And how many of our 4th and 6th rounders have succeeded since or before those picks. How many of those are Pro Bowl players beside Brady ? Brady is a freak of nature, not many 6th rounders become Hall of Famers. None of us, including the Pats braintrust could have seen what Brady has become. I guarantee that no LB's will be drafted. Probably a boatload of TE's OL & DL, and maybe a punter. We get a mulligan for this draft due to the FA signings.
Here are some second day HOF players:
Fourth Round
Year Player Overall Pos. Team
1949 Norm Van Brocklin 37 QB Los Angeles Rams (Also drafted in 11th round -78th overall- in 1949 AAFC draft by the Chicago Hornets.)
1957 Sonny Jurgensen 43 QB Philadelphia Eagles
1969 Charlie Joiner 93 WR Houston Oilers
1974 John Stallworth 82 WR Pittsburgh Steelers
1976 Harry Carson 105 LB New York Giants
1976 Steve Largent 117 WR Houston Oilers
Fifth Round
Year Player Overall Pos. Team
1944 Bob Waterfield 42 QB Cleveland Rams
1945 Pete Pihos 41 E Philadelphia Eagles
1953 Stan Jones 54 G-DT Chicago Bears
1957 Henry Jordan 52 DT Cleveland Browns
1974 Mike Webster 125 C Pittsburgh Steelers
Sixth Round
Year Player Overall Pos. Team
1951 Jack Christiansen 69 DB Detroit Lions
Seventh Round
Year Player Overall Pos. Team
1953 Jim Ringo 79 C Green Bay Packers
1953 Joe Schmidt 85 LB Detroit Lions
1957 Gene Hickerson 78 G Cleveland Browns
1958 Bobby Mitchell 84 HB Cleveland Browns
1960 Larry Wilson 74 DB St. Louis Cardinals
1963 AFL Bobby Bell 56 LB Dallas Texans
1967 Rayfield Wright 182 T Dallas Cowboys
Here are some solid Pats drafted in Rd's 4-7:
Rd 4
2006 21 118 Stephen Gostkowski K Memphis
2005 32 133 James Sanders DB Fresno State
2003 23 120 Asante Samuel DB Central Florida
2002 28 126 Jarvis Green DE Louisiana State
1995 14 112 Dave Wohlabaugh C Syracuse
1993 26 110 Corwin Brown DB Michigan
1989 12 96 Maurice Hurst DB Southern
1989 16 100 Michael Timpson WR Penn State
1988 5 87 Tim Goad DT North Carolina
1988 15 97 Sammy Martin WR Louisiana State
1987 14 98 Rich Gannon QB Delaware
1983 17 101 Johnny Rembert LB Clemson
1981 19 102 Don Blackmon LB Tulsa
Rd 5
2006 3 136 Ryan O'Callaghan G California
2003 29 164 Dan Koppen C Boston College
1992 4 116 Dwayne Sabb LB New Hampshire
1991 1 112 Jon Vaughn RB Michigan
1991 13 124 Ben Coates TE Livingstone College
1987 1 113 Danny Villa T Arizona State
1984 12 124 Paul Fairchild G Kansas
1982 1 112 Fred Marion DB Miami (FL)
1975 12 116 Steve Grogan QB Kansas State
1974 8 112 Andy Johnson RB Georgia
Rd 6
2000 33 199 Tom Brady QB Michigan
1994 7 168 Max Lane T Navy
1984 11 151 Ernest Gibson DB Furman
1981 19 157 Ron Wooten G North Carolina
Rd 7
2006 21 229 Willie Andrews DB Baylor
2005 16 230 Matt Cassel QB USC
2003 25 239 Tully Banta-Cain DE California
2002 33 244 David Givens WR Notre Dame
2000 33 239 Patrick Pass RB Georgia
1999 35 241 Sean Morey WR Brown
1994 28 222 Marty Moore LB Kentucky
1986 26 192 Brent Williams DE Toledo
1983 19 187 Craig James RB Southern Methodist
There have been other players as well drafted later like Troy Brown, Sam Gash, Ronnie Lippett, Lin Dawson and Mosi Tatupu in the 8th and Nick Buoniconti in the 13th.
There are so many 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Rounders that have had great careers in the NFL that we would be here all day going through them. Antoine Bethea and Cato June were recent 6th Rd picks and Marques Colston a 7th. Denver's Terrell Davis was a 6th Rounder, Miami's Zach Thomas a 5th....the list goes on and on.
You can check for yourself:
http://www.drafthistory.com/rounds/round_4.html