Kendall Wright Injures Shoulder During Titans OTAs

Former Baylor wide receiver Kendall Wright could miss Titans minicamp after injuring his shoulder while trying to dive for a catch during OTAs on Thursday. From The Tennessean:

"His shoulder is sore from falling on it," (head coach Mike) Munchak said. "He went for a ball, trying to make a play – that is sort of in his DNA, to try and catch every ball. That is one he probably should’ve just let go."

NFL Draft 2012: Jets Sign Baylor OL Robert T. Griffin, According To Report

The Baylor Bears had not one, but two Robert Griffins selected in the 2012 NFL Draft. While Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III was famously drafted No. 2 overall by the Washington Redskins, offensive lineman Robert T. Griffin was selected by the New York Jets in the sixth round, as the No. 203 overall selection. Now it appears as though both Baylor players have been locked up by their new teams.

According to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, the Jets have agreed to terms on a four-year contract with Griffin. The four-year deal is standard for all rookies signed out of the draft.

Griffin is a native of Euless, TX and went to Trinity High School. He played at Navarro College before transferring to Baylor in 2010. Griffin made first-team All-Big 12 in 2011.

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2013 NFL Draft: Todd McShay Has Jackson Jeffcoat As A Top 3 Pick

As ESPN Insider Todd McShay acknowledges in his 2013 mock draft, the whole process is pretty much an exercise in futility, as six players from his 2012 mock draft in May of 2011 weren't even drafted this April.

However, twenty were while the other six returned to school, which gives you some indication of which college teams have elite NFL-bound talent.

One such player could be Texas DE Jackson Jeffcoat, who McShay has going No. 3 to the Minnesota Vikings in 2013.

Jeffcoat, a 6'5 250 rising junior, has excelled since coming to Austin as one of the most highly touted prospects in the country out of Plano. As a true sophomore, he was a second-team All Big 12 selection, with 63 tackles, including 17 for loss and 8 sacks.

The son of former Dallas Cowboys DE and Houston DL coach Jim Jeffcoat, Jackson is the rare prospect who is both an elite athlete and fundamentally sound, a mouth-watering combination for NFL scouts.

Playing opposite of Alex Okafor, who is a first-round prospect in his own right, Jackson could have the type of dominant junior season that causes him to declare early for the 2013 NFL Draft.

Jeffcoat displays his penetrating ability in a game against Kansas last year:

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Five Texas Longhorns Sign Undrafted Free Agent Contracts With NFL Teams

Four Texas Longhorns football players are joining the three UT players drafted into the NFL over the weekend by signing undrafted free agent contracts - free safety Blake Gideon to Arizona, running back Cody Johnson to Tampa Bay, strong safety Christian Scott to Tennessee, offensive lineman David Snow to Buffalo, and kicker Justin Tucker to the Baltimore Ravens.

Texas blog Barking Carnival addresses the somewhat glaring dearth of Longhorns during the Draft weekend (only three UT players went and the first - Keenan Robinson - didn't go until the fourth round):

Overall, the paucity of total picks, the lack of offensive representation, and where our upper classman talent was rated vis a vis the rest of the country in a fair market value pick 'em demonstrates again how badly the program was being managed in so many areas post MNC, but we've beaten that do death ad nauseam.

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2013 NFL Mock Draft: Baylor's Terrance Williams, Cyril Richardson Are First-Round Prospects

After placing five players in the 2012 NFL Mock Draft, Art Briles' Baylor football program shows no signs of slowing down in 2013, as the Bears have two more players considered first-round prospects:

27. Houston Texans -- Terrence Williams, WR, Baylor

A taller version of Kendall Wright. He won't have Robert Griffin III throwing him the ball, but Baylor will still move the chains in the defensively challenged Big 12.

28. Chicago Bears -- Cyril Richardson, OT, Baylor

Baylor has produced two first-rounders on the offensive line over the last three years -- Jason Smith and Danny Watkins -- and Richardson could be better than both of them.

Williams, a 6'3 205 WR from W.T. White High School in Dallas, caught 59 balls for 957 yards and 11 TD's last season. With the departure of RG3 and Kendall Wright to the NFL, Williams will have to help break in a new QB while becoming the main line on an opponent's scouting report.

