upstater1
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Have you heard of a guy named Michael Haynes from Penn State?, speaking of pass rushing DE's. This guy was the 14th overall pick by the Bears in 2003, a complete, and I mean a complete bust. Kennedy (#12) and Courtney Brown(#1) were, high, high expensive draft picks that completely busted out. Arrington as you know was (#2 overall), I mean #2, are you kidding me? for the kind of production you got out of that guy, that is brutal from the investment made in the #2 overall pick, you need much more than that. Penn State is a very, very risky school to look at. Blair Thomas, Kijana Carter, Curtis Enis, DJ Dozier, Kenny Jackson(#4 overall) I mean it's endless. They have to lead the lead in high end R1 busts.
OSU is the safest Big 10 school, always has been, they are a football factory up in Columbus.
Micahel Haynes was a huge reach, no one NO ONE, from Penn State imagined he'd go that high. Arrington definitely deserved to be #2. I would have picked him #1. He played like the second best player in the draft as well for a couple years. They've been hit by the injury bug. Ki-Jana Carter, Enis, Blair Thomas, same thing. All these players blew out their knees early on.
Meanwhile, you left off the backs that played and did well. For every DJ Dozier that busted, you have a Larry Johnson, Curt Warner, Franco Harris, Lydell Mitchell, Gary Brown, Richie Anderson, John Cappelletti, or heck contributors like Leroy Thompson, Sam Gash, Matt Suhey, Michael Robinson. Here's a little known fact: Penn State RBs have gained more yards in the NFL than any other school's RBs. WRs is a similar story, Kenny Jackson was a big bust, but Bobby Engram is still playing. A lot of teams stayed away from Larry Johnson because of the three guys before him with the ACL injuries. It was a mistake.