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pbmax
03-09-2010, 08:43 AM
Several are Packer related. See how many you can guess before you read. The piece is in two sections, the link for Part II is at the top of the article on the right.

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/blog/?p=6151
hoosier
03-09-2010, 09:22 AM
My paltry list before reading: Kurt Warner, Antonio Gates, Rod Smith, Willie Parker, Jeff Saturday.

I know I am forgetting some contemporary players, but what is really hard are the historical players. I could probably tell you where a handful of Packer greats were drafted but have no idea who in the history of the NFL made an impact after going undrafted.
pbmax
03-09-2010, 09:40 AM
Apparently I was mixing up ex-Browns and former Packers when counting. Warner is spot on, but there is one other and associated with the Lombardi Packers.

There are a ton of Browns in the list, largely due to the ban on blacks in the NFL when the Browns were formed. Paul Brown signed a number of Hall of Famers and good players who simply did not have a chance in the older league.
hoosier
03-09-2010, 10:29 AM
Don't know who the Lombardi Packer is, but presumably he's easy to find in a Google search. Maybe someone else knows.

Wasn't Warren Moon also undrafted in the NFL?
pbmax
03-09-2010, 10:33 AM
Don't know who the Lombardi Packer is, but presumably he's easy to find in a Google search. Maybe someone else knows.

Wasn't Warren Moon also undrafted in the NFL?
He is the last name in the list of 36. And it was sorted alphabetically by last name.

Moon was indeed undrafted.
hoosier
03-09-2010, 10:57 AM
I did not see that the second installment was available when I first looked at the list. Warren Moon was really excavated from my own hazy memory of the early 1980s. But I suppose that whatever credit I get for him is erased by my ignorance about Willy Wood's draft status. :lol:
Guiness
03-09-2010, 03:48 PM
My favorite undrafted NFL superstar is also the name of a damn fine bottle of fortified wine! :shock:
BF4MVP
03-09-2010, 04:41 PM
Good thing they got Willie Wood on there as the last guy. If he would have been left out then the list would have been a joke.
The Leaper
03-09-2010, 06:49 PM
Tough to be undrafted back when they had 821 rounds.
MJZiggy
03-09-2010, 06:59 PM
They didn't have to cut it short for TV coverage back then...
Fritz
03-10-2010, 07:23 PM
So did Lou Groza block a guy then hurry up and run back and kick the ball through the uprights?

Wow. Last guy I remember playing multiple spots like that was Wayne Walker, Detroit Lions linebacker and placekicker.
pbmax
03-10-2010, 09:27 PM
So did Lou Groza block a guy then hurry up and run back and kick the ball through the uprights?

Wow. Last guy I remember playing multiple spots like that was Wayne Walker, Detroit Lions linebacker and placekicker.
Even more fun? His nickname. Lou "The Toe" Groza.

We need somebody to be in charge of nicknames these days.
Fritz
03-11-2010, 07:04 AM
Wonder how that nickname worked for him with the ladies?
swede
03-11-2010, 07:20 AM
My favorite undrafted NFL superstar is also the name of a damn fine bottle of fortified wine! :shock:

Mad Dog?

Mogen David 20/20 = Mad Dog = Mike Douglass but he was drafted with the 116th pick of the 1978 draft.

Hmmm? Port? Sherry? A Cask of Amontillado?
Fritz
03-11-2010, 08:25 AM
Boone's Farm?