Quote:Smart teams draft players due to traits they have and then develop them.

 

That's how a team like the Steelers got Antonio Brown, from Central Michigan.  He's one of the best WRs in the league (some say he's the best).

 

Bullseye would've never drafted him.

Not true.

 

If a player from a smaller school exhibited traits that made him extraordinary at his level and gave indicia he could play at the NFL level, I'd certainly consider drafting him.

 

But in the absence of anything showing him to be truly transcendant, I would not take him over a comparably rated person from a better program.

 

Janoris Jenkins came out of N. Alabama.  He had the skills necessary to compete in the SEC for two years before getting kicked off UF for pot use.

 

Physically speaking, he exhibited the traits to be an exceptional CB.  I did not want him because of the pot use...not because he went to N. Alabama.

 

I saw Rashean Mathis At B-CC.  He was recruited by FSU and had his scholarship withdrawn due to injury.  At B-CC he showed to be a superior athlete...showed good ball skills and range and had good hands.

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