Sunday, April 27, 2008

Disappointing couple of days for Texas football

The Longhorns just experienced a rather humbling NFL Draft experience.
Sure five of them got drafted, but only one, Limas Sweed, heard his name called on the first day. The Pittsburgh Steelers picked him up in the second round with the 53rd selection. Both players who elected to leave college early and enter the NFL went in the third round. Running back Jamaal Charles was taken 73rd overall by the Kansas City Chiefs. The Green Bay Packers selected tight end Jermichael Finley with the 91st pick of the draft.
Offensive tackle Tony Hills heard his name called in the fourth round, and he'll be with Sweed in Pittsburgh.
Defensive tackle Frank Okam was the final Longhorn selected. He went to the Houston Texans in the fifth round.
Overall, Texas doesn't have anything to brag about. For the first time since 2003, the Longhorns didn't have a single player taken in the first round.
A year after seeing his twin brother go in the first round, safety Marcus Griffin will have to wait to be signed as a free agent.
The same goes for wide receiver Billy Pittman, defensive tackle Derek Lokey and cornerback Brandon Foster.

I kept waiting for the Tennessee Titans to select a Texas player, but for the first time since 2004, the Longhorns were left out of Tennessee's plans for the future. Of course, they were "supposed" to take Sweed in the first round, but they followed the trend of ignoring wide receivers — none were selected in the first round — and Sweed fell a long way.

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