2013 NFL draft running thread

Re: 2013 NFL draft/early entry running thread: Marcus Lattimore going pro

No. He's a true junior.

 

Re: 2013 NFL draft/early entry running thread: Marcus Lattimore going pro

Well, crap, go back and redshirt next year while you rehab the injury and then play your senior year in 2014.

I just assumed he probably had already used the redshirt year and wouldn't have any more eligibility left.

 

Re: 2013 NFL draft/early entry running thread: Marcus Lattimore going pro

Might as well make money while you're rehabbing.

 

Re: 2013 NFL draft/early entry running thread: Marcus Lattimore going pro

Yeah, why would he want to get better rehab training and make a little money? Go back and play for free! SEC championship!

 

Re: 2013 NFL draft/early entry running thread: Marcus Lattimore going pro

Good luck with that!! Get someone to pay you AND pay for your rehab while you do what?

It was like getting my employer to pay me while I was out with an injury. Wasn't gonna happen. And if I stayed gone very long, they'd give the job to someone else who was healthy.

 

Re: 2013 NFL draft/early entry running thread: Marcus Lattimore going pro

We discussed it on the first page, but there's precedent for this: Willis McGahee. His injury occurred later, and was nearly as bad as Lattimore's was.

 

Re: 2013 NFL draft/early entry running thread: Marcus Lattimore going pro

Doesn't your employer offer you sick time?

 

Re: 2013 NFL draft/early entry running thread: Marcus Lattimore going pro

Mallett and McCoy weren't high picks. These days, if you're not taken in the first round or maybe early second round, you can't be considered a high pick. There are a decent number of starters (Brees, Dalton, Kaepernick off the top of my head) who were high second-round picks... How many were taken in the third round or later?

 

Re: 2013 NFL draft/early entry running thread: Marcus Lattimore going pro

Also, I don't think it's fair to say Mallett's "doing worse than" Ponder. He's sitting behind Tom Brady. What, you think Ponder would have beaten him out by now?

And to answer your question Mizzou, here's the list:

Tony Romo — undrafted
Ryan Fitzpatrick — 7th round
Tom Brady — 6th round
John Skelton — 5th round
Matt Schaub — 3rd round
Russell Wilson — 3rd round

* Nick Foles was also a 3rd-round pick, but he's only the starter because Michael Vick (a first-round pick) got hurt.

So that's 81.2 percent of the league's starters (26 of 32) who were drafted in the 2nd round or higher, 78.1 percent if you count Foles.

 

Re: 2013 NFL draft/early entry running thread: Marcus Lattimore going pro

You realize how short the career of the average NFL running back is? Redshirting commits hims to two more years of earning nothing and he doesn't get to the league until he's, what, around 24 years old? Hell, that's already ancient by running back standards. And if gets injured again in his 5th year, he's finished, he'll never earn a penny in pro football.

Leaving now makes sense in light of his options and potential risks. The window to earn money as an RB is mighty short, this potentially gets him two more years of at least making something.

 

Re: 2013 NFL draft/early entry running thread: Marcus Lattimore going pro

Yeah. Was going to comment on this, but Mizzu beat me to it - McCoy was a 3rd round pick. No way that qualifies as high.

 

Re: 2013 NFL draft/early entry running thread: Marcus Lattimore going pro

I need to go back and actually watch that game to appreciate the plays involved without feeling sick to my stomach for 3.5 hours.