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Ahmad Brooks was chosen by the Supplemental Draft in 2006 by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2006 but it was when he joined the San Francisco 49ers that he would have his best success. Brooks would have a Pro Bowl season in 2013, a year after he helped the Niners win the NFC and represent the conference in the Super Bowl. Brooks would…
From UCLA, Alterraun Verner was a fourth round pick in 2010 by the Tennessee Titans. The Cornerback would have 94 Combined Tackles as a rookie, which is a decent number. That would be a career high but in 2013 he would go to the Pro Bowl and earn a Second Team All Pro nod on the strength of his five…
A First Round Pick from USC, Brian Cushing would play nine seasons professionally for the Houston Texans where he would be a Pro Bowl Selection as a rookie and win the coveted Defensive Rookie of the Year Award. That would be his highwater mark as he would suffer a suspension due to PED use, a change from Inside to Outside…
Chris Johnson had an incredible three-year start (2008-10) in the National Football League where he was named a Pro Bowl each year and provided the Tennessee Titans with the potent running attack that every NFL team salivates for. The former East Carolina Pirate’s best year was his sophomore campaign (2009) where he would vault into rarified air with a 2,000…
C.J. Spiller was named the ACC Player of the Year in 2009, and the Running Back was the Ninth Overall Pick the following year, chosen by the Buffalo Bills.
Splitting his ten-year career evenly between the Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks Cliff Avril slowly got better season by season to the point that at the end of his Lions run he was considered by some sportswriters to be a potential Pro Bowler but that was not meant to be for him in the Motor City. Avril had an 11…
Danny Woodhead would set the NCAA single season rushing record at tiny Chadron State when he went for 2,756 Yards and the following year, he would break the all-time NCAA record (though since broken) for Rushing Yards. These accomplishments garnered him the Halton Hill Trophy those two years, which was annually given to the best player in Division II.
Darren McFadden went down in history at the University of Arkansas as one of their best Running Backs ever. McFadden was a two-time Doak Walker Award winner as the best Running Back in College Football (2006 & 2007) and he would be the fourth overall pick in the 2008 Draft. McFadden was not nearly as successful in the NFL as…
DeAngelo Hall came with lofty expectation as the 2004 8th Overall Pick from Virginia Tech and in the first few years of his career with the Atlanta Falcons he did not disappoint. Hall was a Pro Bowl Selection for Atlanta in both 2005 and 2006 and he would be traded to Oakland before the 2008 season. It was a terrible…
DeMarco Murray did well in his first two seasons with the Dallas Cowboys but he would have a breakout season in 2013 when he went to his first Pro Bowl and rushed for over 1,000 Yards and had 53 Receptions. Murray would then explode in 2014 with the greatest season of his year as he maximized being the Running Back…
Eddie Lacy won three National Championships when he was at the University of Alabama, so he certainly came into the National Football League with s winning pedigree.
Easily the best professional player named Elvis, Elvis Dumervil set a standard that will make it hard for other “Elvi” to follow.
Eric Decker had a nice career in the National Football League where he would have three seasons (two with Denver and one with the New York Jets) where he went over 1,000 Receiving Yards. Decker helped the Broncos make the Super Bowl XLVIII (though they did not win) and he would have 5,816 Receiving Yards. Decker never made a Pro…
Eric Weems only caught 123 passes over his career (120 with Atlanta) bitt his true value took place as a Returner. In both 2009 and 2010, Weems went over the 1,000 mark in Kick Return Yards, the latter of which earned him a trip to the Pro Bowl. He would have 5,354 Return Yards over his career.
Eric Wood played directly in front of the (many) Buffalo Bills Quarterbacks for eight of his nine seasons after playing at Right Guard during his rookie year. Wood did well at Center and was named to the Pro Bowl in 2015 but had to prematurely retire after 2017 due to neck concerns. He played 120 Games and started them all.
Jairus Byrd was a First Team All-Pac 10 Selection in 2008 and the Defensive MVP of the 2008 Holiday Bowl was an instant sensation for the Buffalo Bills, who took him with their Second Round Pick in 2009,
This one is very interesting. Jay Cutler was a very talented Quarterback and over his professional career he posted some very good statistical numbers to back that claim.
Jeremy Maclin had a nice career in the NFL where he would have five straight seasons (2010-15) of accumulating at least 800 Receiving Yards, two of which would reach four digits. Maclin’s best season was his last with the team that drafted him, the Philadelphia Eagles where his 1,318 Yards were ninth overall. Maclin would move on to Kansas City…
A three-time Pro Bowl Selection, John Kuhn had a spectacular career for a player that was undrafted out of Shippensburg. The bruising Fullback would win a Super Bowl as a reserve for the Pittsburgh Steelers but it was in Green Bay where he found a home and would see some extended playing time. It was in Green Bay where he…