I'll be shocked if nobody has taken Waller and/or Smelter by the end of Round 3. The NFL is so stat obsessed it wouldn't surprise me if they don't give Shaq a high draft for the same reason they never gave Joe Hamilton a high draft. But Shaq isn't so undersized he can't make it. 6'1" is fine for a center.

(05-02-2015 01:56 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  I'll be shocked if nobody has taken Waller and/or Smelter by the end of Round 3. The NFL is so stat obsessed it wouldn't surprise me if they don't give Shaq a high draft for the same reason they never gave Joe Hamilton a high draft. But Shaq isn't so undersized he can't make it. 6'1" is fine for a center.

I assume you mean the end of Day 3 rather than Round 3, which is already over. It would appear that GT's performance this past year was more a product of coaching and system rather than sheer talent.

I'm a bit surprised that Clemson has only had two players taken so far.

(05-01-2015 11:23 PM)CollegeCard Wrote:  After three rounds

ACC by team
FSU...........6
Miami........5
Louisville...4
Clemson....2
Duke.........1
Wake........1
Virginia.....1

FSU has more picks than anyone so far, with Miami & Stanford tied for 2nd most. Louisville is one of five schools with 4 picks.

By Conference
PAC 12.....25
SEC.........22
ACC........ 20
B1G.........15
B12..........7
Other.......10

Other: FCS (3), AAC (2), MWC (2), CUSA, MAC, D3

Of the top 6 teams in the CFP rankings, draft results for each of the first three rounds (Rd1- Rd2- Rd3, Total picks):

FSU.........2-3-1, 6
Oregon....2-1-1, 4
Alabama..1-2-0, 3
Ohio St....0-1-1, 2
TCU.........0-0-1, 1
Baylor......0-0-0, 0

(05-02-2015 08:22 AM)ken d Wrote:  

(05-02-2015 01:56 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  I'll be shocked if nobody has taken Waller and/or Smelter by the end of Round 3. The NFL is so stat obsessed it wouldn't surprise me if they don't give Shaq a high draft for the same reason they never gave Joe Hamilton a high draft. But Shaq isn't so undersized he can't make it. 6'1" is fine for a center.

I assume you mean the end of Day 3 rather than Round 3, which is already over. It would appear that GT's performance this past year was more a product of coaching and system rather than sheer talent.

I'm a bit surprised that Clemson has only had two players taken so far.

No I meant Round 3.

Joe Hamilton was taken in the next to last round because NFL and QB and not 6'3" or taller.

(05-02-2015 11:03 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(05-02-2015 08:22 AM)ken d Wrote:  

(05-02-2015 01:56 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  I'll be shocked if nobody has taken Waller and/or Smelter by the end of Round 3. The NFL is so stat obsessed it wouldn't surprise me if they don't give Shaq a high draft for the same reason they never gave Joe Hamilton a high draft. But Shaq isn't so undersized he can't make it. 6'1" is fine for a center.

I assume you mean the end of Day 3 rather than Round 3, which is already over. It would appear that GT's performance this past year was more a product of coaching and system rather than sheer talent.

I'm a bit surprised that Clemson has only had two players taken so far.

No I meant Round 3.

Joe Hamilton was taken in the next to last round because NFL and QB and not 6'3" or taller.

I'm never quite sure what the posting times mean on this site - according to my computer, your post was made at about 3AM this morning, hours after the third round ended.

I find it interesting that the ACC schools with the most prospects still on the board after three rounds are the schools that have already had the most players picked: FSU and Louisville, with five each, and Miami with four. Of the seven schools who haven't got a pick yet, GaTech is the only one with more than one prospect with a top 250 draft grade (they have the three you named). Only VaTech and NC State don't have a prospect rated that high, though I wouldn't be surprised if they get a player picked before Mr. Irrelevant.

All of this illustrates what has been noted all too often on this forum. The ACC is a very top heavy league, with very little depth. And when Miami can have as many as nine players drafted and still struggle to crack the top 50 in the polls, our case for respectability isn't helped at all. If they don't break out this year, I don't see how Golden can hang on. That's just too much talent to waste. And if Beamer doesn't start to get better talent soon, he won't be far behind.

