Each year during the long draft process I always pick up a copy of Lindy's Sports Pro Football Draft Guide. This is put out in early March after the combine but without the actual combine data.
Each year after the draft I compare the Seahawks draft class to how Lindy's has them graded. Usually, our picks aren't ranked very high (typical) and last year that was the case. But this year there's some surprising results I thought I'd Share.
Runningbacks
Alex Collins - Drafted Rnd 5, Lindy's rank- 3rd best RB / 2nd round projection.
CJ Prosise - Drafted Rnd 3, Lindy's rank- 10th RB overall / 3rd-4th round projection.
Undrafted Free Agent Tre Madden listed in the "Worth Watching " section (Not in top 22 of RB's )
WR
Kenny Lawler- Drafted Rnd 7, Lindy's rank- 12th WR overall/ 3rd Round projection
TE
Nick Vannett- Drafted Rnd 3, Lindy's rank- 3rd TE overall/ 3rd Rnd projection
OL
Germain Ifedi- drafted Rnd 1, Lindy's rank- 7th Tackle overall/ 2nd Rnd Projection
Rees Odhiambo- Drafted Rnd 3, Lindy's Rank- 9th Guard overall/ 5th Rnd Projection
Joey Hunt listed in the "Worth Watching" section didn't make it into the top 7 Centers.
DT-
Jerran Reed- Drafted Rnd 2, Lindy's - 4th DT overall / 1st Round projection.
Quintion Jefferson- Listed in the "Worth Watching section" (Not among the top 20 DT's in class)
UDFA
Montese Overton- OLB- Listed in "worth watching" section
Tyvis Powell- Safety- ranked 11th best safety / 5th Rnd Projection
Pretty interesting to see that most of the guys went where they were suppose to go or later than projected, the only real exception would be the linemen as we took them earlier than conventional thinking would assume they'd go.
Each year after the draft I compare the Seahawks draft class to how Lindy's has them graded. Usually, our picks aren't ranked very high (typical) and last year that was the case. But this year there's some surprising results I thought I'd Share.
Runningbacks
Alex Collins - Drafted Rnd 5, Lindy's rank- 3rd best RB / 2nd round projection.
CJ Prosise - Drafted Rnd 3, Lindy's rank- 10th RB overall / 3rd-4th round projection.
Undrafted Free Agent Tre Madden listed in the "Worth Watching " section (Not in top 22 of RB's )
WR
Kenny Lawler- Drafted Rnd 7, Lindy's rank- 12th WR overall/ 3rd Round projection
TE
Nick Vannett- Drafted Rnd 3, Lindy's rank- 3rd TE overall/ 3rd Rnd projection
OL
Germain Ifedi- drafted Rnd 1, Lindy's rank- 7th Tackle overall/ 2nd Rnd Projection
Rees Odhiambo- Drafted Rnd 3, Lindy's Rank- 9th Guard overall/ 5th Rnd Projection
Joey Hunt listed in the "Worth Watching" section didn't make it into the top 7 Centers.
DT-
Jerran Reed- Drafted Rnd 2, Lindy's - 4th DT overall / 1st Round projection.
Quintion Jefferson- Listed in the "Worth Watching section" (Not among the top 20 DT's in class)
UDFA
Montese Overton- OLB- Listed in "worth watching" section
Tyvis Powell- Safety- ranked 11th best safety / 5th Rnd Projection
Pretty interesting to see that most of the guys went where they were suppose to go or later than projected, the only real exception would be the linemen as we took them earlier than conventional thinking would assume they'd go.