Tag Archive | "NFL draft"

Andre Brown: The steal of the NFL Draft?

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

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Most of us were a little surprised when Andre Brown fell to the 4th round of this year’s NFL Draft. But, with that fall also comes a set of expectations that may be easier to reach on a relative basis. Brown is already turning heads in New York. (Link) The more I hear about Brown, [...]

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Hill & Brown drafted in the 4th round

Sunday, April 26, 2009

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ACCNow’s entry – Link Anthony Hill The Texans’ complemented their current pass-catching tight end (Owen Daniels) with Anthony Hill who was considered by some to be the best blocking TE in the draft.  Hill joins Wolfpacker Mario Williams on an improving club who went 8-8 in one of the toughest divisions in football.  The Texans offense finished [...]

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NFL Draft Entry – Andre Brown looks to the future (Updated 4:15pm)

Saturday, April 25, 2009

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You can use this entry as your open NFL Draft entry today. Andre Brown clearly projects to be the highest Wolfpacker to be drafted this year.  For a retrospective, you can click here to peruse our archives of past entries with some Andre Brown mentions. Dave Glenn has an interview with Brown that you can hear at [...]

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Brandon Tate Doesn’t Test Positive at UNC, Tests Positive for Smoking Weed in NFL

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

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Wide receivers Percy Harvin and Brandon Tate tested positive for marijuana during February’s NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, two sources told FOXSports.com. Wow. All of those years in Chapel Hill and he just now starts using weed? So, Hakeem Nicks matriculates towards graduation with an intelligence barely high enough to make him intellectually functional on a [...]

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Brown Turning Heads at Senior Bowl Practices

Thursday, January 22, 2009

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Looks like Andre Brown is starting to get noticed in the run-up to the Senior Bowl: Wednesday Practice Notes: Brown had a very solid afternoon.  He ran well inside the tackles, hitting the holes with authority.  Also showed good speed getting to the edge and picking up some yardage outside the hash marks. As for Anthony Hill Caught [...]

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Andre Brown and Anthony Hill To Play In Senior Bowl

Monday, January 5, 2009

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ESPN article Senior Bowl Website The January 24th Under Armour Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala have invited NC State players Andre Brown and Ant Hill to be on the game roster, according to ESPN’s Heather Dinich. Wolfpack fans may remember that playing in the game after his senior year really helped out Philip Rivers. In particular, [...]

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Eugene and Young Submitting Their Names to the NFL Draft Advisory Board

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

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Two For Pack Consult NFL Draft Advisory Board N.C. State juniors Willie Young and Jamelle Eugene are submitting their names to the NFL draft advisory board for feedback on where they might be selected in the draft in April if they choose to leave school early, coach Tom O’Brien said Tuesday. Additionally, linebacker Nate Iriving said “After Rutgers [...]

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Andre Brown Turning NFL Heads

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

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Let this one be a great testament – and therefore impactful recruiting marketing for recruiting – for Coach O’Brien and staff. Just a week ago Ken Tysiac posted a blog entry regarding the recent development of NC State’s Andre Brown into a much more complete football player. So, it is only natural that [...]

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Texans Mario Williams proves he is the real No. 1 (Updated)

Friday, August 22, 2008

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HOUSTON CHRONICLE: Whenever the Texans and Saints get together, whether for practice or a game, defensive end Mario Williams and running back Reggie Bush will be reminded of how different their careers could have been. We have really enjoyed following Mario’s career and will continue to do so here at SFN. You can click here [...]

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Sunday Focus: Philip Rivers & Matt Ryan

Sunday, May 4, 2008

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Since Philip Rivers is on my mind and it happens to be (NFL) Sunday (if we were in season), I thought I’d take a quick ACC-related diversion for hard core football fans who like to stay fresh. Philip Rivers ‘now he’s a folk here’ How awesome is this story on Philip Rivers? The guts and passion that Rivers [...]

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ACC’s NFL draft success continues to be unappreciated

Sunday, April 27, 2008

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In 2006, the Atlantic Coast Conference produced seven of the first fifteen selections in the NFL Draft en route to setting the all-time record of first round draft choices from a single conference with twelve. Additionally, the ACC generated 25 of the 97 selections on the draft’s first day and had 51 total players selected [...]

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Tank Plummets to Mid-to-Late 3rd Round

Saturday, April 28, 2007

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Wow. Tank falls to Kansas City (one of my 3 least favorite teams) at pick #83. He also took some (IMHO, overly harsh) hits about his character from the ESPN crew. The spitting incident in Hattiesburg cost him more than a meaningless ejection from a blowout game. The Browns and the 49ers made dumb moves [...]

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ACC’s NFL Draft Picks & 1st Rounders

Monday, April 16, 2007

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An interesting table of information available in this link. The information just adds to anyone who wants another reason to criticize Chuck Amato or John Bunting. But, why bother at this point? Q: The most impressive coaching jobs of the last five years in the ACC? A: Tom O’Brien and Chan Gailey. Not even close.

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Bill Simmons Back Tracks on Bush v Mario Williams

Friday, November 10, 2006

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Bill Simmons is probably one of SFN’s favorite writers. We are about the same age, grew up at the same time etc. His “13 Levels of Losing” is a MUST read for all NC State fans. That said, he jumped the gun on the Mario Williams/Reggie Bush debate like many of his friends in the media. In [...]

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Checking in on Mario (&, of course, Reggie Bush)

Monday, November 6, 2006

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We might as well turn some attention to Mario Williams tonight while we are talking about the success of some other Wolfpackers in the NFL. ESPN’s Seth Wickersham checked in on improving Mario Williams in his Insider Blog today. If you have ESPN Premium access then you will enjoy the detailed read that ends with [...]

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Reggie Bush Obviously A Bust

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

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Just thought that we would proclaim to the world that Reggie Bush is ‘obviously’ going to be a bust based on his horrible performance vs the Cowboys last night. The guy did nothing in the meaningless preseason game. So, since Mario Williams ‘proved’ that he shouldn’t have been chosen by the Texans in the frst pick, [...]

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NFL Notes: Mario, Manny, McCargo & More

Saturday, July 29, 2006

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Give The News & Observer some credit for doing a good job of following the Wolfpack’s “6 Pack” of draftees. The N&O ran this summary of 2006 Wolfpack football alums as NFL training camps are opening. Mario Williams earned rave reviews in Houston during his first NFL practice. (Link) The Houston Texans’ No. 1 [...]

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Fair Thought…Wrong Reason

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

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As we stated in one of our biggest and best entries of the summer: Over the next couple of weeks SFN will have some entries focusing on the tough summer that Chuck Amato is having in the national media. Then we went on to defend Coach Amato to TSN based on the incorrect premise and (lack of) [...]

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Six Wolfpackers Drafted

Monday, May 1, 2006

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It was a nice weekend for NC State to receive some positive PR!!! Six Wolfpackers were selected in the two-day NFL Draft over the weekend, and two others signed free agency contracts on Sunday. The Wolfpacker’s Draft Tracker highlights State’s six draft picks over the weekend. Heck, even Torry Holt [...]

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Super For Mario!

Saturday, April 29, 2006

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NC State’s Mario Williams signed a deal with the Houston Texans to become the #1 overall pick today’s NFL Draft. Houston Chronicle story News & Observer story Charlotte Observer story Mario is the first #1 NFL overall pick in the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference. NC State’s Roman Gabriel was the Oakland Raiders [...]

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