Mock drafts send Tech’s Hill to Houston, S.F.
If the mock drafts are to be believed, former Georgia Tech wide receiver Stephen Hill is going to be either a Houston Texan or San Francisco 49er. I don’t put a great deal of credence in mock drafts; it seems like they tend to mirror one anther and rely on conventional wisdom, which isn’t usually how teams actually pick. Plus, one surprise pick at the top or middle of the actual first round can change everything down the stream.
Regardless, what I take from it is that Hill will likely go in the first round or early in the second, which, as I’ve written before, is remarkable considering that his draft evaluation said that he didn’t have the potential to go in the first three rounds.
The logic with Houston is that wide receiver is considered a “need” position. Starters Andre Johnson and Kevin Walter will both turn 31 before the season starts. Johnson has missed 12 games in the past two seasons. The 49ers had needs at wide receiver, but signed Randy Moss and Mario Manningham, and re-signed Ted Ginn Jr. Moss is obviously a question mark and Ginn has 31 catches in the past two seasons with San Francisco, so one could say the need is still present.
An aggregation:
On nfl.com, three have Hill going at No. 26 to Houston, another slots him with San Francisco at No. 30 and one doesn’t have him in the first round.
Sports Illustrated’s Don Banks gives Hill to San Francisco. ESPN’s Mel Kiper also pegs Hill for the 49ers, as does his colleague Todd McShay, who wrote that Hill had “one of the most impressive combine workouts I’ve ever seen from a receiver.” (Both ESPN mock drafts are behind a pay wall.)
Two more mocks on cbssports.com place Hill in San Francisco and out of the first round.
Wes Bunting of the National Football Post also pegs Hill for the Texans, as does John McClain, the NFL writer for the Houston Chronicle.
He’s generally considered the fourth receiver in the draft, after Justin Blackmon from Oklahoma State, Notre Dame’s Michael Floyd and Baylor’s Kendall Wright.
The first round of the draft is April 26.
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
9:13 pm
OK, 30 minutes ago I said I was outta here. I have GOT to get off this computer. So hopefully I will this time
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
9:17 pm
You ought to know, Paul, that STATS ARE FOR LOSERS and all that matters is the FINAL SCORE.
WrexNFx aka Ol’ Wrex
January 7th, 2011
9:14 pm
re:
old yeller
January 7th, 2011
8:37 pm
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Comparing Stats doesn’t tell the entire story.
GT played in a crappy ACC and had the 70th toughest schedule in all of CFB and played a Service Academy in their Bowl Game.
UGA.y played a schedule ranked in the mid 30s as far as difficulty and they had to play in the SECheat, had GT played in the SEC we would have very likely had a record of 5-7 or 4-8 and not gone to Bowl, if CMR & UGA.y had GT’s schedule and played in the A.She.She, then CMR probably wouldn’t be on any hot seat at all, maybe a warm seat.
Your Yardage Stats doesn’t take into account that the ACC since CPJ has arrived has been pure crap, while the SECheat has a chance to have its 4th straight MNC, and in most years the SECheat sends TWO teams to BCS Bowls, come thing the ACC has NEVER DONE.
In summary STATS ARE FOR LOSERS, the only stat that is important is the FINAL SCORE!
Paul in NH
March 31st, 2012
9:22 pm
I am pretty sure that in 2009 GT went 11-3 overall, including 2-1 against the mighty SEC
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
9:22 pm
Gollum contradicts himself yet again.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
9:24 pm
and, NCAA notwithstanding, 2 – 0 against Clemson
Paul in NH
March 31st, 2012
9:24 pm
HighTech,
I love your 9:17PM post. WnE obviously doesn’t get irony.
Ghost
March 31st, 2012
9:26 pm
High Tech, hard enough time keeping up with myself, not adopting anyone. I believe WNE is a Tech fan.
I know a fair number of tech people and many of them don’t like the direction Pjs taking the program.The Bulldog in me wants tech to keep pj forever.But I don’t see that happening.
Paul in NH
March 31st, 2012
9:27 pm
Concerning stats – I am up to #72 on Bradley’s Bracket Fiasco!
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
9:27 pm
Ghost, there is no way WnE is a Tech fan. Even the most ardent anti-CPJ Tech fans don’t get carried away with pure garbage like he does. I personally like CPJ, and I think the best is yet to come
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
9:29 pm
Paul…that’s not all that WnE doesn’t get. If you have time, you should look through the ten pages of this blog. Gollum was caught making disparaging remarks about Stephen Hill when he announced for the draft but now he is All World. He’s a supposed GT fan and alumnus who hates his school, his coach, and his fellow fans.
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
9:32 pm
Ghost…even if a Tech fan did not like CPJ, do you think he would try to sabotage recruiting efforts the way WnE has?
5150 UOAD
March 31st, 2012
9:37 pm
GHOST WnE will not accept an invite to tailgate and meet some of us to Prove he is a grad & fan that actually goes to the games. You notice he will not even respond to my invite. WnE is a JOKE. P.O.A.WnE.