The game-winning TD pass Williams caught against Oklahoma last season:

Richardson, a 6'5 335 OT from North Crowley High School in Fort Worth, stepped right into the spot vacated by Danny Watkins, receiving an honorable mention on the All Big 12 team in his redshirt sophomore season.

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NFL Mock Draft 2013: Alex Okafor A Mid-First Round Prospect

It's never too early to start talking about the 2013 NFL Draft, and there's a first batch of (way too premature) mock drafts out. While they don't tell us much of anything about what players and position groups NFL teams will be looking at, they are an interesting glimpse into where the elite talent will be in the 2012 college football season.

Over at SI.com, Andrew Perloff has a mock draft out, with Texas DE Alex Okafor ending the Longhorns' two year first-round drought:

17. Denver Broncos -- Alex Okafor, DE, Texas

The Broncos will jump on the tall, athletic defender. Okafor's linemate Jackson Jeffcoat will also get a lot of attention, but he's just a junior, and Mack Brown finds a way to get his players to stay through their senior year.

Okafor, a 6'4 260 senior defensive end, was a first-team All Big 12 selection last season, with 52 tackles, including 12.5 for loss and 6 sacks.

He'll be expected to be a dominant force off the edge in 2012 for a Texas defense trending upwards in coordinator Manny Diaz second season in Austin.

An excerpt from a National Football Post scouting report last season:

On the Texas defense no prospect has been better this year up front than DE Alex Okafor. He combines an intriguing blend of get-off burst, power and violence with his hands, and knows how to reach the edge and shed blocks. There hasn't been a ton of talk surrounding him as a prospect, but he's one of those juniors who are flying under the radar and if he does declare could make a massive jump up boards once talent evaluator's start breaking down his game.

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2012 NFL Draft: Texas DT Kheeston Randall Goes To Miami

The Miami Dolphins decided to add some bulk to their defensive line Saturday in the seventh round of the 2012 NFL Draft, selecting Texas defensive tackle Kheeston Randall with the 215th overall pick.

A Beaumont, Texas native, Randall ran a 5.05 40 at the NFL combine and registered a 34-inch vertical jump, impressive for a man who stands 6-foot-5 and weighs just a shade under 300 pounds. In the Texas scheme, Randall was primarily a run-stopper and middle-clogger during a four-year Longhorns career, recording 98 tackles (21 TFL) and four sacks in 47 games, 35 of those as a starter. He earned first- and second-team All-Big 12 plaudits after the 2011 season from a number of media outlets.

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2012 NFL Draft: Richard Crawford Selected No. 213 By Redskins

With the No. 219th pick of the 2012 NFL Draft, the Washington Redskins have selected Richard Crawford, a defensive back from SMU. Crawford played in every game in his two-year career at SMU he was named to the Conference USA all-conference team each year and was a first-team member in 2011.

Crawford also saw time as a return man and averaged 12.7 yards per punt return, he returned one for 92 yards and a touchdown. He finished the 2011 season with 42 tackles, two and a half tackles for loss, two interceptions (six in his career), 10 pass breakups and a forced fumble. His versatility is something that could allow him to see the field early in his rookie season.

2012 NFL Draft: Robert T. Griffin Drafted By Jets In Sixth Round

Baylor tackle Robert T. Griffin (no, the other Robert Griffin) was selected by the New York Jets with the 203rd overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft on Saturday, joining teammate Terrance Ganaway in New York, who was drafted immediately before the 2011 All-Big 12 first team offensive lineman.

Griffin (6-foot-6, 330 pounds) was a 12-time starter at right guard in 2011, totaling 72 pancake blocks, and played in all 13 games in 2010 at right tackle, starting 10 contests. While a senior at Trinity High School (Euless, TX), Griffin was part of a 15-1 Division I state championship squad under Coach Steve Lineweaver, then spent two years at Navarro College before joining the Bears.

