2007 St. Louis Rams Draft Recap

Well the 2008 NFL Draft is upon us. The St. Louis Rams are looking for immediate impact with the #2 overall pick in the draft. Everyone is always excited in April about the draft and the possibilities, talking about how that one player can turn your franchise around. There do not seem to be any Peyton Manning’s or LT’s in this years draft but who knows. I would like to talk about last years draft to see how much impact we can expect. If you look at the table below you will see what the Rams received out of their 2007 draft picks. As you can see from the 8 draft picks that we had, they totaled less tackles than most middle linebackers in the NFL and Brian Leonard provided the only offense from the draft with 486 total yards. If these are the results we get from the 2008 draft we will be in big trouble. Can Chris Long, Jake Long, or Glenn Dorsey help this team out right now? Are you shocked at these stats? Do you see that Clifton Ryan who we drafted in the 5th round, on paper provided as much to the Rams as Adam Carriker our 1st round selection? Bill Devaney will need to get our draft ship pointed in the right direction in 2008. Just some food for thought before people get on the kool-aid heavy.

 Round

 Position

 Player

 School

 Results

 1

 DE

 Adam Carriker

 Nebraska

 30 tackles, 2 sacks

 2

 FB

 Brian Leonard

 Rutgers

 486 total yards

 3

 CB

 Jonathan Wade

 Tennessee

 19 tackles 1 pick

 5

 C

 Dustin Fry

 Clemson

 Played in 4 games

 5

 DT

 Clifton Ryan

 Michigan State

 30 tackles, 2 sacks

 6

 OT

 Ken Shackleford

 Georgia

 Cut

 7

 DT

 Keith Jackson

 Arkansas

 Cut

 7

 WR

 Derek Stanley

 Wisconsin-Whitewater

 Kick Returner in 3-games