Which Boise State player will be drafted first in April's NFL Draft?
by Kevan Lee on Jan 30, 2012 8:00 AM PST
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PrintThe buildup to the NFL Draft is one-third over with the Senior Bowl in the books and the combine and pro days still to come, and Boise State's senior stars are about to find themselves at the center of some hot debates. Why, here's one of those debates now. As of this morning, in your expert opinion or haphazardest guess, which Boise State player will go first in April's NFL Draft?
Boise State reporter Chadd Cripe picked the brain of an NFL scout who said that Doug Martin, Shea McClellin (now moonlinghting at inside linebacker), and Tyrone Crawford are the most likely Broncos to go first.
Prior to the start of last season and as recently as a couple months ago, Nate Potter and Billy Winn were first-round material.
George Iloka turned in a stellar Senior Bowl and only figures to get more attention for his unique size and style as draft season continues.
And then there's that Kellen Moore fellow.
So who do you think will be drafted first? Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll.
I'll take Tyrone Crawford who played lights out in the East-West Shrine game and has the type of upside and potential that teams looooove in their defensive linemen. I think Doug Martin is the best prospect, but with NFL teams emphasizing the running back less and less, he could be one of the first few off the board and still go behind Crawford. You're welcome to disagree in the comments.
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I voted the darkhorse Potter.
not sure why he didn’t get any All-Star love (or maybe he did and declined). how can a consensus all-american, 4.0 guy NOT get picked up? but whatever. i can only assume the NFL is up on him, but just don’t really publicize it much anymore.
that’d be neat to see Martin go in the first round, but with the devaluing of backs happening, it’s hard to see that happening. As has been said before, later rounds picks have been fairing quite well (arian foster, chris johnson are two off the top of my head). seems that, right now anyway, no-name backs are able to get carries, 100 yard games and carry a team quietly.
Anyone else get straight pissed at the Vikings’ coaching staff playcalling?! What is with them NOT giving Martin any meaningful carries?! What is with them not letting Moore run the two minute drill at the end of the first half or any play action? (though the two minute thing might just be getting Cousins time before the half.) how about the quality of B1G receivers? Read: Poor. Oh. then then dirtbags on twitter ragging on Moore’s decision-making in terms of when/where to throw the ball, when his line sucked wind. Gah. The smart play is to take the sack or throw it away?! Whatever man. Whatever.
My QB has an AWARD named after him. How about yours?!
Moore’s effortless dissection of the defense in...practice reminded coaches why he’s here, despite his much-maligned measurables. --Chadd Cripe
Twitter: @damienbsu
Agree - the guys a AA first teamer
and will likely be the smartest O linemen out there. I figured he did not get Senior Bowl love because he was a first round shoe in, like Richardson, etc. Am I missing something?
i thought Richardson was a jr anyway and leaving early.
but i am at work, so i don’t want to check right now.
My QB has an AWARD named after him. How about yours?!
Moore’s effortless dissection of the defense in...practice reminded coaches why he’s here, despite his much-maligned measurables. --Chadd Cripe
Twitter: @damienbsu
Richardson wasn't at the senior bowl because he was a jr.
I think Potter had a down year after what was expected after last year…It seems like he was projected around the #2 OT after last season but is now around #7 OT overall according to most scout/prognosticators.
by ce'sped azul on Jan 30, 2012 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Am I off base, or ...
Did I see Potter on the original list of invitees, before McClellan got his invite?
"Boise State football is now a Fargo winter. You know what's coming, and that information does you no good whatsoever". Matt James / The Fresno Bee
"The BCS and Sugar Bowl owe Kellen Moore a hand-written apology on a Hallmark card." ... Chris Dufresne, LA Times
by Lestermeister on Jan 30, 2012 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
Muscle Hamster
He earned it. Would be trick to see the Muscle Hamster in NY for the NFL draft standing around in the audience.
Would love to see the muscle hamster wearing a Bears jersey
He is better than Forte although most people would call me crazy for saying that
by BoyCeeState on Jan 30, 2012 9:30 AM PST via mobile reply actions 3 recs
Rec'd ...
I could get used to that …
"Boise State football is now a Fargo winter. You know what's coming, and that information does you no good whatsoever". Matt James / The Fresno Bee
"The BCS and Sugar Bowl owe Kellen Moore a hand-written apology on a Hallmark card." ... Chris Dufresne, LA Times
by Lestermeister on Jan 30, 2012 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
"about to find themselves at the center of some hot debates"
Ooh. After last weekend, I don’t think I want to even go near another debate. ;-)
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they, too, have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit.
by SeniorChief on Jan 30, 2012 9:40 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Affirmative Senior Chief
The debate from hedoubleL
by EarlOfLucan on Jan 30, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Its not a debate if one side completely ignores every valid point the other side makes....
by lifelongbronco on Jan 30, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Ugh.
