FireWrongstedt
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Looks like a good pick to me!! Great first draft for Saban!!
MERGED: Kevin Vickerson - 7th Round Pick
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PhinsPhan
Pro Bowler
he sounds solid though. Athletic, quick, big body. Projected early fourth.
I like the pick a lot. Contrary to what some people might think, we need young guys at DT as Bowens is near the end and Chester is coming back from injury. Nick's building the defence again,Roth, Crowder,Daniels,Vickerson and you add what we had already and we'll have a big, strong defence with high engine guys.Great draft!!
Ozzy rules!!
Ozzy rules!!
Al13
Don´t mess with Clint
sporting news has his wonderlic at 14
texasPHINSfan
Pro Bowl
hey hey, slow your role there chief.Jaj said:
i have no problem with our pick in the 7th. i was trying to add a little levity to the situation. i sure am glad you have a sense of humor though - that was a close one!
Den54
Punk Exterminator
Muck said:
He musta skipped the drool pattern part.
Spartans hoping for calls; Vickerson, Cobb drawing interest
But no Spartans expected to go on draft's 1st day
By Joe Rexrode
Lansing State Journal
EAST LANSING - A lifelong dream? The payoff for years of hard work? What does this weekend's NFL draft really mean to former Spartan Kevin Vickerson?
"I'm unemployed," Vickerson said. "I need a job. I need one bad."
Vickerson should have one by Sunday afternoon, at least. The 6-foot-5, 310-pound defensive tackle is the most likely MSU hopeful to be drafted - perhaps Saturday, during the first three rounds, but more likely Sunday, when rounds 4-7 wrap it all up.
"It's the premium position right now," said NFL draft analyst Jerry Jones, who expects Vickerson to go around the fifth or sixth round. "And if someone is in love with (Vickerson) he could go way earlier than expected."
Vickerson is joined by several former teammates hoping to break into the big leagues, including running back DeAndra Cobb, linebacker Ron Stanley, defensive end Cliff Dukes, safety Jason Harmon, kicker Dave Rayner, tight ends Eric Knott and Jason Randall, and offensive linemen William Whitticker and Sean Poole.
Barring any surprises - and they happen every year - all of those players would have to wait until late Sunday to hear their names. If they don't, most of them likely will latch on with a team as a free-agent hopeful.
"It doesn't really matter, but you'd still like to get drafted and get the money up front," said Rayner, who has received heaviest interest from the Vikings, Bears, Jets and 49ers. "If I don't get drafted it won't be the end of the world, I'll still end up in somebody's camp. Teams will still want me, but they want you more if you're drafted, I guess."
Rayner is considered by many the No. 2 kicking prospect available, after Ohio State's Mike Nugent - but Nugent is the only kicker sure to be drafted.
Among the other Spartans, Whitticker's stock is rising, Jones said. Harmon, Stanley and Dukes all have received interest, while Knott is being surprisingly ignored.
"I had him ranked, but I don't know," Jones said of Knott. "He's just not generating anything at all from anyone."
Cobb, on the other hand, is generating plenty. He has worked out for the Texans, Jaguars and Lions, and he is hoping that his skills as a return man will translate into a draft slot. The speedster returned four kicks for touchdowns in two seasons at MSU.
"I want it to be a mystery to myself," said Cobb of his draft position. "I want everything to be surprising. I don't want to give in to where people think I'm gonna go at."
He has been told he could go as high as early in the fourth round. Vickerson, meanwhile, is hearing third round - but he also understands that players often receive inflated estimates before the draft.
"It's crazy, you hear so much stuff," said Vickerson, who has worked out for the Panthers, Dolphins and Lions.
"You don't know what to believe."
A paycheck is coming. That, it appears, Vickerson can safely expect.
But no Spartans expected to go on draft's 1st day
By Joe Rexrode
Lansing State Journal
EAST LANSING - A lifelong dream? The payoff for years of hard work? What does this weekend's NFL draft really mean to former Spartan Kevin Vickerson?
