Even Legends Have to Start Somewhere
Tuesday April 28, 2009
Most Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees were, at one point, nothing more than NFL Draft selections with varying degrees of potential. Some were selected early in the draft, while others fooled the scouts and were not picked until the mid-to-late rounds.
Of course, you have your guys like Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, and John Elway who were expected to be stars in the NFL and their draft selection reflects such. But you also have guys like Joe Montana and Dan Fouts, neither of whom came off the board until the third round of their respective drafts. And when the Chicago Bears selected Kentucky quarterback George Blanda in the eighth round of the 1949 NFL Draft, who would have dreamed he'd still be an active player in 1975?
NFL Draft history is littered with these types of Cinderella stories, from Steve Largent and Charlie Joiner to Deacon Jones and Elvin Bethea, and we've got the cream of the crop right here. About Football offers this quick run-down of the draft position of every Hall of Fame inductee to have ever been an NFL Draft selection. Check the list...
Of course, you have your guys like Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, and John Elway who were expected to be stars in the NFL and their draft selection reflects such. But you also have guys like Joe Montana and Dan Fouts, neither of whom came off the board until the third round of their respective drafts. And when the Chicago Bears selected Kentucky quarterback George Blanda in the eighth round of the 1949 NFL Draft, who would have dreamed he'd still be an active player in 1975?
NFL Draft history is littered with these types of Cinderella stories, from Steve Largent and Charlie Joiner to Deacon Jones and Elvin Bethea, and we've got the cream of the crop right here. About Football offers this quick run-down of the draft position of every Hall of Fame inductee to have ever been an NFL Draft selection. Check the list...
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