Wednesday, September 10, 2014

11 SMU players on active NFL rosters

You may or may not be aware that there are currently 11 SMU football players on active NFL rosters. I have seen a source that says 20, but I think that includes practice squad players. 

Anyway, what does that number mean?  Is that a lot?  I recall a time less than 10 years ago when that number was zero. 

Here is that number compared to SMU's 2013 and 2014 opponents:


A&M20
Uconn17
Cincinatti15
Rutgers15
UCF13
Baylor12
TCU12
SMU11
USF10
Memphis9
Temple9
Texas Tech8
Houston7
Tulane6
ECU5
NTSU4
Tulsa4
Montana St2

That is 8th out of 18 teams. Right in the middle of the pack and within firing distance of all but A&M in my opinion. Nothing compared to USC (41), I grant you. 

Let's not say SMU can't get players into SMU that can compete again, ok?  It hasn't been true for years. It is like your momma said, "You can't do it if you don't try."  Beginning December 2011, June Jones didn't try. 
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