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
April 1st, 2012
2:17 pm
Oh, I forgot, I shout and SCREAM frequently. LOL
BLT
April 1st, 2012
2:33 pm
Nice article about the Days brothers and family. That is a smart Mother.
Ken, article on Walkosky is good. Thanks
I’ll e-mail you in the future Super. Thanks
BLT
April 1st, 2012
2:33 pm
I got “article” thru…LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
April 1st, 2012
2:40 pm
Yeah, they finally cleared up the filter unaccountably blocking the word “article.”
Ken’s article on Walkosky is definitely a good one. Just glad CPJ finally realized it was something he needed to address and found a way to do it. Sounds like he got a winner with Walkosky.
Look forward to the email, and don’t worry, I won’t inundate you with unwanted garbage. I only send out stuff pertinent to games or, like most recently, a shirt design that GT Lee came up with disparaging the NCAA denial of our appeal. With the exception of that shirt design and some emails I have sent to a couple of bloggers who have now become personal friends, I haven’t emailed anybody since January. Once you do email me, I will give you my “real” email address and add you to my “Tech blogger” address book there.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 1st, 2012
2:43 pm
By the way, we still can’t type the word we use for the day that comes before today, nor the red article of clothing that was found in the lap of the former UGA AD, nor can we add any letters to UGA. Go figure !!!
Supersize that order, mutt
April 1st, 2012
2:45 pm
And since my original version of that last post got blocked, they may now also be blocking the substitute words I HAVE been using for the ones I mentioned. SHEESH
BLT
April 1st, 2012
2:51 pm
Saturday
BLT
April 1st, 2012
2:52 pm
Filters did eat my original post. Too nice to be blogging. Beautiful weather
Supersize that order, mutt
April 1st, 2012
2:56 pm
No, I don’t mean the day before Sunday, I mean the day before “today”—-yestahday has been working; I don’t know if it still does or not. And yeah, it’s a beautiful day, but since I got up at 7, I need a nap…..LOL And I am getting ready to lie down on the couch now and take one. TTYL
George Stein
April 1st, 2012
3:59 pm
“You putzes can bring up 5-year old comments made outside of the AJC blogs, yet you have no comments about GT having crappy QB play (under 50% completions for CPJ’s entire tenure) that might be caused by CPJ himself given the way that he set his staff up w/o a Asst. Coach dedicated to developing QBs.”
This should provide some measure of how little WnE knows about football at any level. Completion percentage provides about as much insight as RBI do in baseball. Any other useless metrics you’d like to throw at us, WnE?
Supersize that order, mutt
April 1st, 2012
4:27 pm
And that putz REFUSES to explain why he stalked Vad Lee, no matter how many times he has been asked to do so.
bugs
April 1st, 2012
6:34 pm
Hill reminds me of all the one and two and dones that come out of Tech basketball.Contribute nothing and get rewarded millions at the next level.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 1st, 2012
7:13 pm
If he’s earning millions (and I use the word earning very loosely), then, based on what I’ve seen him say on these blogs, there sure must be a lot of people who enjoy throwing away their money
Supersize that order, mutt
April 1st, 2012
7:14 pm
oops, sorry, I misread bugs’ comment. I thought he was talking about Wiener. My bad.
Birmingham Jacket
April 1st, 2012
8:39 pm
Hill can’t do the one fundamental of a WR. CATCH.
BLT
April 1st, 2012
8:52 pm
Tomorrow…
BLT
April 1st, 2012
8:56 pm
You are correct Super.
bugs, I’m sure you are long in the tooth. LOL
Bed time is close for you.
Chuck Allison
April 1st, 2012
9:27 pm
It is very, very seldom that mediocre college players become NFL superstars.