2013 SMALL SCHOOL DRAFT PICKS

 

Here is a look at who was taken over the three day draft along with their measurables and projected round. 

 

Round	Pick	Team	Pos	Rank	First Name	Last Name	School	HT	WT	40 Time	Rd. Proj.
2	60	Atlanta	DC	2	Robert	Alford	Southeastern Louisiana	5'11	186	4.34/4.37	3rd
3	75	New Orleans	OT	1	Terron	Armstead	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	6'5	303	4.65/4.75	2nd
3	80	Dallas	SS	4	J.J.	Wilcox	Georgia Southern	6'1	216	4.51/4.56	3rd
3	94	Baltimore	DT	6	Brandon	Williams	Missouri Southern State	6'1	332	5.32/5.37	3rd-4th
4	108	Carolina	OG	26	Edmund	Kugbila	Valdosta State	6'4	319	5.13/5.20	7th
4	114	Dallas	DC	3	B.W.	Webb	William & Mary	5'11	183	4.46/4.53	3rd
4	116	Arizona	OG	7	Earl	Watford	James Madison	6'4	301	5.05/5.10	4th
4	122	Green Bay	OG	13	J.C.	Tretter	Cornell	6'4	305	5.05/5.09	5th-6th
4	130	Baltimore	FB	9	Kyle	Juszczyk	Harvard	6'1	248	4.71/4.72	4th
5	139	Indianapolis	NT	5	Montori	Hughes	Tennessee-Martin	6'5	338	5.13/5.15	3rd-4th
5	152	NY Giants	SS	57	Cooper	Taylor	Richmond	6'5	228	4.49/4.58	PFA
5	165	Detroit	PT	34	Sam	Martin	Appalachian State	6'0	206	4.85/4.90	7th-PFA
6	170	Kansas City	OC	32	Eric	Kush	California PA	6'4	304	5.04/5.08	7th-PFA
6	183	New Orleans	DE	40	Rufus	Johnson	Tarleton State	6'6	268	4.82/4.84	PFA
6	193	Green Bay	OB	63	Nate	Palmer	Illinois State	6'2	248	4.70/4.75	PFA
6	195	Houston	WO	44	Alan	Bonner	Jacksonville State	5'10	197	4.57/4.68	PFA
6	203	Baltimore	OC	38	Ryan	Jensen	CSU-Pueblo	6'3	316	5.23/5.34	PFA
7	207	Kansas City	DE	21	Mike	Catapano	Princeton	6'4	271	4.75/4.76	6th-7th
7	210	Jacksonville	DC	29	Demetrius	McCray	Appalachian State	6'1	185	4.47/4.48	7th-PFA
7	216	Green Bay	WO	20	Charles	Johnson	Grand Valley State	6'2	215	4.39/4.42	6th-7th
7	217	Cleveland	DE	15	Armonty	Bryant	East Central	6'5	259	4.69/4.84	6th
7	221	San Diego	QB	41	Brad	Sorensen	Southern Utah	6'5	229	4.93/4.98	PFA
7	223	Pittsburgh	NT	19	Nick	Williams	Samford	6'5	309	4.84/4.93	6th-7th
7	227	Cleveland	OG	17	Garrett	Gilkey	Chadron State	6'6	318	5.29/5.37	6th-7th
7	231	Seattle	IB	11	Ty	Powell	Harding	6'2	246	4.60/4.65	5th
7	233	Oakland	DE	31	David	Bass	Missouri Western State	6'4	256	4.74/4.78	7th-PFA
7	238	Baltimore	WO	10	Aaron	Mellette	Elon	6'3	218	4.45/4.53	5th
7	241	Seattle	DT	16	Jared	Smith	New Hampshire	6'4	298	5.01/5.05	6th
7	242	Seattle	OT	70	Michael	Bowie	Northeastern State	6'5	330	5.28/5.42	PFA
7	245	Detroit	IB	25	Brandon	Hepburn	Florida A&M	6'3	241	4.54/4.56	7th

 

BY THE NUMBERS

 

The average of small school draft picks is 25 but this year there were 30, 5 more than the average.

 

There were 11 Division II players drafted with zero from Division III and NAIA thus 19 from FCS drafted.

 

BY POSITION

 

QB- 1

RB- 0

FB- 1

WR- 3

TE- 0

OT- 2

OG- 4

C- 2

DE- 4

DT- 4

OLB- 1

ILB- 2

CB- 3

S- 2

P- 1

 

DRAFT NOTES

 

There were no players drafted this year who didn’t have at least a 6^th-7^th round high in my projection, for the first time ever.

 

Only 5 of my top 25 players were not drafted.

 

Tennessee Tech WR Da’Rick Rogers is a player many teams had in the 2^nd, 3^rd, or 4^th row on their boards but passed on due to character.  I’m told he would have gone in the 3^rd round if not for character flags.  There are some additional things that have happened that most did not know about thus the surprising fall.

 

Outside of Rogers there was no player on my board projected 5^th round or higher who went undrafted and just 7 with a PFA projection who were drafted, and 2 of those 7 drafted in the 7^th round.

 

BIGGEST VALUE

 

According to my board, Baltimore got the best value in the draft with Aaron Mellette at pick 238 who had a 5^th round grade on my board.

 

BIGGEST REACH

 

Valdosta State OG Edmund Kugbila was a 7^th round projection and the Panthers took him 108 overall in the 4^th round.

 

WITHIN RANGE

 

The draft is so fickle so it’s considered to be a dead on hit if you are within a half round to round of where a player is drafted.  Based on that, the board hit dead on with 19 of the 30 picks. 

 

COMBINE SNUBS DRAFTED

 

Here are the 10 players who were drafted despite no invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine.

