Andrew Luck, RG III Set a Record in the NFL Draft

by srr50 on Apr 28, 2025 7:18 PM CDT

For the first time in the NFL draft two players from the same state, playing the same position, went #1 and #2 in the NFL draft.

Andrew Luck, played high school football at Houston Stratford while the No 2 pick, Robert Griffin III, played high school football at Copperas Cove. A total of 31 players who played their high school football in Texas were taken in the 2012 draft. Florida was next with 30, followed by California with 26.

A breakdown of the first three rounds:

First Round

#1 QB Andrew Luck, Houston Stratford High School (Stanford)

#2 QB Robert Griffin III Copperas Cove High School (Baylor)

#8 QB Ryan Tannehill, Big Spring High School (Texas A&M)

#14 DT Michael Brockers, Houston Chavez High School (LSU)

#20 WR Kendall Wright Pittsburgh High School (Baylor)

Second Round

# 60 OT Kelechi Osemele Langham Creek (Iowa State)

#61 RB LaMichael James Liberty-Eylau High School (Oregon)

Third Round

#71 OG Josh LeRibeus, Richardson Berkner (SMU)

#78 TE Michael Egnew, Plainview (Missouri)

#80 CB Jamell Fleming Arlington Seguin (Oklahoma)

#88 QB Nick Foles Austin Westlake, (Arizona )

Hmmm, that's odd -- 4 Quarterbacks, a total of 15 players on the offensive side of the ball from Texas High Schools taken in the draft and none of them played for Texas.

Texas Players drafted:

#119 OLB Kennan Robinson, Plano East

#204 OLB Emmanuel Acho, Dallas St. Mark's

#215 DT Kheeston Randall, Beaumont Kelly) are obviously defensive players.

Colt McCoy is the last player on the offensive side of the ball to be drafted from Texas.

Discuss among yourselves.

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Not only 15 players taken in the first three rounds from Texas, but 15 players from Texas all without Texas offers.

Too bad they all didn’t go to Lake Travis I guess.

by nordberg on Apr 28, 2025 7:38 PM CDT reply actions

Edit: I was going by just the players you listed above.

by nordberg on Apr 28, 2025 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions

That Staff...

is the gift that just keeps on giving, like multiple high fives, to the face, with a locomotive.

“Hmmm, that’s odd — 4 Quarterbacks, a total of 15 players on the offensive side of the ball from Texas High Schools taken in the draft and none of them played for Texas.”

by Bobby_Batronic on Apr 28, 2025 8:58 PM CDT reply actions

I’m surprised our 3 guys went as low as they did. I expcted Keenan to go in the third and Randall no later than very earlly 5th. Expected Acho to also go in the 5th.

by UT_BKC on Apr 28, 2025 10:13 PM CDT reply actions

Nick Foles

was clearly going to be an NFL draft pick one day. If you watched him in HS at all, that was fairly obvious. But, dropback passers with big, accurate arms and no mobility had no place in an offense that required “off schedule” plays in order to move the ball. I don’t think we even considered offering him as a walk-on.

by Bartoncreek on Apr 29, 2025 10:17 AM CDT reply actions

The drought of offensive players being drafted will continue next year as well

Although that isn’t necessarily a bad thing since we return just about every starter.

by Horncasting on Apr 29, 2025 12:07 PM CDT reply actions

Good point

We’ll probably only have 1 senior starter (Goodwin). Maybe Matthews at TE. Goodwin’s speed might get him drafted.

For as much as we have back on offense, we’ll be starting five sophomores (Ash, a running back, Cochran, Shipley, Espinosa) and a junior (Hawkins) who hasn’t played at the D1 level.

by edsp on Apr 29, 2025 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions

By "returning" I was really referring to 2013

We won’t have any (other than maybe Goodwin) drafted in 2012 because we have just about every starter returing for 2013.

by Horncasting on Apr 30, 2025 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions

*drafted in 2013

by Horncasting on Apr 30, 2025 9:44 AM CDT up reply actions

This draft certainly reflected the sins of the past on offense

You can’t have any argument with the Texas careers turned in by Randall, Robinson and Acho. I agree with UT_BKC that they all went probably a round too low (or 2 rounds too low for Randall).

Robinson put on some bad tape in 2010 and the first half of 2011 in terms of run fits and filling the hole, but he improved markedly there in the second half of last season and will be a terror against the pass. Washington will always have to keep him somewhat protected against the run, but he’ll be a great fit in the modern game if he can continue to refine his run fit instincts (learning from London Fletcher-Baker won’t be a bad place to start).

Acho was a great value for Cleveland in the sixth - after Richardson, they probably got their three best players this year in the sixth and seventh rounds. Acho isn’t off the charts athletically for an NFL 4-3 OLB but he’s got great instincts and enough size and speed to let his smarts and character play up. Cleveland’s OLBs sucked out loud last year so I bet he sees the field sooner rather than later.

Randall was another great value in the seventh - he may not do anything at a plus level as a 4-3 DT but he can be a solid rotation guy early in his career. He could be the best run-defending DT they have outside of Paul Soliai so he’s got a shot to work in on early downs at some point this season.

I wish the Cowboys had at least given David Snow a look-see as a free agent center - I truly have no idea what their plan is there unless they are pumping Phil Costa full of a shit-ton of PEDs this off-season.

by nobis60 on Apr 30, 2025 11:14 AM CDT reply actions