THE OG CANEPHINS
formally known as CANEPHINS
If anyone wants to know why we have been where we were over recent history it doesn't go as much back to coaching as it does to draft day decisions. Teams are built through the draft. Our history when it comes to the draft speaks otherwise.
Lets look at players who turned out to be viable starters or key players. Lets just start at 1990 which will cover the past 25 years of futility:
1990 (9 total selections)
1 Round 9th pick Richmond Webb T Texas A&M
2 39 Keith Sims G Iowa State
1991 (10)
5 113 Bryan Cox OLB Western Illinois
1992 (15)
1 7 Troy Vincent CB Wisconsin
1 12 Marco Coleman DE Georgia Tech
4 97 Dwight Hollier ILB North Carolina
1993 (7)
1 25 O.J. McDuffie WR Penn State
3 78 Terry Kirby RB Virginia
1994 (7)
1 20 Tim Bowens DT Mississippi
2 65 Tim Ruddy C Notre Dame
1995 (7)
Only Billy Milner made it to the 1996 season. An entire draft that didn't make the team.
1996 (12)
1 20 Daryl Gardener DT Baylor
5 154 Zach Thomas MLB Texas Tech
6 189 Shawn Wooden FS Notre Dame
1997 (14)
2 44 Sam Madison CB Louisville
3 73 Jason Taylor DE Akron
3 92 Derrick Rodgers OLB Arizona State
6 177 Ed Perry TE James Madison (only because of his years as a long snapper)
1998 (10)
2 44 Patrick Surtain DB Southern Mississippi
1999 (8)
2 43 Rob Konrad FB Syracuse
Three picks of the 8 were spend on the backfield which also included J.J. Johnson and Cecil Collins. Yikes.
2000 (6)
5 152 Arturo Freeman SAF South Carolina
Only listed him because he made it 4 years. Everyone else was off the team within 3 years.
2001 (9)
2 52 Chris Chambers WR Wisconsin
3 85 Travis Minor RB Florida State
3 88 Morlon Greenwood OLB Syracuse (borderline)
2002 (5)
3 90 Seth McKinney C Texas A&M
4 114 Randy McMichael TE Georgia
*We didn't have a 1st or 2nd round pick in this year.
2003 (9)
6 213 Yeremiah Bell DB Eastern Kentucky
*Bell was our only viable player from the draft and he was a 6th round pick
2004 (6)
1 19 Vernon Carey T Miami (Fla.)
2005 (6)
1 2 Ronnie Brown RB Auburn
2 46 Matt Roth DE Iowa
3 70 Channing Crowder OLB Florida
2006 (6)
*Jason Allen spent 4 years with the team but he was terrible. A fully wasted draft.
2007 (10)
2 60 Samson Satele C Hawaii
4 108 Paul Soliai DT Utah
7 225 Brandon Fields P
*The Ginn Draft
2008 (9)
1 1 Jake Long T Michigan
2 32 Phillip Merling DE Clemson
2 57 Chad Henne QB Michigan
3 66 Kendall Langford DE Hampton
6 204 Lex Hilliard RB Montana
*Only Jake Long made it past 2011 with this team, and he was gone after 2012.
2009 (9)
1 25 Vontae Davis DB Illinois
2 61 Sean Smith DB Utah
4 108 Brian Hartline WR Ohio State
5 165 Chris Clemons DB Clemson
2010 (8)
1 28 Jared Odrick DE Penn State
2 40 Koa Misi OLB Utah
5 163 Reshad Jones FS Georgia
2011 (6)
1 15 Mike Pouncey C Florida
6 174 Charles Clay RB Tulsa
2012 (9)
1 8 Ryan Tannehill QB Texas A&M
3 72 Olivier Vernon DE Miami (Fla.)
4 97 Lamar Miller RB Miami (Fla.)
2013 (9)
4 104 Jelani Jenkins LB Florida
*Jury is still out on Jamar Taylor but it isn't looking real good at this point.
2014 (8)
1 19 Ja'Wuan James T Tennessee
2 63 Jarvis Landry WR LSU
2015 (7)
*DeVante Parker looks to be the real deal. Jordan Phillips has potential while Bobby McCain & Jay Ajayi have shown flashes. Jury still out on this class.
221 TOTAL PLAYERS SELECTED OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS. Of those only about 48-55 of them really panned out with a few still to be determined. Of those 48-55 only about 34-37 of them have been true impact players. In 25 years, 221 draft picks and at most 37 of them have been impact players who were with the team for 4+ years (or trending that way). That is roughly 17% of our draft picks panning out for impactful careers with the team. There were a few drafts where we totally missed and even had one where the entire draft was gone by the end of the next season.
