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Stephen Hill Leaving Georgia Tech Early For 2012 NFL Drafthttp://atlanta.sbnation.com/georgia...n-hill-nfl-draft-2012-georgia-tech/in/2449504

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets junior wide receiver Stephen Hill is leaving school early and declaring for the 2012 NFL Draft, the program announced Thursday. It's a highly unexpected decision, even though Hill had requested an evaluation from the NFL along with guard Omoregie Uzzi. He must have been told something he liked.
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[h=1]NFL Mock Draft 2012: Landry Jones' Decision Boosts Stock Of Matt Flynn, Ryan Tannehill[/h] Jan 05 4:43p by Matt Conner
There are fewer and fewer quarterback options in the official draft class for the 2012 NFL Draft coming up in April. That’s bad news for teams like the Kansas City Chiefs, among many others, who could be among those expected to go for a quarterback with one of its first selections in the coming draft. The Seahawks, Redskins, Dolphins and Browns are also among teams picking early who were hoping for better chances than this.
As it is, the pickings were already slim with Andrew Luck all but chosen by the Indianapolis Colts up front and Robert Griffin III going shortly after that. Matt Barkley withdrew to go back to USC and now Landry Jones is following suit back to Oklahoma. That leaves Ryan Tannehill of Texas A&M as the next best option for many teams.
Some, like NFP’s Wes Bunting, believe in Tannehill’s ability at the next level, but that’s not an opinion shared by all. Bunting writes, “With such limited experience at the quarterback position it’s not a case of where this guy is right now, but where he can be in 2/3 years. I love the talent and the overall production from a guy who doesn’t have much experience playing from under center as he plays way beyond his years. A potential franchise quarterback in my mind.”
While others like Nick Foles, Brandon Weeden, Kirk Cousins or Kellen Moore might move up or down draft boards, it’s clear that franchise quarterbacks are in short supply in the class of 2012. That makes trade candidates that much more attractive. If the Packers can sign back-up quarterback Matt Flynn with the franchise tag, they’ll be able to reap the benefits of the college juniors heading back for their final victory lap.
The unfortunate part of all of this is the fan bases who will be forced to sit and watch another year of mediocre quarterbacks at the helm for those teams unable to make a move. There were already too many games featuring the same uninspiring group of veteran retreads this year and the loss of guys like Jones and Barkley make it look like next year will feature more of the same.
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  • (4:00 PM): ASU QB confirms draft entry ... Arizona State junior QB Brock Osweiler has formally announced that he will be leaving school this winter and entering the 2012 draft. The 6-8 Osweiler threw for over 4,000 yards and 25 TDs this fall and projects as a second-day pick this coming April.
  • (3:30 PM): Irish TE to return to school ... Notre Dame junior TE Tyler Eifert has announced he will be back in South Bend next fall.
  • (1:00 PM): Hokie HB headed to NFL ... Virginia Tech junior RB David Wilson announced this morning that he will forgo his senior season and enter the 2012 draft. Wilson is a second-day prospect who is expected to be one of the first 4-5 RBs off the board this coming April.
  • (10:00 AM): Badger C to enter draft ... Wisconsin junior C Peter Konz has reportedly decided to leave school and enter the 2012 draft. The 6-5, 315-pound Konz is considered to be the top C in college football and a possible late first round pick this coming April.
  • (9:00 AM): Owls RB enters draft ... Temple junior RB Bernard Pierce has announced he will entering the 2012 draft where he figures to be a mid-round pick. The 6-0, 220-pound Pierce ran for almost 1,500 yards and 27 scores this fall despite missing one game with a concussion and being slowed in a couple of others with a hamstring problem.
  • (12:01 AM): Bowl season continues ... The college bowl season continues on the road to Monday night's national championship game with what could be the best non-BCS on the schedule for tonight when #6 Arkansas plays #8 Kansas State in the Cotton Bowl. Here is a quick preview of who to watch in tonight's game with an eye toward the upcoming draft.
