2020 NFL Draft

Assuming they play this fall.

 

It is interesting to note that the last three Heisman winners are all QBs who transfered into their program. All no. 1 picks too.

 

Should have pointed out that back then, there were like 24 teams picking, not 32.

 

There were 16 teams in the NFL in 1967, which added the Saints that season, but there were also nine AFL franchises active for a total of 25.

That said, my impression is the league was far more reliant on players from the elite schools, which helps balance things the other way.

One of the reasons the Steelers and Cowboys had so much success in the '70s is they were far better at scouting than just about everyone else. There were relatively few players from historically black colleges and universities. The Steelers actually hired a newspaper reporter by the name of Bill Nunn as a part-time scout because of his coverage of those schools. He became a full-time scout in 1969, the year they hired Chuck Noll. Nunn was a huge part of the Steelers' success in that era. There is a somewhat infamous story about the Steelers holding on to the game films of John Stallworth, claiming they had lost them, leading up to the 1974 draft. That and the fact that he had run a relatively slow 40-yard dash allowed the Steelers to grab a Hall of Fame receiver in the fourth round. That was Nunn's doing. So was finding late-round gems like L.C. Greenwood and free agents like new Hall of Famer Donnie Shell.

 

Well, of course none of those amazing players from HBCUs were able to go to SEC schools back then. Now, their figurative descendants all do.

 

That is also a very good point.

 

The Chiefs were also very good at scouting HBCU's. The 1969 Super Bowl team had eight starters from HBCU's, including three that made the Hall of Fame. The Cheifs were one of the few teams that were willing to pay sizable bonuses in the era before the combined drafts to players from HBCU's such as Buck Buchanon and Otis Taylor.

 

No, because the next players from those two teams selected in that draft were outside of the top 32. Well, OK, there would have been one more second rounder -- Notre Dame center George Goeddeke, taken 59th overall by Denver.

And actually, there were 26 teams in that draft -- Cincinnati began play in the AFL for the 1968 season.

 

Pats' new kicker is not racist, in case you were wondering.

Patriots kicker says he will remove tattoo associated with far-right militia group

For what it’s worth, Burton, who is African American, concluded his report by saying of Rohrwasser: “I did not find him to be a racist whatsoever. I found him to be very authentic and very apologetic. This kid deserves a chance.”

 

“He can also kick the hell out of the football.”