Here's the ESPN Pac12 blog review of the NFL draft
By Ted Miller | ESPN.com
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Joe Nicholson/US Presswire Despite rushing for over 4,000 career yards, star Washington RB Chris Polk went undrafted.
California led the way in the Pac-12 for what was a poor showing in the 2012 NFL draft, with just 28 total players selected. It seemed perfectly reasonable to project more than 40 picks a few weeks and months ago.
In 2011,
37 players were drafted, one fewer than the SEC. This year, the SEC led the way with 42 draft picks. The Big Ten was second with 41 and the ACC was third with 31. The 10-team Big 12 had 25, which actually puts it ahead of the Pac-12 by a per-team measure.
California had six players drafted, tied for the second-most by Cal, which also had six players picked in both the 1977 and 2008 drafts. A school-record 10 Cal players were chosen in 1952.
There were plenty of negatives from the weekend, starting with Washington RB
Chris Polk, who some had projected going as early as the second round, not getting picked. The
reported explanation is concern that Polk has a shoulder problem. Polk and his horrible, no-good shoulder rushed for an often punishing 4,049 yards in his career, the second-most in school history.
The
Philadelphia Eagles committed grand larceny when they signed him as a free agent.
Other negatives: Character counts. The Pac-12 bad boys, Arizona State LB
Vontaze Burfict and Oregon CB
Cliff Harris, both once viewed as potential first-round picks, weren't drafted.
Oregon QB
Darron Thomas, who surprised many when he opted to enter the draft a year early, went undrafted. (Meanwhile, in Eugene, Ducks fans watched redshirt freshman
Marcus Mariotadominate the spring game in the competition with
Bryan Bennett to replace Thomas).
Other undrafted notables: Arizona State WR
Gerell Robinson, Oregon S
Eddie Pleasant, Oregon State WR
James Rodgers, Stanford WR
Chris Owusu, Stanford S
Delano Howell and Washington WR
Jermaine Kearse.
Here's the conference draft tally. UCLA and Washington State had no players selected.
California: 6
Oregon: 4
Stanford: 4
Arizona: 3
USC: 3
Arizona State: 2
Colorado: 2
Washington: 2
Oregon State: 1
Utah: 1
And here's the round-by-round.
First round 1.
Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford: Indianapolis
4.
Matt Kalil, OT, USC: Minnesota
24.
David DeCastro, OG, Stanford: Pittsburgh
28.
Nick Perry, DE, USC: Green Bay
Second round 2.
Coby Fleener, TE, Stanford: Indianapolis
5.
Mitchell Schwartz, OT, California: Cleveland
10.
Jonathan Martin, OT, Stanford, Miami
14.
Mychal Kendricks, LB, California: Philadelphia
25.
Brock Osweiler, QB Arizona State:
Denver Broncos 29.
LaMichael James, RB, Oregon:
San Francisco 49ers Third round 7.
Bryan Anger, P, California: Jacksonville
16.
Brandon Hardin, S, Oregon State:
Chicago Bears 25.
Nick Foles, QB, Arizona: Philadelphia
32.
Tony Bergstrom, OL, Utah: Oakland
Fourth round 6.
Omar Bolden, CB, Arizona State: Denver
14.
Alameda Ta'amu, DT, Washington: Pittsburgh
33.
Rhett Ellison, FB/TE, USC: Minnesota
Fifth round 16.
Senio Kelemete, OT, Washington: Arizona
20.
Josh Kaddu, LB, Oregon: Miami
25.
Ryan Miller, OG, Colorado: Cleveland
31.
Marvin Jones, WR, California: Cincinnati
33.
Juron Criner, WR, Arizona: Oakland
Sixth round 8.
Mark Asper, OG, Oregon: Buffalo
Seventh round
9.
D.J. Campbell, S, California: Carolina
12.
Trevor Guyton, DE, California: Minnesota
24.
Toney Clemons, WR, Colorado, Pittsburgh
33.
David Paulson, TE, Oregon, Pittsburgh
38.
Trevin Wade, CB, Arizona: Cleveland