Ghost
March 31st, 2012
9:38 pm
You may be right super size, I don’t think he recruits well enough and his staff has some gaping holes in it.Many of the tech people I know think he recruits like he’s in Southern Conference .But keep the faith.
5150 UOAD
March 31st, 2012
9:51 pm
Ghost how is the Richt recruiting model working? More will continue to leave too.
BLT
March 31st, 2012
10:28 pm
Ghost, WnE is a fan of himself. He’s #1 in the country at being “ELITE”! He may have already won the best troll award. Remarkable considering it’s almost April 1st. I think he may be the first fool in about an hour and a half. Congrats Wrexie!
BLT
March 31st, 2012
10:38 pm
Ghost, Ol’ Wrexie does not like CPJ, did not like Gailey, I’d assume he did not like O’Leary or Bobby Ross. My guess he’d go all the way back to Heisman and tell us how lousy he was too. He’s a Tech fan? You have to be kidding me? He’s your buLLdawg.
WnE
March 31st, 2012
10:40 pm
re:
I am pretty sure that in 2009 GT went 11-3 overall, including 2-1 against the mighty SEC
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So you’re actually proud of beating a hapless Vandy team at the time and a Miss St. team before Mullen got there and then LOSING to UGA at home?
You actually want to call that going 2-1 vs. the “mighty SEC”?
Technically it is, but no fan that really knows CFB would word it as going 2-1 vs. the mighty SEC like you did.
5150 UOAD
March 31st, 2012
10:44 pm
WnE give it up and go to Hell/
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
10:58 pm
Just popping in for a minute, and I see the Wiener is back. So, Wiener, WHY DID YOU STALK VAD LEE????
WnE
March 31st, 2012
10:58 pm
re:
WNE , like I said I hate to lose players but with Jordan Jenkins coming Drew and washinton moving to DE, Garrison Smith and Kwame and Jenkins can take a few plays at DE if they need to.Looks like John Taylor may have to play a little DE too. Can’t afford many more hit to the secondary, Corey Moore will be ok to replace Rambo Looks like JH Clemmons will star his career like Ogletree did at Safety.
I don’t like the low numbers but talent is abundant.
____________
You’re right, but the injury bug and the summer months can claim who knows how many more players.
Also depth on the DL is critical so that the LBs can roam and make plays.
People think that I’m a uga fan but I’m not ,I’m a GT alum that is smart enough to realize that the quickest way for GT to elevate their FB is for uga to become a Top-5 Program at the same time.
I have written on GT message board that if both GT & uga could elevate their FB programs like FSU & Miami did during the 80s & 90s, then BOTH schools would benefit because the rivalry would take on a FSU-Miami, Texas-OU or Ohio State-Michigan sort of vibe and the entire nation would be forced to pay attention, this would help GT much more than it would help UGa. since Uga already recruits at a high level, the national attention would bring GT more difference-making recruits than they normally get.
Too many GT fans are blinded by their hatred of uga, to see that a GT fan can want what’s best for GT and want to beat uga without constantly hating uga or wanting uga to go 0-11 leading up to the GT game is beyond their grasp.
I’m thinking about what it will take to get GT to a national level ala, Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio State, USCw, Bama , etc.
Most of my critics have no dreams of GT FB ever becoming that good, all they know is “CPJ is god” and that’s about it, whereas I choose to analyze what it will take for GT to become an elite CFB program.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
10:59 pm
I challenged you to answer that question 5 hours ago and you STILL haven’t answered it. What’s wrong, little girl? You CHICKEN??? CLUCK CLUCK CLUCK CLUCK
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
11:03 pm
You say you want Tech to have better recruiting, and yet you STALK one of the top recruits for 2011 and try to convince him NOT to come to Tech? Damn, how many different sides of you mouth (or azz) can you talk out of at once? SHEESH, WHAT A DOLT !!!
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
11:10 pm
WnE……we’re waaaaiiiiittttiiiinnnngggg!!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
11:11 pm
helluva finish to this basketball game……going right down to the wire. Go Jayhawks !!!!!
Paul in NH
March 31st, 2012
11:12 pm
WnE
I would have thought that a CFB expert such as yourself would know that Dan Mullen was the HC of MSU in 2009
5150 UOAD
March 31st, 2012
11:15 pm
Bad call of traveling on Kansas should still be a 3 point game
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
11:16 pm
@ Paul……WAY TO GO !!!! And of course, he omits the fact that UGA plays “hapless” Vandy EVERY YEAR, and struggles with them about 50% of the time.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
11:16 pm
UOAD, I agree, TERRIBLE call
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
11:18 pm
OMG, a fantastic steal and then a bad pass
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
11:19 pm
hot damn. lane violation and game over. YESSSSSSS
5150 UOAD
March 31st, 2012
11:20 pm
crazy Finish but I don’t think either have enough for Kentucky. I think a healthy UNC would have some game for Kentucky.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
11:21 pm
UOAD, afraid you’re right, but that’s why they play the games. LOVE how OSU totally missed the final inbounds pass.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
11:33 pm
Well, it’s obvious that the easiest way to shut Wiener up is to keep asking why he STALKED Vad Lee. As soon as that comes up, he shuts up and disappears. CHICKEN !!!!!
