(1) Be nice! A2C supports a welcoming and inclusive environment. Discordīest of A2C AMAs Interviews Rec Letters Essays Financial Aid Rules for Participating But the success will also be told this week each April, in the NFL draft./r/ApplyingToCollege is the premier forum for college admissions questions, advice, and discussions, from college essays and scholarships to SAT/ACT test prep, career guidance, and more. It’ll probably be reflected in recruiting rankings. If Tucker gets this going, we’ll know it on Saturdays.
Each played a significant role in last season, Walker especially. They all outperformed their recruiting profiles. Heyward was a middling prospect, as well, as an “athlete,” ranked about where Nailor was, with 700 other players ahead of him. Nailor was a three-star kid, with more than 100 wideouts ahead of him.
Walker was a two- and three-star prospect, with more than 100 running backs ranked ahead of him in his class, with Wake Forest as his best offer. If you look at the recruiting rankings of MSU’s three likely draft picks this season, it’s nothing special. Perles’ best years coincided with 20 players being drafted in the first seven rounds over five NFL drafts, from 1988-1992. When the Saban era flashed for a season in 1999, seven players were selected the following spring, two in the first round, and eight players were selected over the next two years. And only one of them, center Brian Allen, on offense. Some good players, but not enough of them. MSU’s slide back into mediocrity was visible in the NFL draft, with only seven players being selected in the five years that followed. Some of it had just been missed by recruiting analysts on the front end, which is why the draft is a truer tell, even if delayed. There was nothing unheralded about that talent. Those 19 NFL picks are why MSU won so big, so consistently. For all the talk of feisty and unheralded recruiting classes in the Dantonio era, the true story of MSU’s talent in Dantonio’s heyday is in those drafts. That’s 19 players in five NFL drafts, 12 in the first four rounds. And then, over the next two years, two more first rounders in Trae Waynes and Jack Conklin, with Jeremy Langford, Tony Lippett, Keith Mumphery, Shilique Calhoun, Connor Cook, Aaron Burbridge and Donovan Clark also selected. Darqueze Dennard was chosen in the first round the following year. Cunningham and Edwin Baker were also selected.Ī year later, Le’Veon Bell, Dion Sims and William Gholston all went in the first four rounds. You could also tell good things were happening just by looking at the NFL drafts of that period, beginning 10 years ago this week, the first big draft of the Dantonio era.Ĭousins is the most renowned MSU player from that 2012 NFL draft, the one who’s still playing. The Dantonio era is remembered for wining 36 games in three seasons, for winning 65 games in six seasons, with three Big Ten titles, a famed Rose Bowl victory and a College Football Playoff appearance in there. Including 30 years ago this week, the tail end of the best days of George Perles' tenure, when MSU’s current receivers coach, Courtney Hawkins, and athletic director, Alan Haller, were selected, which followed four even stronger MSU draft classes. It happened in the Mark Dantonio and Nick Saban eras and every era before that. You can always look to the NFL draft to know the health of MSU's program and what sort of seasons the Spartans are having. INTERVIEW COLUMN: Couch: Mel Tucker is in 'a race against time' to turn Michigan State football into a champion
That’s a good draft, reflective of last season’s success. When and if Mel Tucker truly has MSU’s program rolling and competing pound-for-pound from a depth of talent perspective, you’ll see it on the last weekend in April.Īnd you’ll see some of the remnants of an 11-2 season when this year's draft takes place April 28-30 in Las Vegas. Walker could be the first running back selected and Jalen Nailor and Connor Heyward will likely come off the board later. Proven ability does.Īnd, in MSU’s case, there’s a clear correlation between program success and NFL draft presence. The recruiting rankings - five-star, four-star, three-star - none of that jargon means a thing to the NFL. All the information, in hindsight, is there. If you want to know whether MSU’ s program is in a good place, follow the NFL draft over the course of a few years. Especially at a place like Michigan State, where some of the best players over time have been overlooked gems entering college, from Kirk Cousins 10 years ago to Kenneth Walker this week. A truer measurement, however, is the NFL draft. We often look to recruiting rankings to measure the talent in a college football program.
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