From: tes0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (THOMAS EDWIN SCHMIDLIN)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: THE RESULTS ARE IN...TOP DRAFT _BUSTS_ AND _STEALS_ ARE...
Date: 23 Nov 92 05:25:43 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

In article <10045@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>, nahst6+@pitt.edu (Nathan A Horstman)
writes:
>
>In case you didn't catch it, rec.sport.football.pro voted on the biggest
>draft busts and steals in recent years ( 1980 --> ).  Here's the results:
>
>
>TOP BUSTS:             VOTE %
>
>1)  Tony Mandarich     23.9%
>2)  Brian Bosworth     13.4
>3)  Vinny Testeverde   10.4
>4)  Aundray Bruce       7.5
>5)  Ken Sims            6.0
>6)  Andre Ware          5.2
>7)  Todd Blackledge     4.5
>
>TOP BOONS/STEALS:      VOTE %
>
>1)  Earnest Byner       11.9   10th rd.
>2)  Seth Joyner          8.6    8th rd.
>3)  Thurmon Thomas       8.2    2nd rd.
>4)  Jerry Rice           7.8    end of 1st
>4)  Dan Marino           7.8    end of 1st
>6)  Dave Krieg           6.1    undrafted
>7)  Charles Haley        5.6     4th
>7)  Sam Mills            5.6    undrafted
>9)  Andre Reed           4.2     4th
>9)  Jeff Cross           4.2     9th
>9)  Marion Butts         4.2     7th
>12) Karl Mechlenburg     2.7    12th
>12) Mark Clayton         2.7     8th
>12) Drew Hill            2.7    12th
>12) Don Majkowski        2.7    10th
>12) Jay Hilgenberg       2.7    undrafted
>12) Kevin Greene         2.7     5th
>
>I added the draft rounds on my own accord...If I goofed feel free to correct.
>I think Drew Hill was drafted in late seventies but wasn't sure so included
>him.  There were a few protest votes for Joe Montana (and rightfully so)
>because he was drafted in the late 70s and couldn't be included...sorry Joe..
>you'd have won hands down had we included you...  There was a MUCH wider
>distribution of votes among steals...guess a bust is easier to pick out.
>
>Thanks to everyone who participated.  Feel free to comment.
>
>A
>Nathan
>

I didn't respond to the original post, because I didn't have anything to add,
but then I saw an interesting stat.  Barry Foster, the STEELERS star running
back, was selected in the fifth round of the 1990 draft.  From the STEELERS
Digest. . .

    As hard as it is to believe now, Barry Foster was the 19th running back
    taken in the 1990 draft.  No doubt, there are a lot of teams kicking
    themselves today.  The following is an up-to-date look, in order of
    selection, of the 18 running backs who preceded Foster in the draft
    followed by Foster's statistics.


    PLAYER              Rd.     TEAM            STATUS/1992 STATS

    Blair Thomas        1st     jets            Starter; 435 yards; 0 TD's
    Emmitt Smith        1st     cowboys         starter; 1043 yards; 13 TD's
    Darrell Thompson    1st     packers         reserve; 80; 0
    Steve Broussard     1st     falcons         reserve; 170; 0
    Rodney Hampton      1st     giants          starter; 827; 9
    Dexter Carter       1st     49ers           injured reserve
    Reggie Cobb         2nd     bucs            starter; 749; 7
    Anthony Thompson    2nd     cards/rams      reserve; 2; 0
    Anthony Johnson     2nd     colts           starter; 347; 0
    Harold Green        2nd     bengals         starter; 688; 1
    Carwell Gardner     2nd     bills           reserve; 90; 1
    Leroy Hoard         2nd     browns          reserve; 101; 0
    Latin Berry         3rd     rams            out of football
    Chris Warren        4th     seahawks        starter; 574; 1
    Eddie Fuller        4th     bills           reserve; 39; 0
    Larry Centers       5th     cards           reserve; 85; 0
    Pat Chaffey         5th     bears/jets      reserve; 129; 1
    James Gray          5th     pats            out of football
    BARRY FOSTER        5th     STEELERS        starter; 1049 yards; 5 TD's
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Tom Schmidlin       DEEP THOUGHTS: By Jack Handey - I wish a robot would
TES0@LEHIGH.EDU         get elected president.  That way, when he came
215-758-0875            to town, we could all take a shot at him and not
                        feel too bad.