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I-AA/FCS draft pics
-2nd Rd, 64th pick, Panthers: Jeremy Chinn, S, SIU
-3rd Rd, 105th pick, Saints: Adam Troutman, TE, Dayton
-5th Rd, 171st pick, Texans: Isiah Coulter, WR, URI
-7th Rd, 227th pick, Bears: Lachavious Simmons, G, Tenn St
-7th Rd, 231st pick, Cowboys, Ben Dinucci, QB, JMU
-7th Rd, 254th pick, Broncos, Derek Tuszka, DE, NDSU (missed being Mr Irrelevant by 1 pick)

Where are the rest?

JMU (5 so far)
-QB Ben Dinucci, 7th Rd, Cowboys
UDFA
-DE Ron'Dell Carter, Cowboys
-DE John Daka, Ravens
-WR Brandon Polk, Rams
-TE Dylan Stapleton, Texans

Still waiting to hear if WR Riley Stapleton and CB Rashad Robinson get UFDAs.

JMU has put 5 into camps before, but never more (not counting rookie minicamp tryouts, but actual training camps under contract).
2010- Two 6th Rd picks/3 UDFA. 4 made rosters.
2018- 0 drafted/5 UDFA (2 weren't until last season). 3 made rosters.

89Hen wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:26 pm Where are the rest?

I-AA/FCS picks since the draft decreased from 12 to 7 rounds in 1993:
1993: 17
1994: 22
1995: 22
1996: 29
1997: 27
1998: 17
1999: 27
2000: 21
2001: 16
2002: 18
2003: 12
2004: 15
2005: 16
2006: 15
2007: 18
2008: 21
2009: 17
2010: 17
2011: 19
2012: 15
2013: 16
2014: 17
2015: 17
2016: 20
2017: 15
2018: 19
2019: 13
2020: 6
https://herosports.com/nfl/draft-fcs-pi ... -2019-ajaj

I-AA goes from recent history of 13-20, to 6.
Div II goes from recent history of around 5-6, to 2.

That can't be a coincidence. Pro Days at colleges and universities, and all the other cancelled pre draft scouting, workouts, interviews, and investigative stuff I bet hurt a lot of the I-AA & Div II fringe late round prospects more than the I-A guys.They'll probably be just as many I-AA UDFAs. How many are drafted doesn't matter as much as how many I-AA's make rosters. Will be interesting to see that comparison to previous seasons.

BDKJMU wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:40 pm

89Hen wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:26 pm Where are the rest?

I-AA/FCS picks since the draft decreased from 12 to 7 rounds in 1993:
1993: 17
1994: 22
1995: 22
1996: 29
1997: 27
1998: 17
1999: 27
2000: 21
2001: 16
2002: 18
2003: 12
2004: 15
2005: 16
2006: 15
2007: 18
2008: 21
2009: 17
2010: 17
2011: 19
2012: 15
2013: 16
2014: 17
2015: 17
2016: 20
2017: 15
2018: 19
2019: 13
2020: 6
https://herosports.com/nfl/draft-fcs-pi ... -2019-ajaj

I-AA goes from recent history of 13-20, to 6.
Div II goes from recent history of around 5-6, to 2.

That can't be a coincidence. Pro Days at colleges and universities, and all the other cancelled pre draft scouting, workouts, interviews, and investigative stuff I bet hurt a lot of the I-AA & Div II fringe late round prospects more than the I-A guys.They'll probably be just as many I-AA UDFAs. How many are drafted doesn't matter as much as how many I-AA's make rosters. Will be interesting to see that comparison to previous seasons.

Exactly.

NDSU so far
OL Zack Johnson to the Packers
TE Ben Ellefson to the Jags.

Gil Dobie wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 8:18 pm NDSU so far
OL Zack Johnson to the Packers
TE Ben Ellefson to the Jags.

Pretty sure I saw Tuszka signed with someone..

kalm wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 8:38 pm

Gil Dobie wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 8:18 pm NDSU so far
OL Zack Johnson to the Packers
TE Ben Ellefson to the Jags.

Pretty sure I saw Tuszka signed with someone..

