Combined feed (RSS)Cal football: Another player to NFL
By Jonathan Okanes
Monday, April 27th, 2009 at 4:17 pm in off-season stuff.
Fullback Will Ta’ufo’ou has signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bears.
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By Jonathan Okanes
Monday, April 27th, 2009 at 4:17 pm in off-season stuff.
Fullback Will Ta’ufo’ou has signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bears.
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April 27th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
nice. some notes on follett from Pat Kirwan:
Round 7
The Lions draft LB Zack Follett out of California.
I spent time talking with Follett this spring, and it took 10 seconds to realize this guy lives and breathes football. He left college with 245 tackles, 51 tackles for a loss and 23.5 sacks. He had more sacks than most of the premier pass rushers in the draft. I was perplexed he was still available in the seventh round.
April 27th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
JO, Will T isn’t just “another player”, and Chicago will learn someday how important he was to our Bears in run production. Good luck, Will T! You’ll be missed.
Go BEARS!
April 27th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
>>> I was perplexed he (Z Follet) was still available in the seventh round.>>>
Yeah! Good luck to the Pain Train.
Good luck to Will T. JB is going to miss your blocks – but hopefully not too much.
Go Bears!
April 27th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Will was way under utilized in my opinion. Why he didn’t get any carries on the goal line against Oregon State last year at home was a shame. It would have made the difference and we would have been #1!
April 28th, 2009 at 7:42 am
Will T was also underutilized as a receiver out of the backfield. I saw him catch a couple of passes in his career and he seemed to have good hands.
April 28th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
JO- Any news about Nate Longshore’s next steps? Obviously, he was a long (long) shot for the draft… but will he get any sort of shot somewhere?
April 28th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Warden, JO said Nate’s headed to the Miami Dolphins rookie camp.
April 28th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
CRAZINESS- Forget 2009, let’s move on
S I already has the mock draft for 2010
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andrew_perloff/04/28/2010/index.html?eref=T1
April 28th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
I agree with the comment above about how much Will T. will be missed. He really was a mainstay of the Bears’ offense, and I wish him Godspeed in his NFL career.
April 28th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Question: what is the average salary for a 1st rounders vs. second rounders vs. seventh rounders? Is it big money ( 5 million per v. 500K per)?
Go bears!!!!! Rose bowl ’10
April 29th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Papa, there is a HUGE money difference. Monumental. Top 10 would be $15-20 million guaranteed money. Guaranteed money in terms of incentives and signing bonuses is very significant because football contracts are not guaranteed. You get injured and cut, they don’t have to pay the remainder of your contract. A seventh rounder doesn’t even get a contract, maybe $100-$200K for training camp and see if he makes the team. A lot of teams cut 1/2 their draft picks.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
The real question is: What’s the difference in the average salary between an NFL 1st rounder vs. an $C recruit?
April 29th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Davidson,
Thanks. That sucks