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Football: Jaguars pick Bryan Anger at No. 70

By Jeff Faraudo
Friday, April 27th, 2012 at 6:47 pm in Football, NFL Draft.

Bryan Anger apparently was angry when I quoted him earlier this week saying he was “pretty much guaranteed” to be drafted.

Well, I did not misquote Mr. Anger — and he was right.

He was picked Friday in the third round, with the 70th overall pick, by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Anger is the first punter taken as early as the third round since 2005, the highest-drafted punter since 1995 and the ninth-highest punter ever drafted into the NFL.

“He’s a difference maker when it comes to punting,’’ Jaguars coach Mike Mularkey said of Anger.

Anger will compete with Jags incumbent and fellow Cal alumn Nick Harris, with whom he worked out a couple years back. The Jags obviously expect Anger to win the job or they wouldn’t have picked him, but Anger understands the assignment won’t merely be handed to him.

Not everyone is convinced spending a third-round pick on a punter is a great idea. Check out Gene Frenette’s take on Jacksonville.com.

Click here for more from the Jaguars’ website.

 

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  • ConcordBear

    Anger sees his teammate Tyson Alualu in Florida making another NFL Bear tandem.
    Too many Teams with multiple Cal players in the NFL, rooting for all these teams.
    Go Bears!

    Great day for showing off the great talent the California program produces every year.

  • Uh Huh!

    I can only wonder how high a draft he would have been had the coaching staff not called for those roll-out rugby punts.
    Didn’t they know they boy can boom it? Of course they did. I could see it when he began as a redshirt freshman.
    So then what does that say about blocking protection, or the ability of teammates to get downfield and make a tackle?
    It’s all just a mystery to me.

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