I have chosen the following players who were drafted in 2014 NFL draft;
He is an American footballer for the Houston Texas of the Nation Football League. Jadeveon played college football at South Carolina after graduating from South Pointe high school in South Carolina. He set South Carolina school records in 2012 in loss tackles of 23.5 and quarterback sacks of 13.0 as he earned defensive playing ability of the years honor at the southeastern meeting. He is described as one of the rare sports changers on defense (Ducking et al. 681).
In 2008, south point had 31 graduates. He assisted his club to a 10-4 record set that season. He ended the season with one hundred and forty-four tackles and twenty-three sacks. Jadeveon counted 29 loss tackles, 162 tackles, 11 forced fumbles, 29.5 sacks and six fumble recoveries. He also scored five touchdowns on defense. He was named Mr. Football in 2010 in South Carolina. During the three university season, South Pointe was 28-6. He registered three loss sacks of 15 yards, five tackles, two loss tackles for 17 yards and two quarterback hurries. He became the Reds leading tackler with 1.5 sacks and seven tackles.
Jadeveon played all the twelve games of the season in 2011. In 2007, he had a pass breakup, QB hurry and seven tackles. In this season, he was credited with 36 tackles which included a 12 yardage loss. He was ranked 8th in the SEC with eight sacks becoming the only top ten freshmen.
He was termed as one of the top three 2014 NFL draft selection players in January 2013 and is described as a meaner nastier version of Peppers by NFL media analyst Brooks. NFL executives were not scared by his injuries and his mediocre performance during his junior seasons. He was to enter NFL 2014 draft thereafter. The player excelled in forty yard dash in February 2014 during NFL Combine with an official time of 5 seconds becoming the fastest defensive lineman (Tainsky et al. 26).
During interviews, he claims to be the best player though there are other unbelievable players. He rates his coach as a good coach attributing his success to his continued mentorship. The player also asserts that he is often disappointed when he loses in a game. And is often worried by the impression people have of him during his playtime. The player is adored by many as he has millions of followers in social media circles that includes Facebook and Twitter accounts. Jadeveon promotes and interacts with fans using the social network sites.
Greg Robinson, OL, Auburn - St. Louis Rams
Greg was born in October 1992 and becomes an offensive tackler in American football with the Los Angeles Rams of NFL. In 2014, he was drafted as the 2nd overall NFL 2014 draft. He has played football in Auburn College and started all the 26 games at Auburn College in 2013 where he manned the tackle position offensive among the sixty-four touchdown runs reported in the last two years by tigers. In 2013, he notched a total of 292 knockdowns and 38 touchdowns blocks in 14 games as an offensive left tackler. The player led the state with 25 touchdown-resulting blocks for ground sports scoring forty eighty times. The Tigers led the country with 4596 yards as he cleared rash lanes which a thousand yard runners used, and eighteen hundred amassed by Tre masons and a thousand by Nick Marshall. In 2012, the Tigers earned its first university letter while the red shirt took over beginner roles during the 2011 redshirt freshmen (Romano. 337).
In 2011, he was redshirted. In 2012, he took over as a beginning left tackler starting eleven games. In 2013, he was drafted in the all-SEC selection, first team. During 2014 NFL draft, he was the highest offensive lineman in Auburn Tigers selected after Ken Rice, who was picked 8th in 1961.
During his interviews, the player expressed mixed emotions admitting to feeling homesick while happy in joining the NFL and on meeting his new teammates. He has both Twitter and Facebook pages that are used for the maintenance of his brand image through sponsorship. Social media enables him to interact with his fans.
Blake Bortles, QB, Central Florida - Jacksonville Jaguars
He was born in April 1992. He is an American ball quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of NFL. In 2014 NFL draft, he was drafted third. In UCF College, he also played football. From 2011 to 2013 he was the Knights starting quarterback. He led UCF in 2012 to a USA conference and a bowl victory (Boublik et al. 2438).
He was the first to be drafted in 14 eventual quarterbacks and signed his rookie contract in June that amounted to twenty million for four years. He made his daily season debut in September 2014 when Chad Henna allowed him to play in the second half of the Indianapolis Colts blowout loss. He was named the going forward starter by his coach Gus Bradley following the game. Blake’s first career road game started in September 2014 when he played against the San Diego Chargers. He ended the game 29-37 for two hundred and fifty yards, two interceptions in a 33-14 loss and one touchdown. He set a record of 78.4 percent completion for first rookie quarterbacks.
Blake produced 336 passing yards in the sixth week against Tennessee Titans. Jaguars lost 14-16 because there was a blocked field goal. Blake also threw for one touchdown and 194 yards in the 13th week against the New York Giants. There was no interception with sixty-eight rushing yards comeback for Jaguars wins. After leading by 21 points, they won by 25-24. He led the Jaguars during the tonight football held on Thursday in the 16th week where they won 21-13 against the Titans. He finally ended thirteen out of twenty-six passes for a single touchdown and fifty yards with no interceptions on the ground. He became a dual-threat quarterback who rushed for more than twenty yards seven times in 2014.
