Atomic Frawg
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So far we have 4 picks (3 offense, 1 defense), and they have 4 picks (all defense). I think the last two or three years we've had the most draft picks in the state.
Most Draft Picks in the State
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Frognosticator
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Yeah. It's kinda funny that after Von Miller with the #2 pick, A&M has no other draft picks. Same with Baylor: two linemen in the 1st, then nothing after. SMU has one. Tech has no draft picks. UTEP, Rice, North Texas have none.
TCU and Texas are the two major programs in the state of Texas, and UT when 5-7 last year.
We're the top dog in Texas right now.
jstrat
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Could just be an indicator of age of the team. A&M, Texas, and OU return a lot of their players for next year. TCU is losing half the starters.
cdsfrog
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Or Texas could have went 5-7 last year and evaluate talent worse than anyone else in the state save Baylor. Been doing less with more than anyone in the country for ever.
jstrat
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Texas I believe has more players in the NFL than anyone else. One year hardly qualifies as forever.
TCUdirtbag
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Baylor just had a 3d player drafted.
Honestly----how sad that they can have 3 draft picks + RG3 and still be so awful. That reflects bad coaching--and probably a culture of failure.
Honestly----how sad that they can have 3 draft picks + RG3 and still be so awful. That reflects bad coaching--and probably a culture of failure.
Opintel
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Sounds to me that they have a handful of very good players, a few good ones, and then they go to crap. Plus, the coaching is definitely suspect.
h34r: Really.
cdsfrog
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I was think more along the lines of having a top 5 recruiting class ever year save one yet losing the big 12 almost ever year.
5-7 was just icing on the cake. Hell without Vince young you would have 1 BCS bowl win in 9 years.
OmniscienceFrog
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I recently read somewhere that they were 3rd in number of NFL players.
Sounds to me that they have a handful of very good players, a few good ones, and then they go to crap. Plus, the coaching is definitely suspect.
Really.
This.
Mikail Baker was the 3rd Baylor player drafter. He was injured most of his college career but finally got healthy enough and did well in the Baylor pro day.
KillerFrog InD KitchenSink
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Definitely think a lot of it is coaching. Just not enough discipline.
2 first round picks. Equals our number of first round picks the last 41 years.
Atomic Frawg
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Did we have a CB named Williams? Pick 219 to NE?
I think you are referring to Malcolm Williams.
That would put TCU up to 5?
Baylor is up to 4 with Jay Finley going to Cincinnati Bengals.
I'd be shocked if there were any other players from Baylor drafted.
SnoopFrogs11
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Williams was mainly a special teams player. His pro day and combine must have impressed the Patriots.
TCUFrogs
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He played enough, obviously. NFL criteria is largley based on measurables too. Even great college players, on the playing field, who don't test well in shorts go later or undrafted. Just the way they project to the next level.
VictoryLap
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Check the last three years. Make that ten. Doing more with less since y2k
TCUdirtbag
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After going 13-0 with a really "old" team, it wouldn't come as a shock to most that we had the best draft. I think everyone already knows who the best team in Texas was last year. The real story is the comparison between the player's "ranking" from their first day on campus and their last.
