How can that be? According to many people on this site Miami reached for every player and didn't get "value" with any of their picks and they drafted too many small school prospects in the later rounds. Did you notice that most of the guys that actually evaluate players (Polian, McShay, Kiper, and Jeremiah) like the players that Miami drafted, but all of the "weekend draft gurus" who were influenced by mock drafts are the one's who are critical. The small school criticism is the one that makes me laugh the most. A kid from the University of Buffalo was the 5th pick in the entire draft and people on here are taking shots at Miami for drafting small school prospects in the third round and beyond. That is exactly when it is okay to take small school prospects. I actually like the idea of gambling on small school prospects later in the draft if they have preformed well at the senior bowl and other all star games. Many of the larger school prospects are there in the later rounds because they are maxed out as far as potential and you get a pretty good idea of how their talent relates to other big school talent. The players that dominate at the smaller schools are available in the later rounds because general managers are unsure of how their talent will translate to the step up in competition and many of them become undervalued because of it.