The ultimate failures of this team over a HUGE expanded period of time are directly traced back to the draft, which also includes picks lost due to bad trades, and our inability to correctly identify talent & get the most out of them.
Lets look at players who turned out to be viable starters or key players. Lets just start at 1990 which will cover the past 25 years of futility:
1990 (9 total selections)
1 Round 9th pick Richmond Webb T Texas A&M
2 39 Keith Sims G Iowa State
1991 (10)
5 113 Bryan Cox OLB Western Illinois
1992 (15)
1 7 Troy Vincent CB Wisconsin
1 12 Marco Coleman DE Georgia Tech
4 97 Dwight Hollier ILB North Carolina
1993 (7)
1 25 O.J. McDuffie WR Penn State
3 78 Terry Kirby RB Virginia
1994 (7)
1 20 Tim Bowens DT Mississippi
2 65 Tim Ruddy C Notre Dame
1995 (7)
Only Billy Milner made it to the 1996 season. An entire draft that didn't make the team.
1996 (12)
1 20 Daryl Gardener DT Baylor
5 154 Zach Thomas MLB Texas Tech
6 189 Shawn Wooden FS Notre Dame
1997 (14)
2 44 Sam Madison CB Louisville
3 73 Jason Taylor DE Akron
3 92 Derrick Rodgers OLB Arizona State
6 177 Ed Perry TE James Madison (only because of his years as a long snapper)
1998 (10)
2 44 Patrick Surtain DB Southern Mississippi
1999 (8)
2 43 Rob Konrad FB Syracuse
Three picks of the 8 were spend on the backfield which also included J.J. Johnson and Cecil Collins. Yikes.
2000 (6)
5 152 Arturo Freeman SAF South Carolina
Only listed him because he made it 4 years. Everyone else was off the team within 3 years.
2001 (9)
2 52 Chris Chambers WR Wisconsin
3 85 Travis Minor RB Florida State
3 88 Morlon Greenwood OLB Syracuse (borderline)
2002 (5)
3 90 Seth McKinney C Texas A&M
4 114 Randy McMichael TE Georgia
*We didn't have a 1st or 2nd round pick in this year.
2003 (9)
6 213 Yeremiah Bell DB Eastern Kentucky
*Bell was our only viable player from the draft and he was a 6th round pick
2004 (6)
1 19 Vernon Carey T Miami (Fla.)
2005 (6)
1 2 Ronnie Brown RB Auburn
2 46 Matt Roth DE Iowa
3 70 Channing Crowder OLB Florida
2006 (6)
*Jason Allen spent 4 years with the team but he was terrible. A fully wasted draft.
2007 (10)
2 60 Samson Satele C Hawaii
4 108 Paul Soliai DT Utah
7 225 Brandon Fields P
*The Ginn Draft
2008 (9)
1 1 Jake Long T Michigan
2 32 Phillip Merling DE Clemson
2 57 Chad Henne QB Michigan
3 66 Kendall Langford DE Hampton
6 204 Lex Hilliard RB Montana
*Only Jake Long made it past 2011 with this team, and he was gone after 2012.
2009 (9)
1 25 Vontae Davis DB Illinois
2 61 Sean Smith DB Utah
4 108 Brian Hartline WR Ohio State
5 165 Chris Clemons DB Clemson
2010 (8)
1 28 Jared Odrick DE Penn State
2 40 Koa Misi OLB Utah
5 163 Reshad Jones FS Georgia
2011 (6)
1 15 Mike Pouncey C Florida
6 174 Charles Clay RB Tulsa
2012 (9)
1 8 Ryan Tannehill QB Texas A&M
3 72 Olivier Vernon DE Miami (Fla.)
4 97 Lamar Miller RB Miami (Fla.)
2013 (9)
4 104 Jelani Jenkins LB Florida
*Jury is still out on Jamar Taylor but it isn't looking real good at this point.
2014 (8)
1 19 Ja'Wuan James T Tennessee
2 63 Jarvis Landry WR LSU
2015 (7)
*DeVante Parker looks to be the real deal. Jordan Phillips has potential while Bobby McCain & Jay Ajayi have shown flashes. Jury still out on this class.
221 TOTAL PLAYERS SELECTED OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS. Of those only about 48-55 of them really panned out with a few still to be determined. Of those 48-55 only about 34-37 of them have been true impact players. In 25 years, 221 draft picks and at most 37 of them have been impact players who were with the team for 4+ years (or trending that way). That is roughly 17% of our draft picks panning out for impactful careers with the team. There were a few drafts where we totally missed and even had one where the entire draft was gone by the end of the next season.
The ultimate failures of this team over a HUGE expanded period of time are directly traced back to the draft, which also includes picks lost due to bad trades, and our inability to correctly identify talent & get the most out of them.