He was drafted by Denver

BDKJMU wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:40 pm

89Hen wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:26 pm Where are the rest?

I-AA/FCS picks since the draft decreased from 12 to 7 rounds in 1993:
1993: 17
1994: 22
1995: 22
1996: 29
1997: 27
1998: 17
1999: 27
2000: 21
2001: 16
2002: 18
2003: 12
2004: 15
2005: 16
2006: 15
2007: 18
2008: 21
2009: 17
2010: 17
2011: 19
2012: 15
2013: 16
2014: 17
2015: 17
2016: 20
2017: 15
2018: 19
2019: 13
2020: 6
https://herosports.com/nfl/draft-fcs-pi ... -2019-ajaj

I-AA goes from recent history of 13-20, to 6.
Div II goes from recent history of around 5-6, to 2.

That can't be a coincidence. Pro Days at colleges and universities, and all the other cancelled pre draft scouting, workouts, interviews, and investigative stuff I bet hurt a lot of the I-AA & Div II fringe late round prospects more than the I-A guys.They'll probably be just as many I-AA UDFAs. How many are drafted doesn't matter as much as how many I-AA's make rosters. Will be interesting to see that comparison to previous seasons.

Yep, as 89 and I have been saying, the FCS talent level has dropped decade to decade for the past four decades. You see a huge drop from the 90s to 00's with Marshall and Boise St leaving in particular. Then a smaller drop from the 00's to the 10's with App St and GeoSo leaving, but still a drop.

You just can't lose great teams without a drop. NDSU singlehandedly made the 10's close to the 00's. Without NDSU, the drop would be stark.

But again, how dreadful has NDSU made the subdivision, winning year after year after year? It's horrible to watch for anyone outside of North Dakota.

93henfan wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 1:29 pm

BDKJMU wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:40 pm
I-AA/FCS picks since the draft decreased from 12 to 7 rounds in 1993:
1993: 17
1994: 22
1995: 22
1996: 29
1997: 27
1998: 17
1999: 27
2000: 21
2001: 16
2002: 18
2003: 12
2004: 15
2005: 16
2006: 15
2007: 18
2008: 21
2009: 17
2010: 17
2011: 19
2012: 15
2013: 16
2014: 17
2015: 17
2016: 20
2017: 15
2018: 19
2019: 13
2020: 6
https://herosports.com/nfl/draft-fcs-pi ... -2019-ajaj

I-AA goes from recent history of 13-20, to 6.
Div II goes from recent history of around 5-6, to 2.

That can't be a coincidence. Pro Days at colleges and universities, and all the other cancelled pre draft scouting, workouts, interviews, and investigative stuff I bet hurt a lot of the I-AA & Div II fringe late round prospects more than the I-A guys.They'll probably be just as many I-AA UDFAs. How many are drafted doesn't matter as much as how many I-AA's make rosters. Will be interesting to see that comparison to previous seasons.

Yep, as 89 and I have been saying, the FCS talent level has dropped decade to decade for the past four decades. You see a huge drop from the 90s to 00's with Marshall and Boise St leaving in particular. Then a smaller drop from the 00's to the 10's with App St and GeoSo leaving, but still a drop.

You just can't lose great teams without a drop. NDSU singlehandedly made the 10's close to the 00's. Without NDSU, the drop would be stark.

But again, how dreadful has NDSU made the subdivision, winning year after year after year? It's horrible to watch for anyone outside of North Dakota.

But then how do you explain 2016 (20 drafted) and 2018 (19 drafted), more than any year between 2001-2010, before longtime I-AA App St, GSU, UMass, TX State moved up?

kalm wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 8:38 pm

Gil Dobie wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 8:18 pm NDSU so far
OL Zack Johnson to the Packers
TE Ben Ellefson to the Jags.

Pretty sure I saw Tuszka signed with someone..

You missed my just missed being 'Mr Irrelevant' comment for Tuszka.
viewtopic.php?p=1308919#p1308919

BDKJMU wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:19 pm

93henfan wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 1:29 pm

Yep, as 89 and I have been saying, the FCS talent level has dropped decade to decade for the past four decades. You see a huge drop from the 90s to 00's with Marshall and Boise St leaving in particular. Then a smaller drop from the 00's to the 10's with App St and GeoSo leaving, but still a drop.