Senior Bowl thread. I jumped in there yesterday thinking there was actual productive discussion going on. My bad.
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by reflectivity on Jan 30, 2012 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
I thought that might me what SC was referring to
I started to read the comments and left pretty quickly.
Time is the great equalizer.
Left quickly?
I don’t see why you wouldn’t want to read the same point hashed out again and again and again for 30 minutes or so of your life…
"Nobody likes it"
"I'm tired of even the BCS name"
"The whole thing needs to be changed."
-Coach Pete on the BCS.
by NYBroncosFan on Jan 30, 2012 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
Left quickly?
I don’t see why you wouldn’t want to read the same point hashed out again and again and again for 30 minutes or so of your life…
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they, too, have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit.
Left quickly?
I don’t see why you wouldn’t want to read the same point hashed out again and again and again for 30 minutes or so of your life…
(Ad nauseum, but you get the point.)
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they, too, have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit.
Ah...I see what you did there!
Well done.
"Nobody likes it"
"I'm tired of even the BCS name"
"The whole thing needs to be changed."
-Coach Pete on the BCS.
by NYBroncosFan on Jan 31, 2012 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
uh oh;.
I was a part of that, I’m afraid. /hangs head, tears drop
"Grateful to the friends and the circumstances that enabled me to be a Bronco. I'm just glad I lived to see these days." SeniorChief
I hate making you cry, BB
"Nobody likes it"
"I'm tired of even the BCS name"
"The whole thing needs to be changed."
-Coach Pete on the BCS.
by NYBroncosFan on Jan 31, 2012 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
you're a kind heart, ny :-)
"Grateful to the friends and the circumstances that enabled me to be a Bronco. I'm just glad I lived to see these days." SeniorChief
by boiseblues on Jan 31, 2012 9:15 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
yeah, we should pull out the debate...er...disagreement part
and move it off campus. It was all very surreal.
Voted for Shea McClellin
But having second thoughts; maybe it’s Nate Potter. Too many running backs to choose from. There’s always lots of backs, and unless they are so for above everyone else, my impression is that many go lower in the first round or in later rounds. I invite anyone who is more into the NFL draft to check the reality of my impression.
Top defensive players and O Linemen aren’t glamorous, but everybody needs them.
by nothingveryclever on Jan 30, 2012 10:13 AM PST reply actions
Here's how I think it will go.
Doug (late 1st/early 2nd)
Billy Winn (2nd)
Iloka (3rd)
Potter (3rd)
McClellen (3rd)
Tyrone Crawford (6th)
Kellen Moore (6th)
I'd go with that.
but Potter first pick.
but the same everywhere else.
My QB has an AWARD named after him. How about yours?!
Moore’s effortless dissection of the defense in...practice reminded coaches why he’s here, despite his much-maligned measurables. --Chadd Cripe
Twitter: @damienbsu
Don't think so...
from what I’ve seen Potter is around the 6-8th best OT prospect, and I don’t see that many going early in the first. I think best case scenario is middle of the 2nd round for him. I also don’t see him making a huge jump after the combine.
Doug Martin on the other hand, I think will be the #2 RB taken after he explodes at the combine. He’s shown he can do it all (run/catch/block/return) and the NFL really values that in a RB. I think he’ll go late 1st round.
by ce'sped azul on Jan 30, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Good call on Martin at the Combine
Forgot about his speed and strength stuff, and for all we know he can dunk a basketball :) Nate will shine there too. The cool thing is once scouts sid down and talk to a Coach Pete trained athlete, its ALWAYS a positive.
I think it will be something like:
Doug Martin-2nd
Shea McClellin-3rd
Tyrone Crawford-6th
Billy Winn-3rd
Nate Potter-2nd
George Iloka-5th
Kellen Moore-6th
I love that Shea and Dougie Fresh have gotten some good love. The lack of Potter’s name on top OL lists is dumbfounding but I’ll agree his 2011 was not as great as 2010. Still, LT in the NFL is one of the most valuable positions on the field so I think that helps him. I predict the combine will push Martin ahead of Potter in the early 2nd round (Colts or Bills?). Interested to see if any other Broncos get drafted and/or UDFAs? Efaw, Baker, Hout, Gavins, Shoe…maybe someone slips into the 7th?
Down the middle, James...the lateral...to the corner of the endzone! Can you believe that!?!
UDFA'a
I think Efaw, Baker, Hout, and Shoe will all get shots. I think Shoe has the best chance at making a team.
