TideWarrior
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Some elite company with almost 70% of all the elite 11 finalists never got drafted.
All the big summer camps are a bit overblown IMO. Don't get me wrong if somebody has a good performance at the opening, elite 11, etc, and then follow it up with a good senior season I'm all for giving them a chance. However, a lot of these smear camps are a lot like spring practice in that you have players having these "breakout performances" only to never be heard from again. Which is why I'll never understand people jumping at taking players solely based off his performance at one of these.
The whole Elite 11 is somewhat of a joke IMO. Dilfer tries to be a contrarian and show that he knows how to evaluate QBs better than college coaches. Woulard and White are good examples (they may turn out to be good QBs). There are numerous others.
If you look at the last 5 years (04-08)Brantley is the only bust.
Some elite company with almost 70% of all the elite 11 finalists never got drafted.
How many qb's are drafted each year? I doubt 11. Probably 5-8.
If you want a true comparision of how well elite 11 qb's turn out, then look below:
2007 class notables:
EJ Manuel- 1st round
Sean Renfree-7th round
Andrew Luck- 1st round
Landry Jones-4th round
Mike Glennon-3rd round
Blaine Gabbert-1st round
Dayne Christ-7th round
2006 notables:
Tyrod Taylor-6th round
Ryan Mallet-3rd round
2005 notables:
Matthew Stafford-1st round
Jake Locker-1st round
Josh Freeman-1st round
Tim Tebow-1st round
The last 3 years and two very impressive jobs by the elite 11. The only exception being a poor class of qb's in 2006.
BCS championship QB'S:
2004 Matt Lienart (Matt Cassel backup)
2005 Vince Young...beat Lienart (Cassel backup)
2006 Chris Leak and Tim Tebow beat Troy Smith (backup Justin Zwick)
2007 backup Jarrett Lee
2008 Tim Tebow beat OK (backup Landry Jones)
2009 (backup Star Jackson) (backup Garrett Gilbert)
2010
2011 AJ McCarron beat (backup Jarrett Lee and Zach Mettenberger)
2012 AJ McCarron beats Everett Golson.
The whole Elite 11 is somewhat of a joke IMO. Dilfer tries to be a contrarian and show that he knows how to evaluate QBs better than college coaches. Woulard and White are good examples (they may turn out to be good QBs). There are numerous others.