SEC Running Back History
Year Name Round Success? Notes
1996 Stephen Davis 4 YES
Year Name Round Success? Notes
1996 Stephen Davis 4 YES
1997 Jay Graham 4 NO But Duce Staley was the next SEC back drafted
1998 Fred Taylor 1 YES
1999 James Johnson 2 NO Best SEC RB was Kevin Faulk
2000 Jamal Lewis 1 YES Also in rd 1- some dude spelled S-H-A-U-N Alexander
2001 Deuce McCallister 1 YES Next 2 SEC RBs in later rds: Travis Henry and Rudi Johnson
2002 Travis Stephens 4 NO Off-year for SEC
2003 Musa Smith 3 NO Domanick Davis in round 4
2004 Cedric Cobbs 4 NO
2005 Ronnie Brown 1 YES Cadillac also in round 1
2006 Joseph Addai 1 ???
source: NFL.com
1998 Fred Taylor 1 YES
1999 James Johnson 2 NO Best SEC RB was Kevin Faulk
2000 Jamal Lewis 1 YES Also in rd 1- some dude spelled S-H-A-U-N Alexander
2001 Deuce McCallister 1 YES Next 2 SEC RBs in later rds: Travis Henry and Rudi Johnson
2002 Travis Stephens 4 NO Off-year for SEC
2003 Musa Smith 3 NO Domanick Davis in round 4
2004 Cedric Cobbs 4 NO
2005 Ronnie Brown 1 YES Cadillac also in round 1
2006 Joseph Addai 1 ???
source: NFL.com
Sorry for the bad formatting, I don't know how to put a table in the blog. Maybe Kristy can tell me how. Anyway, for the last 10 years, it seems that every SEC RB drafted in the first round has found success in the NFL. Food for thought to those of you considering Addai.
source: NFL.com
Comments
(Peter King, in the same issue, sees Brown challenging for the NFL rushing title and Miami winning ``at least 11.''
If MD is so good at producing NFL talent how come only 4 players were invited to the NFL Combine last year?
Cool article.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060830/od_afp/afpentertainmentusarts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060830/od_afp/afpentertainmentusarts