Only guy from OU projected in the 1st round never played a down

[AbsoluteZer0]

It's kind of sad to see that the only guy projected to be taken even somewhat early is a dude who never played a down.

DGB to Miami

 

[DallasSooner]

You don't traditionally have seasons like last year when you have a boatload of first rounders on the squad.

 

[AbsoluteZer0]

Originally posted by DallasSooner:
You don't traditionally have seasons like last year when you have a boatload of first rounders on the squad.

Eh, I don't know. How many 1st rounders did we have from the 2000 season? We had 1 3rd rounder and 1 6th rounder and that was it.

In the 2009 season when we went 8 and 5 we had 4 first rounders, one of which was the top over all pick and two more being picks 3 and 4. So 1, 3 and 4 picks with the same record we had last year.

 

[Salt City Sooner]

Originally posted by AbsoluteZer0:

Originally posted by DallasSooner:
You don't traditionally have seasons like last year when you have a boatload of first rounders on the squad.

Eh, I don't know. How many 1st rounders did we have from the 2000 season? We had 1 3rd rounder and 1 6th rounder and that was it.

In the 2009 season when we went 8 and 5 we had 4 first rounders, one of which was the top over all pick and two more being picks 3 and 4. So 1, 3 and 4 picks with the same record we had last year.

That's a more than a little deceiving stat though. The #1 pick played a half against BYU, the whole game against Baylor, & had a season ender against the 'horns. That's it. McCoy was the rock of a top 10 defense (in spite of the offensive issues), so no problem there. Williams was pretty much the only consistent thing on the OL that year. I mean, he had to start at center against Stanford for pete's sake ( the 4th player to snap the ball that year). I, in my 30+ years of watching CFB, can't recall another position group that got blasted by injuries in a year the way the '09 OL did.

Oh, & don't forget, OU had another 1st round pick in that draft named Gresham. Never played a down for OU in '09.

 

[Plainosooner]

I suspect we'll have several first rounders who played for us last season. They just aren't finished yet with their college careers.

 

[Section22Sooner]

Originally posted by Salt City Sooner:

Originally posted by AbsoluteZer0:

Originally posted by DallasSooner:
You don't traditionally have seasons like last year when you have a boatload of first rounders on the squad.

Eh, I don't know. How many 1st rounders did we have from the 2000 season? We had 1 3rd rounder and 1 6th rounder and that was it.

In the 2009 season when we went 8 and 5 we had 4 first rounders, one of which was the top over all pick and two more being picks 3 and 4. So 1, 3 and 4 picks with the same record we had last year.

That's a more than a little deceiving stat though. The #1 pick played a half against BYU, the whole game against Baylor, & had a season ender against the 'horns. That's it. McCoy was the rock of a top 10 defense (in spite of the offensive issues), so no problem there. Williams was pretty much the only consistent thing on the OL that year. I mean, he had to start at center against Stanford for pete's sake ( the 4th player to snap the ball that year). I, in my 30+ years of watching CFB, can't recall another position group that got blasted by injuries in a year the way the '09 OL did.

Oh, & don't forget, OU had another 1st round pick in that draft named Gresham. Never played a down for OU in '09.

I've always appreciated crafty numbers massaging!

 

[AbsoluteZer0]

Originally posted by Salt City Sooner:

Originally posted by AbsoluteZer0:

Originally posted by DallasSooner:
You don't traditionally have seasons like last year when you have a boatload of first rounders on the squad.

Eh, I don't know. How many 1st rounders did we have from the 2000 season? We had 1 3rd rounder and 1 6th rounder and that was it.

In the 2009 season when we went 8 and 5 we had 4 first rounders, one of which was the top over all pick and two more being picks 3 and 4. So 1, 3 and 4 picks with the same record we had last year.

That's a more than a little deceiving stat though. The #1 pick played a half against BYU, the whole game against Baylor, & had a season ender against the 'horns. That's it. McCoy was the rock of a top 10 defense (in spite of the offensive issues), so no problem there. Williams was pretty much the only consistent thing on the OL that year. I mean, he had to start at center against Stanford for pete's sake ( the 4th player to snap the ball that year). I, in my 30+ years of watching CFB, can't recall another position group that got blasted by injuries in a year the way the '09 OL did.

Oh, & don't forget, OU had another 1st round pick in that draft named Gresham. Never played a down for OU in '09.

Of course you are right, I was just illustrating that a seasons outcome doesn't necessarily point to a lack of talent.

I was mainly lamenting the fact that the only projected early pick never even played for the team.

I think you can point to that 2000 squad as a great coaching job in so far as firing up and motivating a team to exceed expectations. It still amazes me that that group did what they did.