"I'm unemployed," Vickerson said. "I need a job. I need one bad."
Vickerson should have one by Sunday afternoon, at least. The 6-foot-5, 310-pound defensive tackle is the most likely MSU hopeful to be drafted - perhaps Saturday, during the first three rounds, but more likely Sunday, when rounds 4-7 wrap it all up.
"It's the premium position right now," said NFL draft analyst Jerry Jones, who expects Vickerson to go around the fifth or sixth round. "And if someone is in love with (Vickerson) he could go way earlier than expected."
Vickerson is joined by several former teammates hoping to break into the big leagues, including running back DeAndra Cobb, linebacker Ron Stanley, defensive end Cliff Dukes, safety Jason Harmon, kicker Dave Rayner, tight ends Eric Knott and Jason Randall, and offensive linemen William Whitticker and Sean Poole.
Barring any surprises - and they happen every year - all of those players would have to wait until late Sunday to hear their names. If they don't, most of them likely will latch on with a team as a free-agent hopeful.
"It doesn't really matter, but you'd still like to get drafted and get the money up front," said Rayner, who has received heaviest interest from the Vikings, Bears, Jets and 49ers. "If I don't get drafted it won't be the end of the world, I'll still end up in somebody's camp. Teams will still want me, but they want you more if you're drafted, I guess."
Rayner is considered by many the No. 2 kicking prospect available, after Ohio State's Mike Nugent - but Nugent is the only kicker sure to be drafted.
Among the other Spartans, Whitticker's stock is rising, Jones said. Harmon, Stanley and Dukes all have received interest, while Knott is being surprisingly ignored.
"I had him ranked, but I don't know," Jones said of Knott. "He's just not generating anything at all from anyone."
Cobb, on the other hand, is generating plenty. He has worked out for the Texans, Jaguars and Lions, and he is hoping that his skills as a return man will translate into a draft slot. The speedster returned four kicks for touchdowns in two seasons at MSU.
"I want it to be a mystery to myself," said Cobb of his draft position. "I want everything to be surprising. I don't want to give in to where people think I'm gonna go at."
He has been told he could go as high as early in the fourth round. Vickerson, meanwhile, is hearing third round - but he also understands that players often receive inflated estimates before the draft.
"It's crazy, you hear so much stuff," said Vickerson, who has worked out for the Panthers, Dolphins and Lions.
"You don't know what to believe."
A paycheck is coming. That, it appears, Vickerson can safely expect.
Den54
Punk Exterminator
Al13 said:
Ahhh so he did create a drool pattern. :D
Nicky Napoleon
We'll Miss You Nubs
If Wilkerson goes undrafted, and signs here we will have 4 guys that were projected 1st round at some point......I'd call that a successful draft!!! WTG Coach! This guy looks to be very good depth at DT or DE in a 3-4. This is what we have to get used to, hybrid players that can play more than one position.
PHINSfan
FinHeaven VIP
TOTALLY AGREE! I guess that his back injury is more serious than originally reported. He was rated by many as the best C prospect so to go undrafted it has to be because of injuries. It's a shame because when healthy he was a very good center.Noodle Arm said:
FrostyFinFan
Club Member
Boomer,
Would you be interested in creating a thread after the 7th is over about possible steals with undrafted free agents? I'd really appreciate your thoughts on that. Also, it seems you know a thing or two about who the Fins have been talking to prior draft and may be targeting after the draft.
Thanks in advance. :)
Would you be interested in creating a thread after the 7th is over about possible steals with undrafted free agents? I'd really appreciate your thoughts on that. Also, it seems you know a thing or two about who the Fins have been talking to prior draft and may be targeting after the draft.
Thanks in advance. :)
Sounds like a guy with a lot of character, toughness & determination. He sucked it up, played his way out of a new coaches doghouse even while he was injured.
http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/2005/vickerson_kevin
http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/2005/vickerson_kevin