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<blockquote data-quote="CHE90" data-source="post: 282536" data-attributes="member: 1220"><p>Let me preface this by saying I mean no disrespect to your comment or our student athletes, but I'm not sure our defensive lineman from the CPJ era have had a ton of success at the next level. The obvious one we all knew about was Gotsis but he was amazing when he played here. I know some like TJ Barnes have bounced around and been on practice squads. Not sure where he is now. I say good for him for still having an NFL contract but I'm not sure he's having huge success at the NFL level. Emmanuel Dieke is another who was an average D-lineman at Tech and I believe he bounced around on different practice squads. Once again I don't consider that success.</p><p></p><p>I do think that there is such a small percentage of the population with the body type to play D-line, that many "average" college players can find their way into the NFL. I remember a center who played for the Hawks named Jon Koncak. He was like 7 ft tall and 280 lbs and he got a huge contract from the Hawks. It was then that I realized there are a lot of pro athletes that win genetic lottery. This guy was horrible and he signed for millions only because he had the right body type. My point is, i think for those positions in sports where the body type is rare in the general population, a lot of guys make it to the show who are there despite their lack of elite skill. Of course that's not always the case, but there are only so many Kareem's, Pat Ewings, Akeem's, and Shaquille O'Neal's in the world and the NBA has way more center positions to fill. I think D-line in football is a lot like this, even at the NFL level. I would be interested to hear what others think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CHE90, post: 282536, member: 1220"] Let me preface this by saying I mean no disrespect to your comment or our student athletes, but I'm not sure our defensive lineman from the CPJ era have had a ton of success at the next level. The obvious one we all knew about was Gotsis but he was amazing when he played here. I know some like TJ Barnes have bounced around and been on practice squads. Not sure where he is now. I say good for him for still having an NFL contract but I'm not sure he's having huge success at the NFL level. Emmanuel Dieke is another who was an average D-lineman at Tech and I believe he bounced around on different practice squads. Once again I don't consider that success. I do think that there is such a small percentage of the population with the body type to play D-line, that many "average" college players can find their way into the NFL. I remember a center who played for the Hawks named Jon Koncak. He was like 7 ft tall and 280 lbs and he got a huge contract from the Hawks. It was then that I realized there are a lot of pro athletes that win genetic lottery. This guy was horrible and he signed for millions only because he had the right body type. My point is, i think for those positions in sports where the body type is rare in the general population, a lot of guys make it to the show who are there despite their lack of elite skill. Of course that's not always the case, but there are only so many Kareem's, Pat Ewings, Akeem's, and Shaquille O'Neal's in the world and the NBA has way more center positions to fill. I think D-line in football is a lot like this, even at the NFL level. I would be interested to hear what others think. [/QUOTE]
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