I was listening to an excellent podcast from former NFL scout Daniel Jeremiah last evening where he gave a run down on what happens on these pre-draft player visits, what teams are looking for and other interesting nuggets (more on that later).
I also came across something pretty interesting that makes me wonder if we're doing the Chiefs a disservice by tracking all their draft interests.
We always had young guys that were scouring the news clips to see which players were visiting which schools. We would always try to keep track of that.
This sounds just like our Chiefs draft interests table (put it in after the jump) where we track the players the Chiefs are rumored to be interested in, who they spoke to at the all-star games and, yes, pre-draft visits.
So, on draft day when we were getting ready to pick we might say, 'We like this player a couple picks away but there's a chance San Francisco might pick this player. Well let's look down the list. They brought him in for a visit so that's a sign they're at least interested in this kid. So then is it worth it to move up because there's interest there?'
So basically some team could use our draft interests chart against the Chiefs on draft day?
Quite the conundrum.
Position | Player | School | Projected Round | Private Workout | Senior Bowl/Combine Meeting | Pro Day | Rumored Interest | Scouted 2009 | Local Pro Day |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S | Eric Berry | Tennessee | 1 | x | x | ||||
LB | Rolando McClain | Alabama | 1 | x | |||||
LB | Sean Witherspoon | Mizzou | 1 | x | |||||
OT | Bryan Bulaga | Iowa | 1 | x | |||||
S | Earl Thomas | Texas | 1 | x | |||||
WR | Golden Tate | Notre Dame | 1 | x | |||||
CB | Syd'Quan Thompson | California | 1-2 | x | |||||
OL | Vladimir Ducasse | UMASS | 1-2 | x | x | x | |||
QB | Tim Tebow | Florida | 1-2 | x | |||||
CB | Perrish Cox | Oklahoma St. | 2 | x | |||||
CB | Devin McCourty | Rutgers | 2 | x | |||||
DL | Dan Williams | Tennessee | 2 | x | x | ||||
OLB/DE | Brandon Graham | Michigan | 2 | x | |||||
CB | Chris Cook | Virginia | 2-3 | x | |||||
CB | Brandon Ghee | Wake Forest | 2-3 | x | |||||
OL | Jared Veldheer | Hillsdale | 2-3 | x | |||||
DE | Jermaine Cunningham | Florida | 3 | x | |||||
DT | Tyson Alualu | California | 3 | x | |||||
QB | Jarrett Brown | West Virginia | 3 | x | |||||
WR/KR | Mardy Gilyard | Cincinnati | 3 | x | |||||
S | T.J. Ward | Oregon | 3-4 | x | |||||
OT | Rodger Saffold | Indiana | 3-4 | x | |||||
DE | George Selvie | South Florida | 3-4 | x | |||||
OLB | Thaddeus Gibson | Ohio St. | 3-4 | x | x | ||||
QB | Dan LeFevour | Central Michigan | 3-4 | x | |||||
WR | Riley Cooper | Florida | 3-4 | x | |||||
WR | Andre Roberts | Citadel | 3-4 | x | |||||
S | Kam Chancellor | Virginia Tech | 3-4 | x | |||||
CB | Akwasi Osuwu-Ansah | Indiana of Pennsylvania | 4 | x | |||||
TE | Anthony McCoy | USC | 4 | x | |||||
CB | Trevard Lindley | Kentucky | 4-5 | x | x | ||||
FB | Clay Harbor | Missouri St. | 4-5 | x | x | ||||
FS | Tyrell Skinner | Maryland | 4-5 | x | |||||
FB/HB | Rashawn Jackson | Virginia | 4-6 | x | |||||
P | Zoltan Mesko | Michigan | 5 | x | x | ||||
SS/CB | Kurt Coleman | Ohio St. | 5 | x | |||||
TE | Dorin Dickerson | Pittsburgh | 5 | x | |||||
OL | Marshall Newhouse | TCU | 5-6 | x | |||||
QB | Jonathan Crompton | Tennessee | 5-6 | x | x | ||||
WR | Eric Decker | Minnesota | 5-6 | x | |||||
DE/LB | Hall Davis | UL-Lafayette | 5-7 | x | |||||
QB | Troy Brown | USC | 6-7 | x | |||||
RB | LeGarrette Blount | Oregon | 6-7 | x | |||||
SS | Myron Rolle | FSU | 6-7 | x | |||||
RB | Joique Bell | Wayne St. | 6-7 | x | |||||
FB | John Connor | Kentucky | 7/UDFA | x | |||||
ILB | Donald Butler | Washington | 7/UDFA | x | |||||
S | Mike Newton | Buffalo | 7/UDFA | x | |||||
WR | Kerry Meier | Kansas | 7/UDFA | x | x | ||||
DT | Kade Weston | Georgia | 7/UDFA | x | |||||
WR | Emanuel Sanders | SMU | 7/UDFA | x | |||||
ILB | Lee Campbell | Minnesota | 7/UDFA | x | |||||
S | David Caldwell | William and Mary | 7/UDFA | x | |||||
SS | Lester Richmond | Toledo | 7/UDFA | x | |||||
LT | Nick McDonald | Grand Valley St. | 7/UDFA | x | |||||
RB | Dimitri Nance | Arizona St. | 7/UDFA | x | |||||
S | Anthony Levine | Tennessee St. | 7/UDFA | x | |||||
OT | Tyler Eastman | Maine | 7/UDFA | x | |||||
K | Derek Doerfler | Baker | 7/UDFA | x |