Have a good night, anybody who’s left. I’m outta here
kris
April 1st, 2012
12:01 am
I assure Stephen is going in the first round, thanks for all the great catches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfALNRblfXk&feature=related
Ghost
April 1st, 2012
12:12 am
5150, Richts recruiting model is working fine, losing 3 players that would not be in the rotation , big deal, they wouldn’t get playing time and want to transfer somewhere where they can. When one leavers a 4 or 5 star player is there to take his place.Deas is leaving because he’ll be playing behind Swann and Moore and with Matthews coming in 2013 and 5 star JH Clemmons # 1 rated player in Georgia last year likely move to safety he’s best off leaving now, Dobbs in the same boat wouldn’t be in the rotation unless injury happens better athletes coming in behind him to take even more time. Hate to see them go , but if they don’t want to compete so what? Richts had 1 bad year out of 11 and recruits at a very high level, most all of the players had offers to play at other major programs.
HighTech
April 1st, 2012
9:01 am
WnE
March 8th, 2011
1:44 pm
re:
GTBob
March 8th, 2011
1:38 pm
________________
Please point out one FALSE statement that I have made in this Blog, just one.
Thought so!
Weasels like you focus on the messenger rather than the MESSAGE!
Simply prove me wrong and I’ll write a written retraction and never post another comment in any AJC blog.
I await your response.
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Paul in NH
March 31st, 2012
11:12 pm
WnE
I would have thought that a CFB expert such as yourself would know that Dan Mullen was the HC of MSU in 2009
George Stein
April 1st, 2012
11:44 am
“BTW that was in 2005 BEFORE Gailey “learned” how to recruit with his recruiting classes in 06 & 07.”
According to Rivals, we took 16 players in 2006. Of the 16, 6 were two star players, nine were three star players, and one garnered four stars (Jamal Evans, who left the program after a year). Oddly, one of the three star players (not an ELITE RECRUIT, according to WnE), was named Demaryius Thomas. What ever happened to him?
HighTech
April 1st, 2012
12:22 pm
George Stein…Bay-Bay may have been drafted higher than 22nd overall if it wasn’t for the triple-SLOPtion offense. If you had a son who was an ELITE RECRUIT, would you want him to be a WR in the triple SLOPtion offense where he couldn’t get drafted higher than 22nd overall? You boot licking toadies who worship at the kung fu panda altar don’t understand how much money Coach PeeJay costs these ELITE ATHLETES. lol.
Paul in NH
April 1st, 2012
12:30 pm
HighTech
WnE posted over on the GA board this morning. He seems to be quite knowledgable about the Bulldogs’ 4th and 5th stringers. You’d almost think he was a fan.
HighTech
April 1st, 2012
1:09 pm
I don’t think there is any almost about it, Paul. lol. Gollum should stay on the GA boards where he belongs. I’m sure UGA fans will appreciate his “analysis” more than we do.
Paul in NH
April 1st, 2012
1:30 pm
HighTech
As long as the UGA fans don’t send us buLLdawg/Thomas Brown or whatever the heck he is calling himself these days.
HighTech
April 1st, 2012
1:43 pm
Paul…agreed. lol. The AJC needs a blog for experts only so WnE and Thomas Brown can fight it out like the siblings they are. The winner can be declared the biggest……..expert.
BLT
April 1st, 2012
1:56 pm
Or the “Biggest Loser”…LOL
Sorry, I know it’s Sunday but I could not resist.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 1st, 2012
1:58 pm
What’s wrong with saying that on Sunday? A loser is a loser every day of the week!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
April 1st, 2012
1:59 pm
However, BLT, it you are concerned about it, then we can all say a little prayer for you
HighTech
April 1st, 2012
1:59 pm
Gollum is 24/7 with his hatred of Tech and his love for UGA.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 1st, 2012
2:02 pm
I wonder if he will EVER address the Vad Lee stalking
Supersize that order, mutt
April 1st, 2012
2:05 pm
Do you guys get The Sting Daily? There is an EXCELLENT article today on Synjyn and his brother Jabar. Well worth the reading. If you don’t get it, here is the link to the article —
http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/033112aaa.html
BLT
April 1st, 2012
2:10 pm
Thanks Super. BTW I’m sure I’ll stop by for visits during the season. FYI- I don’t really do the tailgate stuff. I bring some water and watch the game. Oh yeah, I shout and yell frequently.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 1st, 2012
2:16 pm
@ BLT, I don’t usually tailgate either; driving up from Augusta, I usually stop along the way. But SOMETIMES I will do it if I know others are gathering. Regardless, email me so we can stay in touch…..assuming you would like to. What section are your seats in? I am in upper east, section 225.(or 226, I can never remember…..LOL) 1 4 GT now has a seat next to mine, and several others are in the general vicinity of my seats.