You just can't lose great teams without a drop. NDSU singlehandedly made the 10's close to the 00's. Without NDSU, the drop would be stark.

But again, how dreadful has NDSU made the subdivision, winning year after year after year? It's horrible to watch for anyone outside of North Dakota.

But then how do you explain 2016 (20 drafted) and 2018 (19 drafted), more than any year between 2001-2010, before longtime I-AA App St, GSU, UMass, TX State moved up?

I averaging over entire decades. Those are individual outlier years. There are those in every decade.

So far 6 drafted and 65 UDFAs. Obviously will be more UDFA added. Of the 71 so far:

CAA 16: JMU 5 (1 drafted), URI 3 (1 drafted), Albany 3, Elon 1, Maine 1, SBU 1, Towson 1, W&M 1
MVFC 14: NDSU 3 (1 drafted), SDSU 3, SIU 2 (1 drafted), ILSU 2, Larry Bird U 1, SD 1, WIU 1, YSU 1
Big Sky 11: Montana St 2, NAU 2, PSU 2, Montana 1, Cal Poly 1, Idaho 1, Sac St 1, Weber 1
OVC 6: TN St 2 (1 drafted), SEMO 2, JSU 1, Tenn Martin 1
Ivy 5: Dartmouth 2, Brown 1, Princeton 1, Yale 1
MEAC 3: Morgan St 1, Norfolk St 1, SC State 1
So-Con 3: ETSU 1, UTC 1, WCU 1
Southland 2: UCA 1, NW St 1
Big South 2: KSU 1, Hampton 1
Patriot 2: G Town 1, HC 1
NEC: 2: Wagner 2
SWAC 2 : Prairie View 2
Pioneer 2: Dayton (1 drafted), San Diego 1
Independent 1: Tarleton St 1
https://herosports.com/fcs/football-202 ... acker-ajaj

The HERO guys on their podcast last week before the draft were talking about the fact that not having Pro Days was really going to hurt the fringe FCS prospects..

93henfan wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 1:29 pm

BDKJMU wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:40 pm
I-AA/FCS picks since the draft decreased from 12 to 7 rounds in 1993:
1993: 17
1994: 22
1995: 22
1996: 29
1997: 27
1998: 17
1999: 27
2000: 21
2001: 16
2002: 18
2003: 12
2004: 15
2005: 16
2006: 15
2007: 18
2008: 21
2009: 17
2010: 17
2011: 19
2012: 15
2013: 16
2014: 17
2015: 17
2016: 20
2017: 15
2018: 19
2019: 13
2020: 6
https://herosports.com/nfl/draft-fcs-pi ... -2019-ajaj

I-AA goes from recent history of 13-20, to 6.
Div II goes from recent history of around 5-6, to 2.

That can't be a coincidence. Pro Days at colleges and universities, and all the other cancelled pre draft scouting, workouts, interviews, and investigative stuff I bet hurt a lot of the I-AA & Div II fringe late round prospects more than the I-A guys.They'll probably be just as many I-AA UDFAs. How many are drafted doesn't matter as much as how many I-AA's make rosters. Will be interesting to see that comparison to previous seasons.

Yep, as 89 and I have been saying, the FCS talent level has dropped decade to decade for the past four decades. You see a huge drop from the 90s to 00's with Marshall and Boise St leaving in particular. Then a smaller drop from the 00's to the 10's with App St and GeoSo leaving, but still a drop.

You just can't lose great teams without a drop. NDSU singlehandedly made the 10's close to the 00's. Without NDSU, the drop would be stark.

But again, how dreadful has NDSU made the subdivision, winning year after year after year? It's horrible to watch for anyone outside of North Dakota.

Hornet DE George Obinna has signed with Cleveland. Big mistake, IMO. I hope he gets traded to a better team before camp is out....

89Hen wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:26 pm Where are the rest?