 

Round	Pick	Team	Pos	First Name	Last Name	School	Div.
4	130	Baltimore	FB	Kyle	Juszczyk	Harvard	FCS
5	152	NY Giants	SS	Cooper	Taylor	Richmond	FCS
5	165	Detroit	PT	Sam	Martin	Appalachian State	FCS
6	170	Kansas City	OC	Eric	Kush	California PA	D2
6	183	New Orleans	DE	Rufus	Johnson	Tarleton State	D2
6	193	Green Bay	OB	Nate	Palmer	Illinois State	FCS
6	203	Baltimore	OC	Ryan	Jensen	CSU-Pueblo	D2
7	207	Kansas City	DE	Mike	Catapano	Princeton	FCS
7	216	Green Bay	WO	Charles	Johnson	Grand Valley State	D2
7	242	Seattle	OT	Michael	Bowie	Northeastern State	D2

 

 

MULTIPLE DRAFT PICKS

 

Appalachian State is the only non FBS school to have more than one player drafted with punter Sam Martin in the 5^th round and cornerback Demetrius McCray in the 7^th round.  App State is now headed to the Sun Belt with the 2014 NFL Draft being their last year in the small school rankings.

 

COOPER TAYLOR

 

The NY Giants have one of the best medical staffs in the NFL and they passed Taylor.  Had it been known he passed the medical tests he would have been a 6^th round projection. 

 

COMBINE SNUB DRAFT RANGE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED

 

There have been cases where a combine snub is drafted in the 3^rd round but more often than not the range is the 4^th round with most of them going in the 6^th or 7^th round. 

 

COMBINE/ALL-STAR GAME SNUBS  

 

There were two players snubbed by every all-star game and NFL Scouting Combine and here they are:

 

Round	Pick	Team	Pos	First Name	Last Name	School	Div.
5	165	Detroit	PT	Sam	Martin	Appalachian State	FCS
7	216	Green Bay	WO	Charles	Johnson	Grand Valley State	D2

 

MOST PICKS BY ALL-STAR GAME

 

SENIOR BOWL- 11

 

2^nd- Robert Alford

3^rd- Terron Armstead, JJ Wilcox, Brandon Williams

4^th- BW Webb, JC Tretter, Kyle Juszczyk

5^th- Montori Hughes

7^th- Garrett Gilkey, Ty Powell, Aaron Mellette

 

SHRINE- 6

2^nd- Terron Armstead

4^th- Earl Watford

5^th- Cooper Taylor

6^th- Eric Kush

7^th- Mike Catapano and David Bass

 

RAYCOM-5

4^th- Edmund Kugbila

5^th- Montori Hughes

6^th- Alan Bonner

7^th- Michael Bowie and Brandon Hepburn

 

TEXAS VS NATION- 5

6^th- Rufus Johnson and Ryan Jensen

7^th- Armonty Bryant, Nick Williams, and Jared Smith

 

NFLPA- 3

6^th- Nate Palmer

7^th- Demetrius McCray and Brad Sorensen

 

THE NEW PECKING ORDER OF ALL-STAR GAMES

 

The Senior Bowl is No. 1 while the Shrine is No. 2.  With the years the TVN game has been around the fact it has been tied by the Raycom Game in year one shows the Raycom Game has passed it and is the better option, especially with Montori Hughes showing up and using the game to earn a Senior Bowl invite.  If a player wants to play in the Senior Bowl and has no invite they should attend the Shrine or Raycom Games because they will give the opportunity.

 

TOP UNDRAFTED FREE AGENTS

 

Here is a look at my top 20 and where they signed after the draft.

 

Team	Pos	Rank	First Name	Last Name	School	HT	WT	40 Time
Buffalo	WO	8	Da'Rick	Rogers	Tennessee Tech	6'3	219	4.56/4.58
Indianapolis	DC	12	Dax	Swanson	Sam Houston State	5'11	180	4.43/4.48
NY Jets	FS	14	Rontez	Miles	California PA	6'0	203	4.59/4.62
Cincinnati	OB	18	Jayson	DiManche	Southern Illinois	6'1	232	4.53/4.63
Dallas	FS	22	Jakar	Hamilton	South Carolina State	5'11	186	4.56/4.64
Baltimore	OT	23	Rogers	Gaines	Tennessee State	6'7	331	5.24/5.25
Miami	WO	24	Jasper	Collins	Mount Union	5'11	184	4.47/4.50
NY Jets	WO	27	Ryan	Spadola	Lehigh	6'2	204	4.40/4.51
Philadelphia	OH	28	Miguel	Maysonet	Stony Brook	5'9	212	4.60/4.63
Buffalo	WO	30	Brandon	Kaufman	Eastern Washington	6'5	215	4.58/4.63
San Diego	OH	33	Mike	Hill	Missouri Western State	5'10	209	4.60/4.62
San Francisco	OT	35	Luke	Marquardt	Azusa Pacific	6'8	317	5.33/5.41
Buffalo	IB	36	Keith	Pough	Howard	6'2	241	4.87/4.96
Cincinnati	WO	37	Tyrone	Goard	Eastern Kentucky	6'4	205	4.46/4.50
Green Bay	FS	39	Ben	Ericksen	Illinois State	6'1	194	4.46/4.54
Atlanta	OT	42	Ryan	Schraeder	Valdosta State	6'7	304	5.13/5.14
Denver	OG	43	Manase	Foketi	West Texas A&M	6'5	317	5.54/5.80
Oakland	OC	45	Lamar	Mady	Youngstown State	6'2	317	5.31/5.32
Arizona	OG	46	Jamaal	Johnson-Webb	Alabama A&M	6'5	310	5.33/5.38
Washington	WO	47	Jason	Thompson	New Haven	6'3	190	4.54/4.55