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CU at the NFL Draft
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… Note … The Colorado football program was shut out of the NFL Draft in both 2015 and 2016, just the fourth and fifth seasons since 1990 in which no Buff heard their name being called. That drought will come to an end in the 2017 NFL draft, with a number of Buffs likely to be drafted (with Chidoe Awuzie perhaps going as early as the first round).
Over the next few weeks, leading up to the NFL draft (April 27th – 29th), we will review in some detail the Buffs most likely to be drafted. For starters, though, we’ll look back at the 2016 draft, and CU’s history in the draft …
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2016 Recap – CU shut out of the draft in consecutive years for the first time in 65 years
– Since 1990, there have been only five drafts which have been conducted without at least one Buff having their name called. Those five drafts were 2001, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2016. (An oddity – In April, 1989, the spring before CU went 11-0 in the regular season and climbed to No. 1 in the polls for the first time in school history – no Buffs were drafted).
– Only once before the 2015 and 2016 drafts has the Colorado program gone two seasons in a row without a player being drafted, and that was back in 1949 and 1950.
— Other Power-Five conference schools shut out of the 2016 NFL Draft … Tennessee; Kansas; North Carolina; Wake Forest; Iowa State and Duke.
— Buffs who signed free agent deals in 2016 were running back Christian Powell with the Pittsburgh Steelers, offensive lineman Stephane Nembot with the Baltimore Ravens, defensive back Ken Crawley with the New Orleans Saints, wide receiver Nelson Spruce with the Los Angeles Rams and safety Jered Bell with the San Francisco 49ers.
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Pac-12 picks – 2016 NFL Draft
UCLA … 8
Stanford … 5
California … 4
USC … 4
Oregon … 2
Arizona … 2
Arizona State … 2
Washington … 2
Washington State … 1
Utah … 1
Oregon State … 1
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Recap – 2016 NFL Draft … Pac-12 has four players chose in first round
The Pac-12 had four players chose in the first round of the 2016 NFL draft, including the first overall pick in Cal quarterback Jared Goff.
Other first round picks from the Pac-12: DeForest Buckner, DL, Oregon, No. 7 overall (San Francisco) … Kenny Clark, DL, UCLA, No. 27 overall (Pittsburgh) … Joshua Garnett, OL, Stanford, No. 28 overall (San Francisco).
Overall, however, the conference lagged behind other Power-Five conferences in first round selections. The SEC had eight first round selections, with eight, followed by the Big Ten, with six (five of those from Ohio State alone). The Pac-12’s four picks was matched by the ACC, with the Big 12 coming in with three first round selections.
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Historically … Colorado has the 5th-most first round picks in the Pac-12
Since the NFL and AFL began the common draft in 1967, Colorado has had 22 first round draft picks*. This is good enough for 5th in the annals of the Pac-12. Oregon State, with the fewest, celebrated just its third first round pick in 2014 with Brandin Cooks.
Washington State broke the longest drought without a first round pick, dating back to 2003, when Deone Bucannon went to Arizona with the 27th pick in 2015. The longest drought without a first round pick now belongs to Arizona, which last had a first round pick in 2008.
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The Pac-12 conference and the first round of the NFL draft (in the “common draft era” 1967-present):
USC – 70 … Most recent: 2015 – Leonard Williams, DE, 6th pick, New York Jets; Nelson Agholor, WR, 20th pick, Philadelphia
UCLA – 25 … Most recent: 2016 – Kenny Clark, DT, 27th pick, Green Bay
California – 24 … Most recent: 2016 – Jared Goff, QB, 1st pick, Los Angeles Rams
Arizona State – 23 … Most recent: 2015 – Damarious Randall, 30th pick, S, Green Bay
Colorado – 22 … Most recent: 2011 – Nate Solder, OT, 17th pick, New England; and Jimmy Smith, CB, 27th pick, Baltimore
Washington – 20 … Most recent: 2015 – Danny Shelton, DT, 12th pick, Cleveland; Marcus Peters, CB, 18th pick, Kansas City; Shaq Thompson, LB, 25th pick, Carolina
Stanford – 18 … Most recent: 2016 – Joshua Garnett, OG, 28th pick, San Francisco
Oregon – 16 … Most recent: 2016 – DeForest Buckner, DE, 7th pick, San Francisco
Washington State – 9 … Most recent: 2014 – Deone Bucannon, S, 27th pick, Arizona
Arizona – 9 … Most recent: 2008 – Antoine Cason, CB, 27th pick, San Diego
Utah – 6 … Most recent: 2013 – Star Lotulelei, DT, 14th pick, Carolina
Oregon State – 3 … Most recent: 2014 – Brandin Cooks, WR, 20th pick, New Orleans
(And, in case you are wondering … Colorado State – 4 … Most recent: 1987 – Kelly Stouffer, QB, 6th pick, St. Louis)
* Colorado actually has had 24 first round NFL first round picks overall, counting Byron White, the 4th overall pick in 1938 (Pittsburgh) and Jerry Hillebrand, TE, the 13th overall pick of the 1962 draft (New York Giants).
