Talent is talent. But dipping too often into the smaller schools who typically lose out on the top talent to the major programs is not a great recipe for success. It really should be a much more targeted approach. For instance if you look at all the Utah State players drafted recently. There really is only one great player that has been drafted out of that program in decades. Bobby Wagner. If Love develops then that would be 2. There are others that have played and started in the NFL. But only one impact player in Wagner.
Same for Idaho State. Jared Allen and that is it for impact players out of that program. Same with Texas State. The best player I can think of is Ricky Sanders WR or Bobby Watkins CB from like the early 1980s. Mager in rd 3 was the highest Texas State Bobcat drafted since 1984. It didn't work out. I like Mager speed and size. But I would have waited to 6th or 7th to spend a pick on him. A 3rd was way over paying for what should have been bargain shopping in the last two rds.
And then you can look at Alabama program and it's littered with players who were great impact players in NFL.
Just be very careful when shopping at the bargain stores trying to find a gem. It better stand out so bright that instead of thinking you are a genius who got a steal, you think I'm an idiot if I pass on this prospect. Like Randy Moss. But for the most part, you might want to go to major stores to find 53 gems for your franchise.
Telesco doesn't usually do more than one max from small programs in a draft.
Last year he had none.
Oregon, Oklahoma, UCLA, Virginia, Notre Dame, Ohio St.
But the year before. He went shopping at mom and pop shops all over the country. Delaware, Souix Falls, North Dakota State,
I don't think they will get anything from Stick and Pipkins looks like the NFL game is too much for him right now.
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