2005 - round 2 - 51st pick - Nick Collins - DB - Bethune-Cookman
2005 - round 7 - 245th pick - Kurt Campbell - DB - Albany (NY)
2006 - round 5 - 148th pick - Ingle Martin - QB - Furman
2010 - round 7 - 230th pick - C.J.Wilson - DE - East Carolina
2011 - round 6 - 179th pick - Caleb Schlauderaff - OL - Southern Utah
2011 - round 6 - 186 th pick - D.J.Smith - LB - Applachian State
2012 - round 4 - 132nd pick - Jerron McMillon - SS - Maine
2012 - round 7 - 243rd pick - B.J,Coleman - QB - Tenn-Chattanooga
2013 - round 7 - 216th pick - Charles Johnson - WR - Grand Valley State
2014 - round 7 - 236th pick - Jeff Janis - WR - Sagina Vally State
2015 - round 2 - 62nd pick - Quinten Rollins - DB - Miami (Ohio)
Only 1 of this list of 11 picks have paid off for the Packers, Nick Collins. The last 2 are still in question. The remaining picks never proved to be worth picking. All of these players came from, IMO, less than nationally competitive schools. 72% were comparative failures and poor draft picks.
Originally Posted by: Smokey
So why are you ignoring James Starks from Buffalo? Nate Palmer from Illinois State? Sitton from Central Florida? Greg Jennings from Western Michigan? Etc, etc. Donald Driver - not a Ted Thompson draft pick, What was Wolf thinking wasting a 7th rounder on a slug from Alcorn State? 🤣
Originally Posted by: greengold
I cherry-picked a list of big school picks from the other 31 GM's...
And comparatively TT's 72% of small school picks is way way way better; its #1.
Here's the 2nd best: Belichek-with much worse failures, much high picks:
#4 2013 Josh Boyce TCU
#7 2013 Micheal Buchanan Illinois
#2 2012 Tavon Wilson Illinois
#6 2012 Nate Ebner Ohio State
#2 2011 Ras-I Dowling Virginia
#5 2011 Lee Smith Tennessee
#2 2010 Jermaine Cunningham Florida
#5 2010 Zoltam Mesko Michigan
#6 2010 Thomas Welch Vanderbilt
#7 2010 Brandon Deadrick Alabama
#7 2010 Kade Weston Georgia
#7 2010 Zac Robinson Oklahoma St.