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CU at the NFL Draft
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… Note … The Colorado football program was shut out of the NFL Draft in both 2015 and 2016, just the fourth and fifth seasons since 1990 in which no Buff heard their name being called. That drought will come to an end in the 2017 NFL draft, with a number of Buffs likely to be drafted (with Chidoe Awuzie perhaps going as early as the first round).
Over the next few weeks, leading up to the NFL draft (April 27th – 29th), we will review in some detail the Buffs most likely to be drafted. For starters, though, we’ll look back at the 2016 draft, and CU’s history in the draft …
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2016 Recap – CU shut out of the draft in consecutive years for the first time in 65 years
– Since 1990, there have been only five drafts which have been conducted without at least one Buff having their name called. Those five drafts were 2001, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2016. (An oddity – In April, 1989, the spring before CU went 11-0 in the regular season and climbed to No. 1 in the polls for the first time in school history – no Buffs were drafted).
– Only once before the 2015 and 2016 drafts has the Colorado program gone two seasons in a row without a player being drafted, and that was back in 1949 and 1950.
— Other Power-Five conference schools shut out of the 2016 NFL Draft … Tennessee; Kansas; North Carolina; Wake Forest; Iowa State and Duke.
— Buffs who signed free agent deals in 2016 were running back Christian Powell with the Pittsburgh Steelers, offensive lineman Stephane Nembot with the Baltimore Ravens, defensive back Ken Crawley with the New Orleans Saints, wide receiver Nelson Spruce with the Los Angeles Rams and safety Jered Bell with the San Francisco 49ers.
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Pac-12 picks – 2016 NFL Draft
UCLA … 8
Stanford … 5
California … 4
USC … 4
Oregon … 2
Arizona … 2
Arizona State … 2
Washington … 2
Washington State … 1
Utah … 1
Oregon State … 1
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Recap – 2016 NFL Draft … Pac-12 has four players chose in first round
The Pac-12 had four players chose in the first round of the 2016 NFL draft, including the first overall pick in Cal quarterback Jared Goff.
Other first round picks from the Pac-12: DeForest Buckner, DL, Oregon, No. 7 overall (San Francisco) … Kenny Clark, DL, UCLA, No. 27 overall (Pittsburgh) … Joshua Garnett, OL, Stanford, No. 28 overall (San Francisco).
Overall, however, the conference lagged behind other Power-Five conferences in first round selections. The SEC had eight first round selections, with eight, followed by the Big Ten, with six (five of those from Ohio State alone). The Pac-12’s four picks was matched by the ACC, with the Big 12 coming in with three first round selections.
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Historically … Colorado has the 5th-most first round picks in the Pac-12
Since the NFL and AFL began the common draft in 1967, Colorado has had 22 first round draft picks*. This is good enough for 5th in the annals of the Pac-12. Oregon State, with the fewest, celebrated just its third first round pick in 2014 with Brandin Cooks.
Washington State broke the longest drought without a first round pick, dating back to 2003, when Deone Bucannon went to Arizona with the 27th pick in 2015. The longest drought without a first round pick now belongs to Arizona, which last had a first round pick in 2008.
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The Pac-12 conference and the first round of the NFL draft (in the “common draft era” 1967-present):
USC – 70 … Most recent: 2015 – Leonard Williams, DE, 6th pick, New York Jets; Nelson Agholor, WR, 20th pick, Philadelphia
UCLA – 25 … Most recent: 2016 – Kenny Clark, DT, 27th pick, Green Bay
California – 24 … Most recent: 2016 – Jared Goff, QB, 1st pick, Los Angeles Rams
Arizona State – 23 … Most recent: 2015 – Damarious Randall, 30th pick, S, Green Bay
Colorado – 22 … Most recent: 2011 – Nate Solder, OT, 17th pick, New England; and Jimmy Smith, CB, 27th pick, Baltimore
Washington – 20 … Most recent: 2015 – Danny Shelton, DT, 12th pick, Cleveland; Marcus Peters, CB, 18th pick, Kansas City; Shaq Thompson, LB, 25th pick, Carolina
Stanford – 18 … Most recent: 2016 – Joshua Garnett, OG, 28th pick, San Francisco
Oregon – 16 … Most recent: 2016 – DeForest Buckner, DE, 7th pick, San Francisco
Washington State – 9 … Most recent: 2014 – Deone Bucannon, S, 27th pick, Arizona
Arizona – 9 … Most recent: 2008 – Antoine Cason, CB, 27th pick, San Diego
Utah – 6 … Most recent: 2013 – Star Lotulelei, DT, 14th pick, Carolina
Oregon State – 3 … Most recent: 2014 – Brandin Cooks, WR, 20th pick, New Orleans
(And, in case you are wondering … Colorado State – 4 … Most recent: 1987 – Kelly Stouffer, QB, 6th pick, St. Louis)
* Colorado actually has had 24 first round NFL first round picks overall, counting Byron White, the 4th overall pick in 1938 (Pittsburgh) and Jerry Hillebrand, TE, the 13th overall pick of the 1962 draft (New York Giants).
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