Potential NFL Players From This Year?

[SteinPizza]

The NFL scouting combine is coming up sometime in the next few weeks. Does anyone know if any Panthers got invited? They usually take around 250 players, and I'm sure several of the better seniors we saw in the playoffs will be there. profootballweekly.com does a great job of covering stuff like this if you're intersted.

My opinion is that David Horne, Patrick Hunter, and maybe John Hermann, from this years team have the most potential. None will probably be drafted, but might get a shot as free agents. Terrance Freeney is probably too slow for the NFL, but he was damn good here for a couple of years. There were plenty of other Panthers who had solid college careers, but I can't see them making the jump. Varner, Heidemann, Koebke, Stensrud, etc. fall into that category.

[PantherMSabes]

Don't forget about Surrency

[Matt Trump]

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Schlegel, Anthony Ohio St Lb
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Wyatt, Justin Southern Cal Db
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Zemaitis, Alan Penn St Db

[Matt Trump]

That is the complete list. No Panthers on there

[Matt Trump]

Here is the list from I-AA

Player School Position
Tarvaris Jackson, Alabama St QB
Daniel Fells, UC Davis TE
Kevin Boothe, Cornell OL
Erik Meyer, Eastern Washington QB
Ingle Martin, Furman QB
Bruce Eugene, Grambling St QB
Jason Hatcher, Grambling St DL
Marques Colston, Hofstra WO
Antoine Bethea, Howard DB
Jonathan Scifres, Missouri St PK
Miles Austin, Monmouth WO
Travis Lulay, Montana St QB
Reed Doughty, Northern Colorado DB
David Pittman, Northwestern St DB
Darrell Adams, Villanova DL
Paul Mcquistan, Weber St OL

http://i-aa.org/article.asp?articleid=75204

[SteinPizza]

Wow, really suprising that the D-End from Appy St. didn't get invited. I could see Erik Meyer from EWU doing well.

Just because you're not invited doesn't mean you can't get a shot and make it. Remember Willie Beamon? I doubt he went to the combine, but obviously impressed the Giants enough that they invited him to camp and he had a nice career as an undrafted free agent. There's probably other ex-Panthers who took similar routes.

[FerociousCat]

I could see Charles Johnson plugging up the middle for an NFL team. He's got plenty of size and strength.

[Mountain Panther]

I think TE Brian Cutright (spelling?) has the agility, speed and size to be an NFL QB. Hannan got a lot of PT in the Superbowl for Seattle.

[Panthers to the Bone]

I hope you mean NFL Tight End???

[Mountain Panther]

I hope you mean NFL Tight End???

CORRECT. long day.

[CF Panther]

I could see Charles Johnson plugging up the middle for an NFL team. He's got plenty of size and strength.

I've been saying this too. He didn't put up huge numbers this year at UNI because he was consistently doubled up on. He's EXTREMELY strong as well, which NFL teams like from a big D-lineman!

[Lil Panther]

Supposedly he was one of the strongest guys to ever play football here, I heard that, don't know if it is true or not.

[MGLD Panther]

I think Cutright will get a good look. Remember back in the day when we had WR's getting to the NFL? The NFL kept coming to look and more guys made it. We have a few TE's in the NFL and I am sure they were here looking at him too! He has the size and attititude to get there.

[Lil Panther]

He isn't as good as Thorn was, atleast at UNI he wasn't. He might get a look, but wouldn't look that long. I'll take Thorn.

[jegbomb52]

Not that anyone knows a lot about it but you will notice that Jonathan Scifres was invited from Mizzou State which is absolutely absurd! He wasn't even the first team kicker in the Gateway and struggled to reach 75% for the year, but if you look at 2002 our kicker was 25 of 28 with about 10 game winners/tie'ers, longs of 58 (outdoors) 60 (indoors) and was not even mentioned to go tot he combine. The only reason this kid is because of his last name, Scifres (his brother is the punter for the Chargers out of Western Illinois, you might remember him kicking a certain 56 yard field goal in the dome in 2000 keeping the Panthers from the post season for the 4th season in a row!)