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In addition to Ryan Miller and Tony Clemons being drafted, Evan Harrington has joined Tyler Hansen and Rodney Stewart (both with Cincinatti) and Conrab Obi (Arizona) as undrafted free agent signings. It is not clear yet if the San Diego Chargers plan on using Harrington as a FB or LB. No word on anyone else.
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Ryan Miller was originally a 5-star “blue-chip” high school recruit out of Columbine who was expected to become a possible first rounder. At the start of last year, his fifth, he was
expected to be “all-everything”.
Although he had a great career and a solid senior season, garnering a
few recognitions, he was not overly impressive and his stock dropped to a “possible
free agent”. He rebounded with a decent
combine and solid work since, to move up enough that he had a Friday draft party for rounds 2 and 3. (A little ambitious Ryan?) He was
finally was drafted late in the fifth round by the Cleveland Browns.
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The bigger surprise was that Tony Clemons, who finished
the season strong and worked out well for scouts, was selected in the seventh
round by the Pittsburgh Steelers, so he
will return to his home state to try to play pro ball.
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Others connected to the program who signed free
agent contracts: Darrell Scott (who left school early) with the Cowboys and
Taylor Embree (UCLA) with the Chargers.
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Some Pac-12 stars who were not drafted but
latched on with teams: Oregon’s bad boy DB Cliff Harris and Washington RB Chris
Polk both signed with the Eagles and ASU’s Vontaze Burfict, whose late season
swoon and terrible combine dropped him all the way from possible first rounder,
signed with the Bengals.
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On the recruiting front, the Buffs have received
their fourth and fifth verbal commitments for the 2013 class, both from California, 3-star OG Colin Sutton of Orange County and (as of yet) unrated safety Kyle Trammel (Victorville).
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