Rumor I heard at the Basketball Game

Dayons_Den · Post by **Dayons_Den** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 4:51 pm

Good catch, I have been GOOGLING for draft pools but can't find any yet.

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 5:35 pm

The page on si.com says he hasn't declared. I googled it myself, and didn't find any list that said he had declared in time.

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 5:37 pm

I couldn't find one either...here's a link to the NFL list on ESPN

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1959762

RossfordFalcon · Post by **RossfordFalcon** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:05 pm

Man this really sucks. I wish we could have him for another year.

But anyways best of luck to Mitch.

Tswam · Post by **Tswam** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:39 pm

That list includes several players who haven't declared for the NFL draft. I wouldn't put much credence in it. Crossley could use another year of college ball as inconsistent as he's been. He's going to have to get bigger and quicker if he's going to project as a speed rusher at the next level. I'd be very surprised if he's drafted.

I'm assuming they'll go ahead and move Brad Williams to DE.

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 10:30 pm

Jason Babin is the kind of MAC player who plays at the next level...a beast that dominates on every play. Mitch Crossley will not be drafted, nor will he play a down in the NFL. This agent stuff is probably as a result of not being eligible in the first place.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 11:20 pm

WTF? I agree about Mitch...good, solid player. But NFL material?? No dice.

But this is bad news for our D line. I'm getting more worried about our 2005 D with each passing day.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 8:42 am

Wow...this is some wonderful news to start my Monday morning with

Crossley is/was a good player at BG, but he is not the sort of dominator that will get highly thought of in the draft. Jonathan Goddard, to use this year for example, is about 5 times the player that Crossley is and they are talking about him in the 2nd-3rd round. If Crossley did, in fact, declare then I find it hard to believe he'll be taken at all.

If its an academic issue then I suppose I can understand, may as well go into the draft, but for any other reason this just doesn't make any sense at all.

I do know one thing. Our defense that was looking to be bad again next year just got a heckuva lot worse

UK Peregrine · Post by **UK Peregrine** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:11 am

I know we have a few people here who say Mitchell has declared for the 2005 NFL draft, but I can't confirm it anywhere yet. This is not to say the reports are not true. The most up to date (Jan 23) list of underclassmen who have declared for the NFL draft was in the USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football ... assmen.htm

Here's the list they report going pro:

Marion Barber III, rb, Minnesota (junior)

Darryl Blackstock, lb, Virginia (junior)

Bryant Brown, lb, Houston (junior)

Brandon Browner, cb, Oregon St (sophomore)

Josh Bullocks, fs, Nebraska (junior)

Maurice Clarett, rb, Ohio St

Channing Crowder, lb, Florida (sophomore)

Thomas Davis, fs, Georgia (junior)

Ciatrick Fason, rb, Florida (junior)

Frank Gore, rb, Miami Fla (junior)

Michael Hawkins, db, Oklahoma (junior)

Jovan Haye, de, Vanderbilt (junior)

Chris Henry, wr, West Virginia (junior)

Richie Incognito, c, Nebraska (junior)

Rashad Jeanty, de, Central Florida (junior)

Derrick Johnese, rb, Northwestern St (junior)

Adam Jones, cb, West Virginia (junior)

A.J. Lindsay, dt, Temple (junior)

Matt McCoy, lb, San Diego St (junior)

T.A. McLendon, rb, No Carolina St (junior)

Adrian McPherson, qb, Florida St

Shawne Merriman, de, Maryland (junior)

Heath Miller, te, Virginia (junior)

Justin Miller, cb, Clemson (junior)

Ryan Moats, rb, Louisiana Tech (junior)

Vernand Morency, rb, Oklahoma St (junior)

Dominique Morris, db, Vanderbilt (junior)

C.J. Mosley, dl, Missouri (junior)

Damien Nash, rb, Missouri (junior)

Alex Ofili, dt, Michigan (junior)

Roscoe Parrish, wr, Miami Fla (junior)

Brodney Pool, s, Oklahoma (junior)

Dante Ridgeway, wr, Ball St (junior)

Aaron Rodgers, qb, California (junior)

James Sanders, db, Fresno St (junior)

Steve Savoy, wr, Utah (sophomore)

Ernest Shazor, s, Michigan (junior)

Eric Shelton, rb, Louisville (junior)

Alex Smith, qb, Utah (junior)

Chris Spencer, c, Mississippi (junior)

Matthew Tant, fb, Vanderbilt (junior)

Lofa Tatupu, lb, Southern California (junior)

Tyson Thompson, rb, San Jose St (junior)

Odell Thurman, lb, Georgia (junior)

Justin Tuck, de, Notre Dame (junior)

Rian Wallace, lb, Temple (junior)

Fabian Washington, cb, Nebraska (junior)

Walter Washington, qb, Temple (junior)

Mike Williams, wr, Southern California

Troy Williamson, wr, South Carolina (junior)

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:21 am

"How many "my teams" in college do you have? Should be just one...BGSU!!!!"

Cowboyjoe. I said "teams" not "schools." BG has more than one team, we've got 16 of them.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:40 am

Though I do not believe Crossley to be anywhere near NFL material after his junior year, I suspect this rumor might be true in light of the information of him having issues with his grades. I don't understand how you can still be struggling in your jr/sr years.

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:53 am

I agree with you kdog. Going off of what we know here on this board, I have a feeling the academic issues are pushing this decision more than anything. We had a DB about three or four years ago declare early......I'm forgetting his name now??? Anyway, we were all surprised because at first it appeared he was declaring because he felt or want to go to the NFL. However, the reality was, he was trying to get his name out there to get any kind of attention to let the league know he was available because I believe it was mostly an academic issue again.

I wish Crossley the best of luck. I wish like heck he was coming back to BG. But if he's not, I hope he can make it somewhere, somehow.