NFL or bust

Day two of the NFL draft came and went and no more BYU players came off the board. I will admit I was very surprised that neither Jonny Harline or Daniel Coats were picked, or big Jake Kuresa or even Eddie Keele. That knee injury hurt more than I expected.

The MWC conference overall had 9 picks:

Utah-Eric Weddle(S)-2nd round, 37 overall to San Diego
BYU-John Beck(QB)-2nd round, 40 overall to Miami
UNLV-Eric Wright(CB)-2nd round, 53 overall to Cleveland
New Mexico-Quincy Black(OLB)-3rd round, 68 overall to Tampa Bay
Utah-Paul Soliai(DT)-4th round, 108 overall to Miami
TCU-Marvin White(S)-4th round, 114 overall to Cincinnati
CSU-Clint Oldenburg(OT)-5th round, 171 overall to New England
Wyoming-John Wendling(S)-6th round, 184 overall to Buffalo
TCU-Herbert Taylor(OT)-6th round, 196 overall to Kansas City

BYU had 7 more players sign Free Agent contracts:

Curtis Brown (RB) - Cleveland- Will have Joe Thomas opening holes and Brady Quinn tossing him the rock.
Dan Coats (TE) - Cincinnati- Could someday catch the ball from Jeff Rowe.
Zac Collie (WR) - Philadelphia - Kevin Kolb, a suprising pick in the 2nd round, will someday sling the ball Collie's direction.
Jonny Harline (TE) - Indianapolis - Good situation. Who wouldn't want to go to Super Bowl victors and catch passes from Peyton Manning?
Cameron Jensen (LB) - Seattle- Seattle's first 5 picks were defensive players. Jensen will be a good addition to this young group.
Eddie Keele (OL) - Oakland- Blocking for JaMarcuss Russell. No OL was selected during the draft so he has a chance to shine.
Jake Kuresa (OL) - New Orleans- Blocking for Drew Bee's, Reggie Bush, and newly acquired Antonio Pittman. Not a bad place to be.

My 3 Cents: Everyone I thought would get a chance to play professional football was drafted (including Wagner.) Justin Robinson, predictably, will probably never play another snap of professional football. Only surprise is that Zac Collie signed a contract, I had no idea he was even being considered. Perhaps during the individual work-outs that teams were holding with John Beck they noticed Collie. Good for him.