What if OU's Sam Bradford came out this year?
NFL Draft Experts say OU star would be in the mix for top pick, but another year of college will help
BY JAKE TROTTER
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Published: April 24, 2009
NORMAN — Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford, to the delight of Sooner fans, won’t be participating in this weekend’s NFL Draft.
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→When: Saturday and Sunday →Where: Radio City Music Hall, New York →TV: ESPN (Cox 29) and NFL Network (Cox 252) →Coming tomorrow: Oklahoma State’s Brandon Pettigrew is widely considered the top tight end in the draft. We’ll take a look at his development and how he became the prototypical tight end.
Sooners in the draft
OU players who could be drafted in Saturday and Sunday’s NFL Draft:
→When: Saturday and Sunday →Where: Radio City Music Hall, New York →TV: ESPN (Cox 29) and NFL Network (Cox 252) →Coming tomorrow: Oklahoma State’s Brandon Pettigrew is widely considered the top tight end in the draft. We’ll take a look at his development and how he became the prototypical tight end.
Sooners in the draft
OU players who could be drafted in Saturday and Sunday’s NFL Draft:
Jon Cooper
Center, 6-2, 291
→The skinny: Cooper has put on a ton of weight since January, diminishing his primary negative: size. Teams will love his work ethic, technique and leadership, even if he is undersized.
→Draft projection: Sixth round
→Possible destinations: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Denver, Indianapolis, New England
Nic Harris
Safety/linebacker, 6-2, 234
→The skinny: Harris may not have a true position in the NFL, and a slow 4.85 time in the 40 didn’t help.
→Draft projection: Fifth round
→Possible destinations: Cleveland, Green Bay, Kansas City, New Orleans, Philadelphia
Lendy Holmes
Safety, 6-0, 206
→The skinny: Holmes’ lack of speed (4.65) appears to have dropped his value dramatically; ESPN’s Todd McShay predicts Holmes will be the last player taken in the entire draft.
→Draft projection: Seventh round
→Possible destinations: Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Seattle
Juaquin Iglesias
Wide receiver, 6-1, 204
→The skinny: Iglesias doesn’t possess top-end speed, but his production in college won’t be overlooked.
→Draft projection: Third round
→Possible destinations: Baltimore, Dallas, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, St. Louis
Manny Johnson
Wide receiver, 5-11, 189
→The skinny: A hamstring injury has prevented him from working out in front of scouts; that probably leaves him undrafted, though he could be a priority free-agent pickup.
→Draft projection: Free agent
→Possible destinations: Cleveland, Dallas, Jacksonville, Oakland, Philadelphia
Phil Loadholt
Offensive tackle, 6-8, 332
→The skinny: His size is attractive, but it’s his potential as a dominant run blocker that will win over teams that lean on the power running game.
→Draft projection: Second round
→Possible destinations: Baltimore, Chicago, Minnesota, Oakland, Pittsburgh
Duke Robinson
Offensive guard, 6-5, 329
→The skinny: A mauler in the run game, Robinson will also be scooped up by someone interested in augmenting their power run attack.
→Draft projection: Third round
→Possible destinations: Atlanta, Buffalo, Dallas, Pittsburgh, San Diego
Brandon Walker
Offensive guard, 6-3, 306
→The skinny: Often overlooked by playing alongside Cooper, Loadholt and Robinson, Walker still was a productive player in college and that could catch someone’s attention.
→Draft projection: Free agent
→Possible destinations: Detroit, Kansas City, Miami, Seattle, Washington
BY JAKE TROTTER
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That is precisely why most of you will never agree on the sports items.
Man, that's really laying it on the line for your man, Sam.
By the way, there's nothing wrong with Sam being who he is. It's this stupid sports editor and his hacks that write this weak-arsed crap about "What if.." and junk like that. That's not professional journalism. You would see a high school publishing this same crap.
This paper is a joke and the only reason I read it is every so often, there's a diamond in the rough (usually an AP story) that appears about my team. It's rare this paper will ever write a decent story about OSU nor OU. It's just that most OU fans eat up any BS this paper puts out about their Swooners. Then they swallow it like it's fact.
Idiots.
What if Berry Tramel came out...of the closet?! The whole sports staff of this rag needs to admit their secret love for anyone that plays for OU.
These sportswriters are the Perez Hilton's of sports.
No, no... you have him confused with David Bromstad, of HGTV's "Color Splash"...easy mistake - I do it all the time.
(Do a Google Image of Bromstad if you're not familiar)
and everyone needs to get off of this Ricky Rubio bandwagon, especially if you've never seen him play.......
Stoops had stayed at OU as Def. Co-ord. What if Stoops hadn't promised the Bomar family
the World to get Rhett to come to OU and gave Thompson a legitimate chance at QB. What
if a majority of season ticket holders say "we're tired of seeing OU over-hyped in the press,
and having an embarrassing defense, can't play with or beat a legitimate top 10 team, as
the Bowls proved the Big 12 had only one legit. top 10 team, and tired of losing in prime
time BCS Bowls and National Title games and having no accountability from the coach.?
Just a few What -If's for a start. Remember when the press over-hype's them here, they are
being laughed at somewhere else.