  • Star game rosters starting to take shape … With the post-season all-star schedule close to kicking off, the various games around the country are in the process of naming their rosters. Players who have accepted invitations to play at the Senior Bowl, the premier game on the schedule, for example, include Penn State DT Devon Still, OG Cordy Glenn, C Ben Jones, CB Brandon Boykin and P Drew Butler of Georgia, Florida DT Jaye Howard and RB Chris Rainey, Auburn OT Brandon Mosley, Mississppi State RB Vick Ballard and Alabama-Birmingham OT Matt McCants. The Senior Bowl will be played January 28th in Mobile with practices set to start on the 23rd. And as usual, the GBN will be well-represented at both the Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine game the week before. As we did last year, we’ll be teaming up with the guys at Paul’s Pigskin Place to provide some of the most comprehensive analysis of the all-star games around. Should be fun.
  • Pats’ CB win final weekly award … Most weeks the rookie of the week is a relatively early draft pick. Sometimes, though, a less heralded player comes up with a big week to get the nod. Then there’s New England CB Sterling Moore, who may just be the most obscure rookie ever to win the award. Moore, an undrafted rookie free agent from Southern Methodist who didn’t even start playing football until his senior year in high school, was cut four times this fall by two different teams before picking off two passes, one of which he returned for a 21-yard TD, to help the Patriots clinch home-field advantage through the playoffs with a 49-21 win over Buffalo. To the story even unpredictable, Moore is a career corner who was actually forced to play at safety for the Patriots this weekend.
  • Report: ASU QB to enter draft; same for Tech WR ... There are unconfirmed reports that Arizona State junior QB Brock Osweiler has decided to pass on his senior year of eligibility and enter the upcoming draft. Meanwhile, Georgia Tech junior WR Stephen Hill has announced he is bypassing his senior season and will enter the 2012 draft. The 6-4, 210-pound Hill only caught 28 passes this past season in the run-oriented Tech offense, but led the country with an average of 29.3 yards per catch; still, he‘s not considered to be more than a late-round or free agent prospect.
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Running back a strength of 2012 NFL Draft with additions of Bernard Pierce, David Wilson

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by Dan Kadar on Jan 6, 2012 2:36 PM EST in 2012 NFL Draft
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Few positions look as strong in the 2012 NFL Draft as running back. The class got even deeper today when Bernard Pierce of Temple and David Wilson of Virginia Tech both announced they were entering the draft.
The join Mike Ball (ex-Nevada), Ronnie Hillman (San Diego State), LaMichael James (Oregon), Lamar Miller (Miami), Chris Polk (Washington) and Robert Turbin (Utah State) as underclassmen running backs who turned pro.
One running back not joining them is Montee Ball. The Wisconsin running back is returning for his senior year after the NFL Draft advisory committee told him he'd be a middle second-round pick, at best.
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Pierce and Wilson should each get selected in the first 100 picks of the draft with the speedy Wilson possibly going in the first round. The advisory committee, which is often tough in its grading, told Wilson he'd be a second-round pick.
Pierce set school records at Temple, leaving with 3,570 rushing yards and 52 touchdowns in his career. Unlike the agile Wilson, Pierce is more of a straight forward runner with nice vision and quickness to hit the hole.
The running back everyone is waiting on now is Alabama's Trent Richardson, who is playing in the BCS National Championship Game Monday night. Richardson is expected to enter the draft and could be a top five pick.
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This is one of my sleepers in the 2012 NFL draft. I think he is worth a 7th rd. flyer.
Coleman preparing for his shot at the NFL

By Chris Dortch • Published Friday, January 6th 2012 at 2:05pm
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Chattanooga quarterback B.J. Coleman graduated from UTC in December and is now pursuing a career in the NFL. The Chattanooga native will take part in February's NFL Scouting Combine in preperation for the NFL draft.

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The late passing game guru Bill Walsh once said that he could tell whether a quarterback had a good game by looking only at his feet. There’s a lesson to be learned there, and it’s not lost on B.J. Coleman.