Gavins…He’ll get drafted, next year though. He should have one more year after getting a medical red shirt.
by ce'sped azul on Jan 30, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
In 2013..maybe
Taylor (2nd)
Kellog (3rd)
Harper (4th)
Gavins (6th)
by ce'sped azul on Jan 30, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
I forgot
Gavins should get the medical red shirt. Has that been made official and also Harper?
Down the middle, James...the lateral...to the corner of the endzone! Can you believe that!?!
I believe Gavins had not redshirted at all prior to 2011
So no need to apply for a medical hardship. Yriarte was the other guy waiting on one, in addition to Harper.
by hummerofdoom on Jan 30, 2012 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
Im excited!
I love seeing so many Broncos succeed and get a chance at the next level. It tells me that there will be a reason to watch the NFL
Kellen gets one more shot to shine before the Combine
This was the show Austin Pettis did so well in last year. A big part of the QB challenge is accuracy – big bullseye targets moving across the field at varying distances. Last year it was Dalton, Mallett and Locker. This year Keenum, Moore and Foles. Dalton really stepped up that day, and even Locker did OK…and was drafted 8th overall…which still shocks me.
dougie is a first rounder
any chance Iloka will fall to the vikes in the third round? were DESPERATE!
by statue_left on Jan 30, 2012 1:57 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
hopefully they don't use the same scheme they did on saturday.
Iloka got hosed.
(and, yes, i know that there were some rules in place that prevented him from being super effective, but they could have done something to help him.)
My QB has an AWARD named after him. How about yours?!
Moore’s effortless dissection of the defense in...practice reminded coaches why he’s here, despite his much-maligned measurables. --Chadd Cripe
Twitter: @damienbsu
Playing Centerfield
against a team hitting grounders and bloop singles. Not much for George to do, but at least he showed it in practice.
Its funny...
nobody in the fam is a big NFL fan, except the boss likes Brady…at least with his helmet off. So whatever team takes our heroes, we just root for them. Convenient. Rex Ryan is sure making it hard to root for the Jets though…
Maybe all of them will join the Bears and we can settle on one team. Bears need another RB, some LB’s, some lineman, a QB (in a pocket offense),
I voted for Kellen...
If there is a smart team out there, they’d rather draft him than get beaten by him. Brawn is great, but brain is irreplaceable.
"Grateful to the friends and the circumstances that enabled me to be a Bronco. I'm just glad I lived to see these days." SeniorChief
Plus..
It’s easier to gain brawn than brains. Scouts seem to think you’re born and die with the same arm strength.
by Drew Roberts on Jan 30, 2012 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
That's why they're scouts and not Nobel Peace Prize winners.
It’s the folks with the deep pockets and the desire to keep those pockets stuffed that will over-rule the arm wrestling statisticians.(oh, I do hope I am right….)
"Grateful to the friends and the circumstances that enabled me to be a Bronco. I'm just glad I lived to see these days." SeniorChief
Those who can, do
Those who can’t become scouts.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they, too, have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit.
I think our NFL prospects have been severely undervalued by fans and the press
But I don’t think they’ll be undervalued by the NFL.
Doug Martin- 1st
Shea McClellin- 3rd
Tyrone Crawford – 5th
Billy Winn – 5th
Nate Potter – 2nd
George Iloka – 4th
Kellen Moore – 3rd
Shoemaker – 6th
Iloka
He is the most hot commodity in this draft with Doug Martin. They are the first Broncos off the board
by BoyCeeState on Jan 30, 2012 8:10 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Hmmm....
1.Potter
2.Martin
3.Crawford
4.McClellin
5.Iloka
6.Moore
7.Shoemaker
'Trust me, i can protect myself. I'm a Boise State Broncos Football fan.'
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
None of the boys will get as much as they deserve.
Martin – 2nd round
Winn – 2nd round
Potter – 3rd round
Iloka – 3rd round
McClellin – 4th round
Moore – 5th round
Crawford – 6th round
by zap_carnivorous on Jan 31, 2012 1:01 AM PST reply actions
Muscle Hamster, no doubt
Probably middle 2nd. Than Potter or maybe Iloka who boosted his stock a little bit on Senior Bowl. Winn will probably fall, as I much as I like him he showed little on Senior Bowl week and a lot of scouts got disapointed.
Are you sure that any of them will be drafted?
I’m joking. Calm dowm.
by Bisquick_in_da_MGM on Jan 31, 2012 12:41 PM PST reply actions
Lmao
If you hadn’t clarified that you would’ve needed to prepare yourself for the flaming of a lifetime
by USAFBronco on Feb 4, 2012 4:18 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
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