Charlie Thomas getting some draft love on ESPN+

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Root4GT said:
Worked pretty well for CJP’s first 3 years. Lots of NFL talent on those teams. A couple of first round picks as well. It’s not a false metric. It is an indicator of a team’s potential. More so now than 20 years ago and getting even more of a sound metric.

You can be a good team without NFL talent but you won’t win any Conference Championship without several NFL future players any more.
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Since 2000, we have had the most players drafted in a single draft was in 2004 (5) when we went 7-5, and had gone 7-6 the two years prior.

We had 1 player drafted following the 2016 9-4 season.

We had 3 players drafted following the 2014 11-3 season. We also had 3 players drafted following the 2013 season 7-6 season.

We had 4 players drafted following the 2008 9-4 season, and 4 drafted following the 2009 11-3 season.

We had 2 players drafted following the 2006 9-5 season. We also had 2 players drafted following the 2015 3-9 season and the 2021 3-9 season.

We had 0 players drafted following the 2000 9-3 season.

We had 3 players drafted following the 1998 10-2 season. We also had 3 players drafted following the 2007 7-6 season and 2005 7-5 season.

We had 2 players drafted following the 1990 NC season. We had 3 players drafted following the 1994 1-10 season.

We had 3 players drafted following the 1985 9-2 season. We also had 3 players drafted following the 1983 3-8 season.

Our 2nd most draft picks ever was 9 following the 1945 season. We went 4-6.
 
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85Escape said:
And that would be to a much smaller Pro roster, I'm guessing. I didn't know that either. Of course, all 8 of them combined almost assuredly made less in today's $ than the lowest drafted player in 2021...
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Picked a random year to check, 1954, since it was in the “heyday” of the 50s, and saw that there were 30 NFL draft rounds that year. Tech had 9 players drafted:

3rd round Henry Hair - end
7th round Glenn Turner - back
9th round Dave Davis - end
13th round Sam Hensley - end
15th round Ed Gossage - tackle
16th round Roger Frey - tackle
19th round Frank Givens - tackle
25th round Pepper Rodgers - back
27th round Bill Sennett - end

These were all great college players, including an undefeated season and a National Championship. Most of these never actually played in the pros but getting drafted shows they were highly thought of in college, making All American and other awards.
 
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Northeast Stinger said:
Picked a random year to check, 1954, since it was in the “heyday” of the 50s, and saw that there were 30 NFL draft rounds that year. Tech had 9 players drafted:

3rd round Henry Hair - end
7th round Glenn Turner - back
9th round Dave Davis - end
13th round Sam Hensley - end
15th round Ed Gossage - tackle
16th round Roger Frey - tackle
19th round Frank Givens - tackle
25th round Pepper Rodgers - back
27th round Bill Sennett - end

These were all great college players, including an undefeated season and a National Championship. Most of these never actually played in the pros but getting drafted shows they were highly thought of in college, making All American and other awards.
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There were fewer teams and more rounds. Rosters I believe were slightly bigger then as well.
 
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Augusta_Jacket said:
No. My understanding was your post said we'd never sent 8 players to the NFL in a draft year. We've done it twice. Once in the 40's and once in the 50's.
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Yeah, we were talking past each other. I was using the example that was given in the reply to me about Alabama and Georgia and thinking that was not a good standard (sending 8 players to the pros each year consistently) since that has never been Tech’s history.
 
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