I don't know if VaTech will be able to attract a blue chip coach, but there's no reason Miami shouldn't be able to this time around.

(05-02-2015 11:43 AM)ken d Wrote:  I'm never quite sure what the posting times mean on this site - according to my computer, your post was made at about 3AM this morning, hours after the third round ended.

I don't follow the NFL. At all.

(05-02-2015 12:03 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(05-02-2015 11:43 AM)ken d Wrote:  I'm never quite sure what the posting times mean on this site - according to my computer, your post was made at about 3AM this morning, hours after the third round ended.

I don't follow the NFL. At all.

Same here. I may keep up with former SU players by looking at ESPN stats, but thats it. Same goes for the NBA. I only even watch a bit of the Super Bowl because Im usually at a Super Bowl party.

After four rounds

ACC by team
FSU..............7
Miami............6
Louisville.......5
Clemson........2
Duke.............2
Georgia Tech..2
Wake............1
Virginia.........1
Pittsburgh.....1

Mason and Smelter from GT off the board in the 4th.

(05-02-2015 11:43 AM)ken d Wrote:  I find it interesting that the ACC schools with the most prospects still on the board after three rounds are the schools that have already had the most players picked: FSU with 6, Miami with five and Louisville with four. And when Miami can have as many as nine players drafted + Brad Kayaa (ACC ROY) and still struggle to crack the top 50 in the polls, our case for respectability isn't helped at all. If they don't break out this year, I don't see how Golden can hang on. That's just too much talent to waste. ... there's no reason Miami shouldn't be able to attract a blue chip coach this time around.

UM has only two fewer players drafted so far (five) than the entire Big 12 conference (seven)
-- Barry Jackson @flasportsbuzz 9:18 PM - 1 May 2015

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Wow. Bradley Pinion from Clemson just went to the 49ers in the fifth round. Does that count if he's a punter?

In the fifth round the Big Ten came on strong and moved into a tie with the ACC at 31 players taken. The SEC leads with 38, followed by the PAC 12 at 33.

The Big 12 is apparently trying to emulate Silky Sullivan (since this is derby Day, I thought I'd throw in a horse racing reference). With two rounds to go they are hanging back waiting for a dramatic stretch run. They have had 14 players taken in the first five rounds, compared with 17 by the G5 and 12 by teams from the FCS or lower divisions.

The ACC tally thru 5:

FSU.........9
Miami......6
Louisville..5
Clemson...4
Duke.......2
Ga Tech...2
UVa.........1
Wake.......1
Pitt..........1

(05-02-2015 11:43 AM)ken d Wrote:  

(05-02-2015 11:03 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(05-02-2015 08:22 AM)ken d Wrote:  

(05-02-2015 01:56 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  I'll be shocked if nobody has taken Waller and/or Smelter by the end of Round 3. The NFL is so stat obsessed it wouldn't surprise me if they don't give Shaq a high draft for the same reason they never gave Joe Hamilton a high draft. But Shaq isn't so undersized he can't make it. 6'1" is fine for a center.

I assume you mean the end of Day 3 rather than Round 3, which is already over. It would appear that GT's performance this past year was more a product of coaching and system rather than sheer talent.

I'm a bit surprised that Clemson has only had two players taken so far.

No I meant Round 3.

Joe Hamilton was taken in the next to last round because NFL and QB and not 6'3" or taller.

I'm never quite sure what the posting times mean on this site - according to my computer, your post was made at about 3AM this morning, hours after the third round ended.

I find it interesting that the ACC schools with the most prospects still on the board after three rounds are the schools that have already had the most players picked: FSU and Louisville, with five each, and Miami with four. Of the seven schools who haven't got a pick yet, GaTech is the only one with more than one prospect with a top 250 draft grade (they have the three you named). Only VaTech and NC State don't have a prospect rated that high, though I wouldn't be surprised if they get a player picked before Mr. Irrelevant.

All of this illustrates what has been noted all too often on this forum. The ACC is a very top heavy league, with very little depth. And when Miami can have as many as nine players drafted and still struggle to crack the top 50 in the polls, our case for respectability isn't helped at all. If they don't break out this year, I don't see how Golden can hang on. That's just too much talent to waste. And if Beamer doesn't start to get better talent soon, he won't be far behind.

