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FCS to the NFL

5280Griz said:
Marc Mariani made the Pro Bowl and Colt Anderson played 8 seasons when the average for all NFL players is 3 seasons. That is not highly productive to you?
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I am fully aware. Colt Anderson also made the pro bowl. However, neither are on the level of Cooper Kupp.
 
406football said:
I am fully aware. Colt Anderson also made the pro bowl. However, neither are on the level of Cooper Kupp.
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Cooper Kupp is an anomaly. He was lightly recruited because he was 5’4 120 pounds in high school and hit puberty later than most people. The other 2 guys you brought up as examples were recruited by top FBS programs but lost out on those opportunities due to off the field issues.
 
There are positives and negatives with being in a top football environment vs being more of a big fish in a small pond when it comes to making it to the next level. One of my buddies played on some of the best high school teams in America. His dad played for the Chicago Bears but many of his high school teammates had family members play in the NFL. Previously mentioned Jerry Rice’s son was one of his high school teammates.

My friend would have probably been better off going to a smaller program where he could have played more when it comes to making it to college football and the NFL. He already had the knowledge on what it takes to get there from his dad. Someone who is not coming from an NFL family can gain a lot from being in a top tier environment.
 
mthoopsfan said:
My wife would love to see Fitzgerald, and thinks he's handsome, but I doubt I'll run across him. My friend is Brian O'Neill. He's been to our house at Flathead. I've know him his whole life. Did you know that Mariani played a year with Randy Moss and liked him? Were you a Vikes fan when Ed Marinaro was playing. He still goes to their reunions and events. His 3 years there were longer than anywhere else he played.
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I thought I recognized Ed Marinaro's name but it wasn't from his time with the Vikings. It's from his time as an actor on Hill Street Blues.
 
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