Central Michigan….Frank Zombo with the Chiefs; 16 games 5 starts; 3 years; Not drafted
Central Michigan….Josh Gordy with the Colts; 12 games 0 starts; 3 years; Not drafted
Central Michigan….Nick Bellore with the Jets; 16 games 0 starts; Rookie; Not drafted
Central Michigan & Wisconsin….J.J. Watt*+ with the Texans; 16 games 16 starts; 2 years; Houston Texans / 1st / 11th pick / 2011
East. Michigan….Jason Jones with the Lions; 3 games 3 starts; 5 years; Tennessee Titans / 2nd / 54th pick / 2008
East. Michigan….T.J. Lang with the Packers; 16 games 16 starts; 4 years; Green Bay Packers / 4th / 109th pick / 2009
Eastern Michigan….Andy Mulumba with the Packers; 14 games 3 starts; Rookie; Not drafted
Kent St.….Usama Young with the Raiders; 12 games 1 starts; Rookie; New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 66th pick / 2007
Kent St.….Julian Edelman with the Patriots; 16 games 11 starts; 4 years; New England Patriots / 7th / 232nd pick / 2009
Kent St.….Brian Winters with the Jets; 16 games 12 starts; Rookie; New York Jets / 3rd / 72nd pick / 2013
Kent St.….Antonio Gates with the Chargers; 16 games 15 starts; 10 years; Not drafted
Kent St.….Daniel Muir with the Raiders; 10 games 1 starts; 6 years; Not drafted
Kent St.….Ishmaa'ily Kitchen with the Browns; 13 games 0 starts; 1 years; Not drafted
Kent St.….James Harrison with the Bengals; 15 games 10 starts; 11 years; Not drafted
Kent St.….Josh Cribbs with the Jets; 6 games 0 starts; 8 years; Not drafted
Kent State….Josh Kline with the Patriots; 6 games 1 starts; Rookie; Not drafted
Miami (OH)….Ben Roethlisberger with the Steelers; 16 games 16 starts; 9 years; Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 11th pick / 2004
Miami (OH)….Brandon Brooks with the Texans; 15 games 15 starts; 1 years; Houston Texans / 3rd / 76th pick / 2012
Miami (OH)….Tom Crabtree with the Buccaneers; 7 games 5 starts; 3 years; Not drafted
Northern Illinois….Doug Free with the Cowboys; 16 games 16 starts; 6 years; Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 122nd pick / 2007
Northern Illinois….Larry English with the Chargers; 9 games 5 starts; 4 years; San Diego Chargers / 1st / 16th pick / 2009
Northern Illinois….Chad Spann with the Texans; 1 games 0 starts; 2 years; Not drafted
Ohio….Dave Zastudil with the Cardinals; 16 games 0 starts; Rookie; Baltimore Ravens / 4th / 112th pick / 2002
Ohio….Landon Cohen with the Bears; 14 games 3 starts; 5 years; Detroit Lions / 7th / 216th pick / 2008
Ohio….Michael Mitchell with the Panthers; 15 games 13 starts; 4 years; Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 47th pick / 2009
Ohio….LaVon Brazill with the Colts; 10 games 0 starts; 1 years; Indianapolis Colts / 6th / 206th pick / 2012
Ohio….Julian Posey with the Browns; 5 games 1 starts; 2 years; Not drafted
Ohio & Michigan….Jonathan Goodwin with the 49ers; 16 games 16 starts; 11 years; New York Jets / 5th / 154th pick / 2002
Toledo….John Greco with the Browns; 14 games 14 starts; 5 years; St. Louis Rams / 3rd / 65th pick / 2008
Toledo….Andrew Hawkins with the Bengals; 8 games 0 starts; 2 years; Not drafted
Toledo….Barry Church with the Cowboys; 16 games 16 starts; 3 years; Not drafted
Toledo….Brett Kern with the Titans; 16 games 0 starts; 5 years; Not drafted
Toledo….Danny Noble with the Jaguars; 8 games 1 starts; 1 years; Not drafted
Toledo….Eric Page with the Buccaneers; 16 games 1 starts; Rookie; Not drafted
Toledo….Lance Moore with the Saints; 13 games 5 starts; 7 years; Not drafted
Toledo….Stephen Williams with the Jaguars; 6 games 0 starts; 3; Not drafted
West. Michigan….Jason Babin with the Jaguars; 16 games 16 starts; 9; Houston Texans / 1st / 27th pick / 2004
West. Michigan….Greg Jennings with the Vikings; 15 games 15 starts; 7; Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 52nd pick / 2006
West. Michigan….Tony Scheffler with the Lions; 5 games 1 starts; 7; Denver Broncos / 2nd / 61st pick / 2006
West. Michigan….Louis Delmas with the Lions; 16 games 16 starts; 4; Detroit Lions / 2nd / 33rd pick / 2009
West. Michigan….John Potter with the Redskins; 3 games 0 starts; 1; Buffalo Bills / 7th / 251st pick / 2012
West. Michigan….Drew Nowak with the Jaguars; 2 games 0 starts; 1; Not drafted
West. Michigan….Joe Reitz with the Colts; 14 games 3 starts; 2; Not drafted
West. Michigan….Paul Hazel with the Browns; 13 games 0 starts; Rookie; Not drafted

I really pulled that data to see how many UDFAs really stuck around. From the http://www.pro-football-reference.com data, there were 1,973 players who got into NFL games last year. 613 of these were not drafted, so that's 31%. They got 1,874 game starts, which was about 16.5% of all starts.

So there is some significance to the UDFAs to NFL teams

I believe Andy Cruse of Miami was on the Texans' practice squad, if that counts.

(05-13-2014 08:26 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

Buffalo had 7 kids get drafted this year?

(05-13-2014 10:17 AM)Polish Hammer Wrote:  

(05-13-2014 08:26 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

Buffalo had 7 kids get drafted this year?

No, thats the draft plus UDFA's

Oh ok, with that draft logo and helmets it is very misleading.

(05-13-2014 08:31 AM)Slinkin Street Flash Wrote:  I really pulled that data to see how many UDFAs really stuck around. From the http://www.pro-football-reference.com data, there were 1,973 players who got into NFL games last year. 613 of these were not drafted, so that's 31%. They got 1,874 game starts, which was about 16.5% of all starts.

So there is some significance to the UDFAs to NFL teams

And the eight players on Inactive status in the practice squad sometime over the course of a season will also include a number of UDFA's.

Not all of those will have been signed out of camp. Teams will sign street free agents over the course of the year, and the ones that got the longest looks at an NFL training camp are likely candidates if injuries hit their position.

And given players that have a go in the CFL and/or Arena football and get picked up as street free agents, the numbers of UDFA's that end up playing in the NFL sometime in the next three years is greater than the number that play sometime in their first year out of college.

(05-13-2014 10:57 AM)Polish Hammer Wrote:  Oh ok, with that draft logo and helmets it is very misleading.

Not mine, or the departments... Just some guy who threw it up on Twitter..

Ohio RB Beau Blankenship picked up by the Jaguars.

Akron CB Malachi Freeman signed with the Saints and DE Albert Presley signed with the Jaguars.

Akron up to four now, as DL Moses McCray also signs with the Saints.

BG"s boo boo gates to the titans

(05-13-2014 08:26 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

Geez, Louise!!! I didn't realize that Khalil Mack was so much bigger than everyone else!! No wonder they were talking about him at #1