- The number of players drafted in the 10-year period
- The actual number of starts made by those players
- The surplus or deficit per player
- A number in parentheses indicates a deficit
- Central Florida, Purdue and Mississippi were the only three colleges with an average surplus per play of ten games or more
- The combined draft selections of the three teams combined (51) was less than six colleges
- Brandon Marshall and Josh Sitton, both fourth round selections, account for a significant portion of Central Florida’s positive rating
- Bruce Miller, a 7th round selection, is also a major contributor
- Purdue’s positive results were largely driven by Ryan Kerrigan (1st round pick), Bernard Pollard *2nd round pick) and Cliff Avril (3rd round pick)
- Mississippi was led by 1st round picks Patrick Willis and Michael Oher and 3rd round pick Mike Wallace
- Four colleges that had among the highest number of draftees (Florida State, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Southern Cal) were ranked in the bottom 20 of this table
- Could player’s from the “big schools” be overvalued and possibly overdrafted?
- Florida State’s position is largely due to the underperformance of its draftees in the second through fourth rounds
- Chief underperformers included Everette Brown, Lorenzo Booker, Buster Davis, Willie Reed and Craphonso Thorpe
- Ohio State had some underperformers in the first round (Bobby Carpenter and Vernon Gholston) and every one of their six third-round choices underperformed
- The six third-round picks combined for a grand total of 19 NFL starts
- Oklahoma had marginal success in the first two rounds but draftees in the remaining five rounds underperformed
- Only four players of their 31 selections after round three had a surplus
- While there are plenty of success stories, Southern Cal draftees as a group pretty much underperformed throughout the draft
- Biggest deficits were from Matt Leinert (1st round), Dwayne Jarrett (2nd round) and LenDale White (3rd round)
- While Rodger Saffold was a net positive performer, three wide receivers (James Hardy in round 2, Courtney Roby in round 3 and Isaac Sowell in round four) dragged Indiana into the basement