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Kansas State Football NFL Draft Streak – 2009 Draft

Kansas State Football NFL Draft Streak – 2009 Draft

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The Kansas State NFL draft streak continued in 2009 when Josh Freeman was drafted in the first round, number 17 overall, by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  Josh played six seasons in the NFL, playing in 62 games and starting 61 of them.  He played five years with the Buccaneers and also played for the Minnesota Vikings and Indianapolis Colts.  He most recently played for a couple of teams in the CFL and recently announced his retirement from football on May…

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Kansas State Football NFL Draft Streak – 2000 Draft

Kansas State Football NFL Draft Streak – 2000 Draft

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  K-State’s draft streak continued in 2000 when five players were selected. Darren Howard, Mark Simoneau, Damion McIntosh, Lamar Chapman and Frank Murphy comprised the draft class. Defensive End Darren Howard was drafted in the 2nd round, number 33 overall, by the New Orleans Saints.  He had a 10 year NFL career, playing six years with the Saints and four years with the Philadelphia Eagles.  He played in 145 games, starting 93, and had 67 sacks, which ranks him as…

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Kansas State Football NFL Draft Streak – 1999 Draft

Kansas State Football NFL Draft Streak – 1999 Draft

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The 1999 NFL Draft was the 6th year of K-State’s draft streak.  K-State had six players selected in the 1999 draft, the most K-State players ever selected in a seven round draft.  This draft class was comprised of Martin Gramatica, Jeff Kelly, Ryan Young, Michael Bishop, Justin Swift and Darnell McDonald. Kicker Martin Gramatica was selected in the third round, number 80 overall, by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  He played nine years in the NFL, playing for the Buccaneers, Indianapolis…

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Kansas State Football NFL Draft Streak – 1994

Kansas State Football NFL Draft Streak – 1994

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Kansas State football has had a player drafted in the NFL draft every year for the last 24 years, which is the longest active streak in the Big 12.  I thought it would be fun to take a look back at the players drafted each year during the streak to see how things turned out for them. The streak started in 1994 when defensive back Thomas Randolph was drafted in the second round, number 47 overall, by the New York…

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Spring Game Two Weeks Away

Spring Game Two Weeks Away

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The K-State football game is two weeks from today, April 21st.  Athlon Sports posted a nice preview of spring ball.  Can’t wait to see some football.  I’m suffering some severe withdrawals with the end of college basketball season.