Maclin, Crabtree, Coffee, Collie Leaving School
All of these announcements came on Friday, and it made the NFL Draft even more talented and deeper than before. Missouri’s Jeremy Maclin, Texas Tech’s Michael Crabtree, Alabama’s Glen Coffee, and BYU’s Austin Collie all announced that they are foregoing their senior season to enter the 2009 NFL Draft.
So what does this do? It certainly makes things harder on Florida’s Percy Harvin and Maryland’s Derrius Heyward Bey. Bey has already announced he is leaving school for the NFL while Harvin is still among three Florida players yet to make a decision after the national championship game. Both Crabtree and Maclin are expected to be first round picks, as it Heyward Bey and Harvin if he decides to leave.
Glen Coffee is the biggest question mark of these players to return. He is a decent sized running back with an amazing ability to find the holes and to fall forward once he gets there. I don’t see him going anywhere around round one, which makes this decision a little baffling. Maybe he feels like he can make a huge impact at the NFL combine and soar up draft boards.
Decisions from Tim Tebow, Harvin, Brandon Spikes, and Sam Bradford are among those still to come. Keep checking our early entry board for more information.
