poydras

Only on the kickoff like in the NFL. The problem is that they still use a tee in high school; at least they do here in Mississippi.

falconhater

We use tees here in Louisiana for All Place kicks as well!!! I coach a kid who can hit from 50 yards off the tee ( and I have game film of him doing it)but has an outside range of 38 off the ground!!! Go Figure!

poydras

It's probably because of the quality of the fields in high school. The school I was associated with had a natural grass surface with poor drainage that was also used for soccer and resembled a battlefield by mid-season. Even really good soccer players couldn't get a place kick airborne when the ball settled an inch into the mud. Now that a lot of our big schools are going to synthetic turf, I see Mississippi discarding the tee soon.

falconhater

Yea our field is used by 2 seperate 5A High schools and never gets a break!!! Ther is a game there every week and if we both have home games which happened twice last year one is played on Thursday the Friday game is in trouble. Gets comical (in a sad way).
By mid season you need a magnyfying glass to find grass on the field.

poydras

Of course, after I said that I remembered that cow pasture they made us (LSU) play penn state on in the Capital One bowl. Nobody could kick on that field either, or do much else for that matter. The NCAA should set some minimum standards on stadiums where bowl games are held.

QBREES9

At least we didn't draft Ryan Leaf. Worst bust of all time.

CantonLegend

**cough cough*** jamarcus russell **cough cough**

strato

Rick Mire?...but Leaf frikin takes the cake..and getting popped here in Texas for illegal scripts..i had to laugh when Dallas signed him...lol...laughing now...

SaintPauly

Boy Haz really had a thing for Georgia defensive linemen huh? Although I have to say thatn Alex Molden was terrible for Mora..... He never did squat that I remember.

Year[A] Pick Player name Position College Notes
1967 Leslie Kelley Running back Alabama [a]
1968 7 Kevin Hardy Defensive end Notre Dame [b]
1969 17 John Shinners Guard Xavier [c]
1970 10 Ken Burrough Wide receiver Texas Southern
1971 2 Archie Manning Quarterback Mississippi
1972 8 Royce Smith Guard Georgia
1973 — — No pick — — [d]
1974 13 Rick Middleton Linebacker Ohio State [e]
1975 7 Larry Burton Wide receiver Purdue
1975 12 Kurt Schumacher Offensive tackle Ohio State [f]
1976 3 Chuck Muncie Running back California
1977 7 Joe Campbell Defensive end Maryland
1978 3 Wes Chandler Wide receiver Florida
1979 11 Russell Erxleben Placekicker Texas
1980 Stan Brock Offensive tackle Colorado
1981 1 George Rogers * Running back South Carolina
1982 13 Lindsay Scott Wide receiver Georgia [g]
1983 — — No pick — — [h]
1984 — — No pick — — [i]
1985 24 Alvin Toles Linebacker Tennessee [j]
1986 6 Jim Dombrowski Offensive tackle Virginia [k]
1987 11 Shawn Knight Defensive tackle Brigham Young
1988 24 Craig Heyward Running back Pittsburgh
1989 19 Wayne Martin Defensive end Arkansas
1990 14 Renaldo Turnbull Defensive end West Virginia
1991 — — No pick — — [l]
1992 21 Vaughn Dunbar Running back Indiana
1993 &0000000000000008.0000008 Roaf, WillieWillie Roaf Offensive tackle Louisiana Tech [m]
1993 20 Irv Smith Tight end Notre Dame [n]
1994 13 Joe Johnson Defensive end Louisville [o]
1995 13 Mark Fields Linebacker Washington State
1996 11 Alex Molden Defensive back Oregon
1997 10 Chris Naeole Guard Colorado [p]
1998 7 Kyle Turley Offensive tackle San Diego State
1999 5 Ricky Williams Running back Texas [q]
2000 — — No pick — — [r]
2001 23 Deuce McAllister Running back Mississippi
2002 13 Donté Stallworth Wide receiver Tennessee
2002 25 Charles Grant Defensive end Georgia [s]
2003 6 Johnathan Sullivan Defensive tackle Georgia [t]
2004 18 Will Smith Defensive end Ohio State
2005 13 Jammal Brown Offensive tackle Oklahoma [u]
2006 2 Reggie Bush Running back Southern California
2007 27 Robert Meachem Wide receiver Tennessee
2008 7 Sedrick Ellis Defensive tackle Southern California [v]
2009 14 Malcolm Jenkins Defensive back Ohio State

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