…in the last 5 drafts.
- 2009: David Bruton
- 2008: Trevor Laws, Tom Zbikowski
- 2007: Victor Abiamiri, Derek Landri, Mike Richardson, Chinedum Ndukwe
- 2006: Nobody, nada, zilch, zero
- 2005: Justin Tuck
Southern Cal? Well, they had 8 defensive players drafted this past weekend.
- Brian Cushing
- Clay Matthews
- Rey Maualuga
- Fili Moala
- Kaluka Maiava
- Kyle Moore
- Cary Harris
- Kevin Ellison
Naturally, the internet is aflame with talk about how ND did disservice to the young men of Notre Dame who would have been eligible for the draft this year and were not “developed” enough to be picked among the 256. You know, all 8 of them or so (I’m not looking this up. I’ve looked at it too much, and sometimes it’s best to stop looking).
When talk comes up about how ND needed to upgrade its talent to compete with the “big boys” in college football and regain its elite status, keep 2 things in mind: 1) It’s the football equivalent of climbing Everest. 2) ND has made a great deal of progress. They now get to celebrate reaching basecamp. There is a ton of young talent at ND.
The bright side: That’s 8 NFL caliber players ND doesn’t have to face versus SoCal in 2009. Yay! Also, up this high, we don’t have to worry about coming across the Chinese army while they shoot up Buddhists.
- HLS Tweets for the Week of 2009-11-15 - November 15, 2009
- HLS Tweets for the Week of 2009-11-08 - November 8, 2009
- HLS Tweets for the Week of 2009-11-01 - November 1, 2009
