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Jordan Mills, OT, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs: 2013 NFL Draft Player Profile

Sayre Bedinger — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:30:09 +0000

Nov 10, 2012; San Marcos, TX, USA; Louisiana Tech Bulldogs running back Kenneth Dixon (28) reacts after running for a touchdown during the first half against the Texas State Bobcats at the Bobcat Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports

Height: 6’5″

Weight: 318 pounds

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San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl Recap

Sayre Bedinger — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:17:58 +0000

TCU felt like they should have been BCS eligible this year, but they got all they could handle from a hungry Louisiana Tech squad, and it took a fourth quarter rally from the Horned Frogs to beat the Bulldogs 31-24 in a hard fought game by both teams.

TCU linebacker Tank Carder is probably the most well-known prospect coming out of this game for 2012, and he only had four tackles and a broken up pass, but he also sniffed out a screen play early on in the game that was really impressive. I think Carder has really good range and won’t be a flashy player at the NFL level, but he could be a starter for a long time because of his instincts similar to a Ben Leber.

One player who really did impress me was Louisiana Tech junior wide receiver Quinton Patton, who played injured and had a very nice touchdown grab early in the game to give his team a lead. He has decent size and body control, and perhaps one of the coolest pre-game notes was that he and another teammate decided to give their $300 gift cards to Best Buy for playing in the bowl game to kids with the Make a Wish foundation who wanted a shopping spree.

In a year where so much negative news surrounds college football, it was nice and refreshing to hear about their selfless deed around Christmas time.

50 Best Draft Picks From Small/Unknown Schools

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:00:13 +0000

One big, if not the biggest, pet peeves of mine is when fans or anybody sees their team draft a player from, let’s say San Diego State, and they cry out loud like they just saw “Two Girls, One Cup” or got a picture text from Brett Favre. They’re the same people who think the only good players come from the SEC, Texas, or California schools. It’s easy to make general judgments like that, especially if you’re a casual fan. If that’s the case, I have nothing against you. You don’t know any better. But in some places, where football is life (quite a few SEC and Big 12 places out there), people have trouble seeing past all the “great” wide receivers and quarterbacks from Florida or “future MVP quarterbacks” from Texas Tech. Pet peeve number two: huge stats in college don’t equal a good NFL prospect. I’m not saying everyone who follows and loves the SEC or Big 12 is like this, but in seeing so many comments on football websites, a lot of peoples’ love for their team gets in the way of seeing how a player stacks up as an NFL prospect.

Now, I’m not saying that the big/popular schools don’t produce a lot of NFL talent because they absolutely do. I’m just trying to let it be known that scouting departments, for the most part, do their homework on the entire country, not just the ACC, Big 10/12, SEC, and Pac 10, although that is where a ton of the talent comes from.

In order to prove to you that smaller and unknown schools produce big-time talent, I’ve compiled a list of very good players, some legendary, that I’ve seen in my lifetime that came from those types of schools. I went back in the NFL Draft’s history and went through every team’s draft since 1987, the year I was born. I came up with 89 players who could be considered for my list. In addition to those players, I probably missed quite a few more players since I only started seriously following football in 1996 when I was nine years old.

The list is in alphabetical order, NOT ranked in order of greatness (I just know if there are any comments on this, it’ll be from some guy criticizing me because Jared Allen is first). Some players on the list are young and have quite a few years left, so I put their age to show that even though they may only have one Pro Bowl selection, they still have years left to get more accolades. Kurt Warner is not on the list because he was undrafted out of Northern Iowa. Check out the list after the jump. (more…)