I don't know if VaTech will be able to attract a blue chip coach, but there's no reason Miami shouldn't be able to this time around.

I think Miami's issue is similar to many other teams in the ACC......they either don't want to or don't have the money to spend on coaching (head coaches, Assistants, support staff....or combo of all of them).

Miami MIGHT want to....don't know the mindset of their admin....but they don't have a ton of money...they aren't loaded like a UNC. So even if they wanted to.....the can't match money with the top teams in say SEC or B1G.

Some ACC schools will struggle to get talent regardless....but of course, Miami always has talent...lots of it.

ACC kind of has an issue that teams that CAN pay for great coaches don't want to and/or can't attract a lot of talent.....and teams that MIGHT want to pay, can't afford to.

Yes!!!!

Va Tech is off the schneid. They get on the board with Kyshoen Jarrett at the #181 pick. Way to go Hokies. Only four ACC schools left on the sidelines - Syracuse, BC, UNC and NC State.

Grady Jarrett goes from the lowest of lows of having his house burn down last night losing all of his clothes to being drafted by the NFL team where his father made his name.

http://www.tigernet.com/story/football/J...rits-13723

Quote:Jarrett and about 50 family members were in the family’s home in Conyers, Ga., watching the second and third round of the NFL Draft when someone smelled smoke they thought was coming from the kitchen. As it turned out, the house was on fire and the family escaped the burning building in what Jarrett described as a scary scene.

“It's hard. We were watching the draft and smelled something funny,” Jarrett told TigerNet Saturday afternoon. “We thought it was in the kitchen but it ended up being in the upstairs game room. We don't know exactly what started it, but they still have to do the investigation. It was a scary scene. We got everybody out of the house and just watched my house burn. It was really, really tough. We couldn't do anything. We just had to wait for the fire department to get there. They got there and it took them a good minute to get the fire completely out. It's really bad damage but we'll be okay.”

Jarrett lost most if not all of his Clemson memorabilia (and most of his personal clothing), but with the draft still in progress the family continued to watch the draft at a cousin’s house in Covington, a 15-minute drive away. Jarrett’s name wasn’t called on Friday night, but he was drafted early Saturday by the Atlanta Falcons who picked Jarrett with the first pick of the fifth round.

“We continued to watch the draft - rounds two and three - and I thought was going somewhere in that range and my name didn't get called, so that just added a little more stress to the day,” Jarrett said. “With Atlanta taking me today, it just lifted my spirits and my family's spirits. It was really special. It actually helped lift my family's spirits a whole lot with me going to Atlanta, even though it was later that I thought it would be. I'm just happy to have the opportunity. It's definitely a weight lifted off of my shoulders.”

His father is former Falcons LB and Ring of Honor member Jessie Tuggle.

When Arthur Blank learned about the house fire and that Grady had lost his clothes he went into immediately action

http://www.tigernet.com/update/player/Gr...?ref=front

Quote:Atlanta Falcons' owner Arthur Blank said that he did not realize that Jarrett's house had burned down while talking to him after they selected Jarrett. He was told that Jarrett had lost all his clothes and most of his possessions in the fire. Blank told his staff that Jarrett was part of the family and go get him Atlanta gear for him to wear.

BC scored in the sixth round, leaving Syracuse, UNC and NC State as the only schools not yet on the board from the ACC.

Since I was focusing on conferences, it completely escaped my notice that Notre Dame was also bereft of draft picks. Finally, with pick #229 they avoided the embarrassment of a shutout. BYU has still not rung the bell.

Only 11 picks to go. Dare we hope to snag the title of Mr. Irrelevant?

We did it!!!!

Mr Irrelevant 2015 is Louisville's own Gerald Christian. That gives the Cardinals 10 picks in all, second only in the ACC to Florida State's 11.

This is only the second time since 1975 that SU had no players drafted. The other time was the 2008 draft.

Draft picks by league/per team:
SEC 3.9,
ACC 3.4,
Pac 12 3.3,
Big 12 2.5,
B1G 2.4

FSU set the record for most players drafted in a 3-year span by any school in the nation.

BUT, several on this board would argue FSU doesn't carry the conference.