Since the new year began, Coleman, the former Chattanooga quarterback who left numerous schools records in his wake despite an injury-plagued senior year, has been working with Sam Morris, an athletic trainer and strength and conditioning specialist based in Hattiesburg, Miss. Under the tutelage of Morris, mornings are devoted to weight training. Afternoons are set aside for position-specific training, and that’s where footwork comes in.
“I’ve already taken over 1,000 drops in a week,” Coleman said. “It’s what you’ve got to do. You’ve got to ingrain them into your head, and your muscles, so you can play. If you’re not thinking about it, you’re that much better.”
Coleman, who last month received a long-hoped-for invitation to February’s NFL Scouting Combine, knows what the coaches and scouts gathered there want to see. Arm strength is a given, but footwork is important, too.
“Footwork is absolutely a very significant part of the game,” Coleman said. “Your feet take you to your throw. If you’re polished with your feet, you become more accurate, more on time with the football, and you give your receiver more time to do something with it after the catch. Guys like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, when they put the football in their receivers’ hands, they have a chance to do something with it.”
Coleman is hoping to do something with the numerous chances he’s being given to showcase his skills. The NFL Combine is one. Another is the East-West Shrine game, to which he received an invitation this week. After that game, scheduled for Jan. 21 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., Coleman will head to the Feb. 4 Players All-Star Classic at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Ark.
Clearly, the 6-5, 225-pound Coleman had done enough in his previous two seasons at UTC to demonstrate NFL potential. His senior season wasn’t a bust, but it didn’t go the way Coleman had hoped. A shoulder injury cost him four games and tamped down his statistical contributions — 1,527 yards and nine touchdowns.
Before the season, UTC head coach Russ Huesman was concerned that if Coleman didn’t duplicate his sophomore and junior year production, it could affect his NFL opportunity.
“He’s in Chattanooga,” Huesman said last July. “He better have an excellent year. If he has an average year at Chattanooga, on this level (FCS), I don’t know what’s going to happen. So many doors will open for him to prove that he can play in the NFL based on the type of year he has. If he doesn’t have a good year, those doors aren’t going to open and it’s going to be an uphill battle for him. He knows that. We’ve talked about these things.”
Fortunately for Coleman, the injury he suffered in an Oct. 8 game at Georgia Southern wasn’t enough to make NFL scouts forget his name.
“I hated the way things went down my senior year,” said Coleman, who graduated in December. “But everything happens for a reason. (The injury) gave (redshirt freshman quarterback) Terrell Robinson an opportunity to show what he could do. It made some other guys step up.
“But to still be able to follow a dream, that’s been huge for me. I’m really enjoying the process. It’s business. You’ve got to go in to work every day and give it everything you’ve got.”
It’s a given that Coleman will work hard — “He helped establish a work ethic here that I dare say a lot of FCS schools don’t have,” UTC offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield said — but he’s made good decisions, too. His agent is Bus Cook, who handles contract negotiations, for, among many others, Brett Favre, Jay Cutler and Cam Newton.
“Bus has been great,” Coleman said. “He’s a down-to-earth kind of guy who wears cowboy boots and jeans. He tracked me early on after my senior year, and when I had a chance to finally meet him, we hit it off great. I really feel like I’m in good hands.”
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  • January 7
  • (10:00 PM): Three more enter draft … Three more underclassmen including Clemson TE Dwayne Allen, Mississippi OT Bobbie Massie and Michigan State RB Edwin Baker have announced they will be entering the 2012 draft. Allen is considered to be the top prospects at the TE position this year and could get some later first round interest, while Massie and Baker are more mid-round prospects, although Massie has intriguing size and athleticism and has the potential to move up during pre-draft testing. Meanwhile, Florida State junior CB/KR Greg Reid has reportedly decided to stay in school for his senior season next fall. Underclassmen have until January 15th to file paperwork with the NFL to be eligible for the upcoming draft.