Eric Ebron of Detroit Lions in North Carolina
Eric was born in April 1993 and is a tight end American football playing for Detroit Lions of the NFL. In 2014, he was drafted as the tenth overall NFL draft while having played football at North Carolina College. He attended North Carolina University from 2011 to 2013. In 2011, he played ten games where he recorded ten receptions for 207 yards and a touchdown. He began eleven games where he recorded 40 receptions for all those yards and four touchdowns. North Carolina recorded the tight ends for receiving and receptions yards (Trippiedi. 201). Eric caught sixty-two passes for 937 yards and three touchdowns as a junior in 2013 and managed to be drafted in the all-Atlantic Coast Conference first team selection. Eric was selected as a John Mackey Award finalist which is given to states top tight end player. He announced his desire for his remaining eligibility in November 2013 where he entered the NFL 2014 draft.
In 2014, he was drafted in the NFL draft by the Detroit Lions after scoring his first NFL touchdown in the 4th week against the New York Jets which was hauled in the 16-yard pass from Mathew Stafford, a quarterback.
Brandin Cooks of New Orleans Saints from Oregon State
Brandin was born in September 1993 and is a wide receiver American footballer and a returning expert for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL. In 2014, he was drafted in the NFL, 2014 draft by the Saints in the first round. Brandin is also known to have played football in college at Oregon State where he received widespread recognition. He was awarded one hundred thousand dollars by Adidas as he ran a 40-yard dash quite fast in Adidas cleats in 2014 NFL combination. The player was chosen as the New Orleans Saints and as the twentieth choice in the 2014 NFL draft first round. The Saints signed Cooks on a four-year contract in 2014 which was worth $8.3 millions. He caught seven passes for seventy-seven yards and one narrow touchdown loss in 2014 his first career game against the Atlanta Falcons. Cook had fifty-three catches for five-fifty yards and three touchdowns before he broke his thumbs in the eleventh week which ended his season.
Experts should not use athletics Wonderlic scores against them as they account for little from a wider perspective. Athletes are born with certain unique genetics which could be good or bad, and experts should not judge athletics based on their genetic code. Athletes with low scoring records ought not to feel discouraged or ashamed. Maintenance of good health will ensure that he enjoys better performances the next time one graces the field. The high Wonderlic scores do not matter in NFL. Each year, NFL offers the Wonderlic athletes a chance where some just decline the offer to participate. This is because Wonderlic scores do not matter as well as poor media coverage of the same. The play performance should be considered to correct the bias in playing time. Selection of quarterback draft in the NFL career does not inform us much about quarterbacks per game performance. This is what is observed when we look at the ratings of NFL quarterbacks; the wins got in a play and the attempts to adjust yards.
Since there is no significant link between game performance and draft position, there are no factors which predict the NFL future performance. Putting what seems to matter on the day of the draft does not inform the action of the quarterback. It is clear that taller and smarter quarterbacks in college are not a guarantee of being good players in the National Football League (Keefer & Quinn, 29).
For the success of a quarterback in an NFL game, the ball should be received by receivers and linemen should block it. This success is dependent on the called play. Quarterbacks play with numerous team players from season to season with different coaches. Injury issue afflicts players who play the sport. This shows that prediction of NFL quarterback results for future games is amazingly difficult. Hence, prediction of college quarterback actions in NFL is hard.
Most NFL players have a significant influence on social media such as Twitter and Facebook. Winning in NFL involve responsiveness. It has been demonstrated that the performance of NFL teams in Twitter has great disparity unlike in Facebook. The teams which performed well mostly fell within the 50-60 value. On Twitter, there are no high engagement scores in NFL games. Twitter followers of NFL games were less interactive with the content compared to Facebook fans since the highest value range was 15%. There is always a sharp increase in NFL team members who advance into in depth playoffs which are commanded by top Patriots in growth followers.
My player rating and opinions are as follows;
Jadeveon Clowney has a total of 55 touchdown passes and 55 interceptions. He is a very critical embodiment and a factor of mediocrity in quarterback NFL games. I give him a rating of 70.0. I can rate Cooks at 79.0 after the introduction of Max Unger, and improvement of Armstead in Saints which made the Saints better.
The Jaguars have invested heavily in the game. The big money signings of Brake has not delivered the required results to the club. I can rate him at 45.0.
The New York Jets old players stop playing marks the start of the decline of the team. Ferguson has been a significant part of this line for a long time and can be rated at 40.0.
Works cited
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Ducking, Johnny, Peter A. Groothuis, and James Richard Hill. "Compensation discrimination in the NFL: an analysis of career earnings." Applied Economics Letters 21.10 (2014): 659-702.
Keefer, Quinn AW. "The Sunk-Cost Fallacy in the National Football League Salary Cap Value and Playing Time." Journal of Sports Economics (2015): 15-45.
Romano, Alex. "Using Historical Quantitative Data to Rank Football Players in a Fantasy Football Atmosphere." 2014 Honors Theses (2014): 337.
Tainsky, Scott, and Mateusz Jasielec. "Television Viewership of Out-of-Market Games in League Markets: Traditional Demand Shifters and Local Team Influence." Journal of Sports Management (2014). 26
Trippiedi, Michael. "Daily Fantasy Sports Leagues: Do You Have the Skill to Win at These Games of Chance." UNLV Gaming LJ 5 (2014): 201.
