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Jordy Nelson and Michael Beasley in one athletic year at Kansas State? Two once-in-a-lifetime talents passing through Manhattan at the same time? What are the odds?
Category Archives: Football
Jordan Bedore
May 7, 200811:34 a.m.
From the Kansas State sports information office:
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Good for Jordan.
87 - because 27 was already taken
May 2, 200810:55 a.m.
Jordy Nelson will wear No. 87 with the Green Bay Packers. He can’t wear his familiar No. 27 because it’s already being worn by Will Blackmon, a third-year cornerback from Boston College.
If you want his jersey, it’s going to cost you. But it can be found here.
Nelson, by the way, is in Green Bay this weekend for the team’s rookie orientation.
No. 36 and more numbers
May 1, 20082:19 p.m.
Since 2000, five wide receivers have been taken with the 36th selection in the NFL Draft.
The most recent, of course, is Kansas State’s Jordy Nelson, who was nabbed by the Green Bay Packers. It began in 2000, when the Philadelphia Eagles took Todd Pinkston out of Southern Mississippi. It continued the following season when my Cincinnati Bengals drafted Oregon State’s Chad Johnson. A year later, the Buffalo Bills grabbed LSU’s Josh Reed.
Josh Freeman
April 30, 200811:20 a.m.
I’ve been reading all of these 2009 “first-glance” NFL mock drafts, and they’re all ridiculous, especially when you hear gentlemen like ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. and the NFL Network’s Mike Mayock remind viewers during the past weekend that quarterbacks like Kentucky’s Andre Woodson and Hawaii’s Colt Brennan began the 2007 season as likely second-round picks.
No sight anywhere of Josh Freeman.
J-Mac in the Lou?
April 28, 200811:46 a.m.
That’s the word according to my sources. I’ve heard Kansas State defensive back Justin McKinney has agreed to terms on a rookie free agent deal with the St. Louis Rams. Pretty good sources, but until something is signed, nothing is official. And these things are always dicey with rookie free agents because teams can enter the picture late and offer more money. So stay tuned.
Still trying to figure out where Tim Reyer might be headed. And maybe James Johnson.
I do know that safety Marcus Watts will be in Cleveland this weekend for the Browns’ three-day mini-camp. He hasn’t signed a deal, his father said Monday, but it seems like a good situation for Watts, who is looking to catch on through his special teams play and then see what happens.
Stuff
March 11, 20081:41 p.m.
There’s football news from the sports information staff at K-State:
Kansas State senior Ian Campbell is one of 54 players nationally and six from the Big 12 Conference named to the 2008 Rotary Lombardi Award preliminary watch list, the Rotary Club of Houston announced.
Campbell, a two-time All-Big 12 selection, enters his senior season as one of the top defensive linemen in school history and currently has 16.0 sacks and 28.5 tackles for loss over the last two seasons. The Cimarron, Kan., native tied the single-season school record with 11.5 sacks in 2006 and currently needs just two more sacks to enter the school’s top 10 career list.
So there’s that.
Plus, I’m in Manhattan right now, and I was in the basketball office earlier today. I know Matt Figger was at Walters State Community College in Morristown, Tenn., recently for the JUCO Region VII tourney - where, I believe, one Tyree Evans was playing for Motlow State - and also in Wichita for the Region VI tourney. Frank Martin was also at Koch Arena yesterday. The target, presumably, is Cowley County’s Montrell McDonald, who had 17 points and nine rebounds in his team’s victory against Coffeyville.
If you want to hear more about K-State’s recruiting - as well as a wide range of other topics - check kansas.com Thursday for my extensive Q&A with Frank. I’m not a self-promoter, by any means, but it’s good stuff. What doesn’t make the cut I’ll post here tomorrow.
I GOT FIVE ON IT - Rob Rang
Feb. 22, 20084:49 p.m.
One day, I’ll get to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. For now, I’ll have to settle for the following dispatch from NFLDraftScout.com senior analyst Rob Rang, a certified F.O.K-S.(Friend of K-Stated). He’s there for the festivities, and he took some time from a riveting day of non-action to answer this week’s “Five,” which includes what he’s heard about Kansas State invitees Tim Reyer, Justin McKinney and Jordy Nelson.
I GOT FIVE ON IT - Ulla Pomele
Feb. 7, 20083:15 p.m.
Truth be told, Mr. Pomele wasn’t this week’s first choice for the “Five.” It was supposed to be Brad Underwood, but we’ll do that next week. If you have questions, submit them in the comments below.
Anyway, this is a refreshingly candid yet sort of disturbing “Five” with Pomele, the 6-foot-1, 235-pound linebacker from Santa Rosa (Calif.) Junior College who is one of the 19 junior college transfers Kansas State is bringing in or has brought in. Pomele, who is already on campus, is a pleasant, affable kid who, according to his bio, is married. He was a little nervous with so many recorders stuck in his face, but he was honest. Makes you wonder what they sold him on during the recruiting process - besides immediate playing time.
Signing Day nuggets
Feb. 5, 20084:00 p.m.
As I get more, I’ll post more. But enjoy these for now:
BISHOP Carroll offensive lineman Brayden Burris isn’t going to K-State. He was offered an option to gray-shirt two weeks ago, and the timing of the offer threw Burris. He hadn’t bothered taking visits elsewhere because he committed so early to K-State. The 6-foot-6, 260-pound Burris will likely surface at Iowa State.
JAMIE Newberg, Scout.com national football editor, was familiar with a few of the names in K-State’s recruiting class. “The kid from St. Petersburg (Javonta Boyd), the defensive tackle, is really good,” Newberg said. “(Tony) Gillispie is a good tackle. (Collin) Klein is a pretty good quarterback from Colorado.”
CALL me crazy, but I think K-State is getting a special player in Garden Plain’s Logan Dold. With some kids, you can just tell. Anyway, the subject of all of the junior college kids in this class came up, and he said that was a subject he and Ron Prince spoke about recently. “Mainly, the last two years, he’s been trying to catch up to his recruiting,” Dold said. “He’s trying to get the high school kids he has recruited ready. He’s been going for different linemen, more athletic offensive and defensive linemen — and the high school kids aren’t ready yet. He said hopefully he won’t have as many in the coming years.”