/best it's ever been

BDKJMU wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:19 pm

93henfan wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 1:29 pm

Yep, as 89 and I have been saying, the FCS talent level has dropped decade to decade for the past four decades. You see a huge drop from the 90s to 00's with Marshall and Boise St leaving in particular. Then a smaller drop from the 00's to the 10's with App St and GeoSo leaving, but still a drop.

You just can't lose great teams without a drop. NDSU singlehandedly made the 10's close to the 00's. Without NDSU, the drop would be stark.

But again, how dreadful has NDSU made the subdivision, winning year after year after year? It's horrible to watch for anyone outside of North Dakota.

But then how do you explain 2016 (20 drafted) and 2018 (19 drafted), more than any year between 2001-2010, before longtime I-AA App St, GSU, UMass, TX State moved up?

In 1993, the NFL drafted 6 FCS/IAA players in the 8th round. hmmm.

You guys are completely out gunned here. You should probably just stop for a year or two.

89Hen wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:16 pm You guys are completely out gunned here. You should probably just stop for a year or two.

More proof of nuttin. Keep saying it and you might believe it.

You guys are completely out gunned here. You should probably just stop for a year or two.

Hoping it will sink in to your thick head.

Draft Picks by schools that left FCS since 2000. This is with all those extra scholarships. Please add any that I may have missed.

Appalachian State -- 2
Georgia Southern -- 2
Liberty -- 1
UMass -- 1
ODU
Texas St
WKU
Georgia State
Coastal Carolina

Gil Dobie wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 1:14 pm Draft Picks by schools that left FCS since 2000. This is with all those extra scholarships. Please add any that I may have missed.

Appalachian State -- 2
Georgia Southern -- 2
Liberty -- 1
UMass -- 1
ODU
Texas St
WKU
Georgia State
Coastal Carolina

So what you're saying is four schools that 'recently' left I-AA had as many picks as the remaining 126 I-AA schools. Are you REALLY sure you want to continue? This simply isn't a fair fight Gil.

Oh, BTW:

Charlotte (2)
FAU (1)
FIU (2)

89Hen wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 1:48 pm

Gil Dobie wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 1:14 pm Draft Picks by schools that left FCS since 2000. This is with all those extra scholarships. Please add any that I may have missed.

Appalachian State -- 2
Georgia Southern -- 2
Liberty -- 1
UMass -- 1
ODU
Texas St
WKU
Georgia State
Coastal Carolina

So what you're saying is four schools that 'recently' left I-AA had as many picks as the remaining 126 I-AA schools. Are you REALLY sure you want to continue? This simply isn't a fair fight Gil.

Oh, BTW:

Charlotte (2)
FAU (1)
FIU (2)

Sorry, I didn't think those were included as power schools that left FCS, 8 years total between the 3. So according to Sagarin, only 2 of those 12 teams were ranked ahead of Montana. Montana was the 3rd ranked Big Sky School. FCS is as good as ever.

Gil Dobie wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:13 pm

BDKJMU wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:19 pm
But then how do you explain 2016 (20 drafted) and 2018 (19 drafted), more than any year between 2001-2010, before longtime I-AA App St, GSU, UMass, TX State moved up?

In 1993, the NFL drafted 6 FCS/IAA players in the 8th round. hmmm.

HERO said 1993 was when they went to 7 rounds. Maybe it was the 1993 season, 1994 draft, and they are off by a year? I didn’t double check their work..

Gil Dobie wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 2:56 pm

89Hen wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 1:48 pm
So what you're saying is four schools that 'recently' left I-AA had as many picks as the remaining 126 I-AA schools. Are you REALLY sure you want to continue? This simply isn't a fair fight Gil.

Oh, BTW:

Charlotte (2)
FAU (1)
FIU (2)

Sorry, I didn't think those were included as power schools that left FCS, 8 years total between the 3. So according to Sagarin, only 2 of those 12 teams were ranked ahead of Montana. Montana was the 3rd ranked Big Sky School. FCS is as good as ever.

Yeah, the drive bys (FAU, FIU, UNCC, ODU, GST), that only spent 2-3 seasons in I-AA, shouldn’t be counted.