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
6:28 pm
UVA is a better academic school than Tech??? Since when? Actually you can’t even compare the two schools since UVA is liberal arts and Tech is engineering. If Wiener had actually attended Tech, he would know that.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:29 pm
Damn, he’s even more stupid than I thought to post something like that.
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
6:31 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:29 pm
Damn, he’s even more stupid than I thought to post something like that.
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There’s more where that comes from. Tip of the iceberg like you said.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:33 pm
@ HT…..Pitiful, just pitiful. Anyway, I am gone to dinner now. Have a good night!!!
BLT
March 31st, 2012
6:34 pm
Wrexie, Supersize is calling you out.
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
6:37 pm
I hope Gollum shows us another picture of his precious. I’d bet it was a birthday present.
BLT
March 31st, 2012
7:21 pm
Would Gollum qualify as a troll? LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
7:22 pm
Back from dinner, but only briefly.
@ BLT, I think Gollum comes off much better than Wiener.
BLT
March 31st, 2012
7:32 pm
So I can’t refer to him as Smeagle? LOL
BLT
March 31st, 2012
7:36 pm
You know he feed on Cave fish and small goblins? LOL
BLT
March 31st, 2012
7:37 pm
feeds
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
7:41 pm
BLT, at least Gollum has an excuse for smelling foul. Wiener just stinks naturally. lol
BLT
March 31st, 2012
7:48 pm
WnE, Supersize is here. Answer his question.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
7:51 pm
BLT, you know he won’t. Besides, I think he’s gone now anyway
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
7:52 pm
BLT, do you go to the home games? We need to meet next Fall; several of us have already met. Are you going to the T-Night game? I am planning on going and hope some others will too
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
7:58 pm
You can call Gollum Smeagol on those rare occaisions that he writes something sensible.
“We hates them. We hates them nasty boot licking toadies my precious. Gollum. Gollum. Don’t fry the fish kung fu panda, you ruins it. Gollum.”
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
7:59 pm
LMAO @ HT
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
7:59 pm
You guys lost me the other day with the U2 music, but I can hold my own with Tolkien
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
8:01 pm
HT and BLT, you guys watching the basketball game? I had pretty much written Louisville in the first half, but they’re making a game of it now. I hate pulling for a Pitino team, but I HATE Kentucky
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
8:08 pm
“You don’t have any friends. Nobody likes you.”
“I’m not listening. I’m not listening”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLvIFRNbqOs
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
8:09 pm
I’m watching it. If Louisville wins, my bracket lives temporarily.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
8:12 pm
if Louisville could hit any 3-pointers, they could win it, but I haven’t seen many, if any, fall
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
8:13 pm
damn, 6 minutes without a basket for Louisville. afraid it’s over
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
8:15 pm
How did Vanderbilt beat these guys?
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
8:17 pm
must have been an off night for the wildcats that night
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
8:18 pm
damn, there have been some INCREDIBLE dunks in this game for both teams
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
8:18 pm
Air ball. Game over.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
8:19 pm
if only they could have stuffed that missed free throw……
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
8:21 pm
oh, well. hope whoever wins the next game can beat them Monday. I’m outta here.
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
8:23 pm
Oh well. Lost $10. The fellow with the winning bracket has Kentucky and Kansas in the Final with Kentucky winning it all. This year was one of the closest I’ve made it to winning.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
8:25 pm
Better luck next year
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
8:28 pm
It’s all for fun. FBS college football should have a playoff.
BLT
March 31st, 2012
8:29 pm
I’m going to the games at BDS. I don’t mind early games. I have not checked with Wrexie if that’s alright but I plan to go.
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
8:33 pm
BLT…Gollum will probably not be at any of the games.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
8:34 pm
Cool, BLT. Hope we can meet. I drive up from Augusta, so I’m not wild about the early games, other than they do get me home at a decent hour. I am NOT a morning person though, so I hate those early drives up. I have a big list of bloggers and try to keep the abreast of any plans to meet. To both you AND HT, it y’all would like to be on the list, drop me a note to a temporary email address I have set up. Just offer some kind of “proof” that you are who you say you are, and I will give you my REAL email address and pass along any info about meeting up, or any other kind of interesting info. That temporary address is supersizeorder@yahoo.com. Would love to add y’all to the list, if you are interested.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
8:34 pm
@ HT…..ya think? lol
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
8:35 pm
a few typos in that post about the email list, but I think you get my point.
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
8:44 pm
I’m already on your list, Supersize. I like the t-shirt idea. Only problem is if it is printed as designed, we would be outdoing the West Virginia fans and their t-shirt.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
8:50 pm
@ HT……OOPS…..LOL I guess that shows how seldom I check the list or send stuff out. At least that proves I’m not a pest. What West Virginia shirt? I don’t guess I have seen it.
GT Lee has changed his design again to make it more acceptable, but he has since said he’s not really interested in trying to get any made to sell. So I guess that’s it for the shirts. I would have bought one with his latest design—-a group of dancing monkeys under the NCAA logo.
Ghost
March 31st, 2012
8:51 pm
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.
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
8:53 pm
Here is the West Virginia t-shirt….
http://deadspin.com/5837273/one-t+shirt-stood-out-in-the-west-virginia-crowd
I think they just scored on Clemson again. lol.
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
8:56 pm
Ghost…please adopt WnE (aka Gollum) as a UGA fan. You will enjoy his company.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
8:57 pm
HT, that shirt is AWESOME. I would never wear anything like that in public, but it is SO COOL !!!!
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
8:59 pm
West Virginia hillbilly crazy. Jesco White must be proud.
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
9:01 pm
Supersize…could you imagine a t-shirt that said “Georgia F’n Tech”?
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
9:02 pm
HT, it would be awesome. Like I said, I don’t know that I would wear it in public, but I would definitely wear it to games. BTW, check your email
Paul in NH
March 31st, 2012
9:02 pm
WnE
March 31st, 2012
2:43 pm
Believe it or not, but at one time, I think it was the 2009 season(?), but GT had Bay-Bay Thomas (6-3 235lbs. 4.38- forty), Stephen Hill (at the time 6-4 190lbs 4.36- forty ), Kevin Cone (6-2 210lbs. 4.37 – forty) on the roster at the SAME TIME playing WR, yet CPJ, the offensive Genius only averaged 13 passes per game
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I thought the object was to score points and win the game? In 2009 GT had their best record since 1990 and won the conference.
Hill was a freshman and Kevin Cone broke his ankle half way through the season.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
9:03 pm
Right on, Paul !!!
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
9:06 pm
THE Ohio State University. lol. Did you ever see the Ohio University Bobcat (Rufus) beat up Brutus Buckeye?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=577hN8tQM6g
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
9:07 pm
Paul…only boot licking toadies pay attention to details like that.