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  • Underclassmen staying in school … Thanks to reader Brett R for the tip as a trio of underclassmen have indicated they plan to return to school for their senior seasons next fall including LSU sophomore DE Sam Montgomery, Mississippi State CB Jonathan Banks, and North Carolina MLB Kevin Reddick. Along with Reddick, it is also believed that UNC junior DT Sylvester Williams will also be back at school next fall.
  • Heels FB gets extra year … North Carolina FB Devon Ramsay has been granted a hardship waiver by the NCAA giving him an extra year of eligibility in 2012. Ramsay tore knee ligaments in the 2011 season opener and missed the rest of the year after undergoing surgery. Earlier, Ramsey had missed the 2007 season with a shoulder injury and played in only four games in 2010 before being ruled permanently ineligible for academic misconduct during the NCAA investigation of the football program. However, Ramsey appealed and the NCAA reversed its decision and restored his eligibility when it was determined that Ramsay in fact had not committed any violations.
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  • (12:01 AM): Tide cruises to BCS title … Alabama rode a suffocating defense to a 21-0 shutout win over top-ranked LSU to win its second national title in three years. And suffocating probably understates what the Tide defense did last evening as Alabama held LSU to just 5 first downs and less than 100 yards of total offense. Meanwhile, with the BCS trophy headed back to Tuscaloosa, the NFL is waiting to hear from several Alabama juniors including RB Trent Richardson, CB Dre Kirkpatrick, LB Donta Hightower and S Robert Lester as to whether they will be entering the 2012 draft. Same for LSU junior CB Morris Claiborne who could actually be the highest selected player from Monday’s game. Underclassmen have until Sunday to file paperwork with the league to be eligible for this year’s draft.
  • SC DE; FSU CB staying in school … Both South Carolina junior DE Devin Taylor and Florida State sophomore CB Xavier Rhodes have announced that they are passing on the NFL draft for this year and will be staying in school.
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  • (4:00 PM): Heisman winner headed to draft … According to family sources, Baylor junior QB Robert Griffin, this year’s Heisman Trophy winner, has told school officials that he will forego his final year of eligibility and enter this year’s draft. RGIII, as he is affectionately known, is projected to be the second QB off the board this coming April after Andrew Luck of Stanford.
  • Tulsa WR/KR to enter draft … Tulsa WR/KR Damaris Johnson, thje NCAA’s all-time leader in all-purpose yards, has reportedly left school and will enter the upcoming draft, despite the fact he has a year of eligibility remaining. Johnson, had been considered to be an intriguing second-tier prospect for the 2012 draft, but ended up being suspended for much of the past season after he was charged with embezzlement. Johnson and his girlfriend both received one-year deferred sentences for embezzling over $2,000 worth of merchandise from the store where the girlfriend was a cashier.
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This could be a blessing in disguise for a shrewd GM. But that is the problem, we have a lackey for a GM.
Tony Pauline of SI.com reports Tannehill suffered a "significant foot injury" while training last week. SB Nation's Mocking The Draft calls this potentially a "monumental" blow to his draft stock. He's expected to miss the Senior Bowl, according to the report. Obviously this is a very, very bad time for a player to suffer an injury. College football players entering the draft are training right now to prepare for the postseason workouts like the NFL Combine at the end of February and individual workouts with teams leading up to April's draft.
Tannehill finished the 2011 college football season with 29 touchdown passes to 15 interceptions. He completed 61.6 percent of his passes for 3,744 yards.
If Tannehill's injury is indeed significant then this will be another knock against the quarterback class of 2012. It's looking fairly weak right now -- except at the top with Andrew Luck and (potentially) Robert Griffin III -- and Tannehill was supposed to be one of the top guys available after the first two.
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Wisconsin WR Nick Toon just saw his draft stock fall from a second-third round projection to a late-round pick. The talented receiver has suffered a "significant" foot injury.
The depressing news of his injury circulated on Twitter.



Foot injuries are especially troublesome to wide receivers. They are constantly applying maximum pressure to their feet in order to execute their high speed cuts to run crisp routes and gain separation from corners.
Given the word significant, it is reasonable to expect Toon to be on the shelf for the scouting combine, or any pro days leading up to the draft.
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