Pass rush production in college and the Eagles' draft history

by JimmyK on Apr 11, 2011 8:57 PM EDT

Daniel Te’o-Nesheim was the all-time leader in sacks at the University of Washington. Phillip Hunt led the CFL in sacks with 16, so the Eagles are giving him a look. Brandon Graham had 10, 10, and 8 his last 3 years at Michigan. Chris Gocong set a 1-AA record with 23.5 in one season at Cal Poly. Bryan Smith had 10.5 and 13.5 his last 2 years in college. Andy Studebaker led all of NCAA with 17.5 his senior season. Trent Cole had 8.5 his senior season. I could go on.

What's the point here? The Eagles seem to value pass rushers that put up big numbers in college, or in Hunt's case... Canada. I compiled the sacks for the last 2 years for each of the Top 250 DE's as rated by CBS, and a few OLB's that could also project as a 43 DE in the pros. Here are the results - Do with them what you will:

Player	2010 sacks	2009 sacks	Last 2 years
Von Miller	11	17	28
Ryan Kerrigan	13	12	25
Ricky Elmore	11	10	21
Da'Quan Bowers	16	3	19
Aldon Smith	6	11	17
Justin Houston	10	7	17
Sam Acho	8	8	16
Adrian Clayborn	11	4	15
Jabaal Sheard	9	5	14
Allen Bailey	7	7	14
Cliff Matthews	6	7	13
Cameron Jordan	6	6	12
Robert Quinn	DNP	11	11
J.J. Watt	7	4	11
Ryan Winterswyk	2	9	11
Cameron Heyward	4	6	10
Ugo Chinasa	4	6	10
Markus White	8	2	10
Eddie Jones	6	3	9
Christian Ballard	3	5	8
Pierre Allen	3	5	8
Greg Romeus	0 (2 games)	8	8
Pernell McPhee	2	5	7
Brandon Bair	3	2	5

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Von Miller, 17 sacks in 2009,damn.

Rivals beware

by starship 007 on Apr 11, 2011 9:04 PM EDT reply actions

Kerrigan at 23 please....

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by greenbean#twoOH on Apr 11, 2011 9:07 PM EDT reply actions

I like Cameron Heyward from Ohio state.

Rivals beware

by starship 007 on Apr 11, 2011 9:10 PM EDT reply actions

Can't leave...

…Gocong off of that list.

I-C-Y-U-H8-ME

by Qwest on Apr 11, 2011 9:19 PM EDT reply actions

Didn’t.

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by JimmyK on Apr 11, 2011 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh..you sure didn't.

His name wasn’t highlighted so it didn’t stand out like the others. I should’ve known you wouldn’t miss something that obvious.

I-C-Y-U-H8-ME

by Qwest on Apr 11, 2011 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Chris Gocong set a 1-AA record with 23.5 in one season at Cal Poly. Bryan Smith had 10.5 and 13.5 his last 2 years in college.

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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Apr 11, 2011 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Ignore the second sentence.

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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Apr 11, 2011 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Football outsiders gave their SackSEER projection another shot with this year’s potential draftees.

This projection actually had Daniel Te’o-nesheim as the best pass rush prospect in last year’s class… They do five year projections, so it’s hard to say how on track they are yet.

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by JasonB on Apr 11, 2011 9:31 PM EDT reply actions

One of their sleeper picks (like T'eo last year)?

Our very own Philip Hunt!

by DLawrence55 on Apr 12, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions

SackSEER? Seems like a bunch of worthless stats put together to create some sort of formula. Its impossible to predict the productivity of a player imo

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!

by Mikesta on Apr 11, 2011 11:58 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

…says the guy reading an article about a measure the Eagles use to predict productivity.

by ATG. on Apr 12, 2011 1:38 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I would love Kerrigan at 23, even though I’m against taking a DE in the first.

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by immynimmy on Apr 12, 2011 6:48 AM EDT reply actions

Despite the prevailing attitude

Not all CFL players are that bad.

by brisulph on Apr 12, 2011 2:54 PM EDT reply actions

Canada smells.

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by JimmyK on Apr 12, 2011 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions

See that's the thing

You are used to the stench of Jersey and surrounding area. The smell of Canada is nature… you know, green growths, freshwater… healthy stuff basically. I’m not sure if you’re aware of this, but not everything has to have a garbage smell or thick film of pollutants all over it.

by brisulph on Apr 14, 2011 8:59 AM EDT up reply actions