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NFL Draft 2012: Cleveland Browns Take Texas LB Emmanuel Acho In Sixth Round

NFL Draft 2012: Jets Take Baylor RB Terrance Ganaway In Sixth Round

2012 NFL Draft: Washington Redskins Release John Beck After Drafting RG3, Kirk Cousins

After drafting Baylor's Robert Griffin III with the 2nd overall pick and then adding Michigan State's Kirk Cousins in the fourth round, there was no room on the Washington Redskins' roster for John Beck. The Miami Dolphins' 2007 second-round selection was cut Saturday by the Redskins, making him a free agent.

Beck, 30, spent 2007 and 2008 with the Dolphins, 2009 with the Baltimore Ravens, and the last two seasons with the Redskins. In five seasons, however, the Brigham Young product has only appeared in nine games, starting seven, and thrown for 1,417 yards, three touchdowns and seven picks in 239 passing attempts.

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2012 NFL Draft Results: SMU DE Taylor Thompson To Tennessee As Tight End

Southern Methodist defensive end Taylor Thompson was selected by the Tennessee Titans with the 145th overall selection during round five of the 2012 NFL Draft on Saturday. One of those proverbial late-risers up draft boards, Thompson, a first-team All-Conference USA selection his senior year, became a hot name among draftniks during workouts.

The twist? After the 2011 season was over, after having played four years on the defensive line, Thompson shifted back to his high school position: tight end. At 6-foot-6, 259 pounds with a sub-4.6 40 time, Thompson caught the attention of NFL scouts and started seeing his name included in a number of writers' "under the radar" lists in the weeks leading up to the 2012 draft.

Thompson is the second player taken from SMU this year, after guard Josh LeRibeus was taken 71st overall by the Washington Redskins. In a year when, as of this writing, Texas has had only one player drafted, that is a mighty impressive feat for June Jones and his Mustangs.

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2012 NFL Draft: TCU LB Tank Carder Goes To Buffalo In Fifth Round

2012 NFL Draft Results: Texas LB Keenan Robinson Goes To Redskins In Fourth

2012 NFL Draft: Washington Redskins Select QB Kirk Cousins In Fourth Round

While Baylor star Robert Griffin III seems in line to be the face of the Washington Redskins franchise, the team threw a giant curveball on the third day of the NFL Draft in selecting Michigan State QB Kirk Cousins in the fourth round.

The last time a team selected two QB's in the draft this high was in 1989, when the Dallas Cowboys picked up Troy Aikman and Steve Walsh.

As the old saying goes, if you have two QB's, you don't have any. The Redskins will need to establish a pecking order early in the process in order to ensure a QB controversy doesn't ensue between Cousins and Griffin, especially if RG3 struggles out the gate.

Cousins, a fairly polished 6'3 215 pro-style QB, was seen as the best QB available on the third day. In his senior season, he led the Spartans to the Big 10 Championship Game while completing 63.7% of his passes for 3,316 yards, 25 TD's and 10 INT's.

Kirk Cousins on Jon Gruden's QB Camp:

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2012 NFL Draft: Baylor C Philip Blake Goes To Denver Broncos In Fourth Round

2012 NFL Draft: SMU Has Highest Player Drafted In Post-Death Penalty Era

SMU beat writer Laken Litman tweeted on Friday evening that former SMU offensive guard Josh LeRibeus, who was drafted 71st overall by the Washington Redskins, becomes the highest drafted Mustang since the school was hit with the death penalty.

The Richardson, Texas native adds to the Texas flavor as we all know the Redskins took Robert Griffin III from Baylor with the second overall pick in this year's draft. The Redskins also will have former SMU player Aldrick Robinson who was drafted by the Redskins in the 2011 NFL Draft.

In 36 career games as a Mustang, LeRibeus started 28 at left guard as he helped lead the squad back to prominence and an 8-5 record this past season.

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NFL Draft 2012: Oklahoma State QB Brandon Weeden Heads To Cleveland, Likely End For Colt McCoy

The Cleveland Browns took a quarterback in the first round of the 2012 NFL draft Thursday night, selecting Brandon Weeden from Oklahoma State.

This likely means the end of the road for former Texas QB Colt McCoy, who after two years, will be looking for another place to stick as a NFL quarterback.

McCoy was picked by the Browns in the third-round of the 2010 draft and made eight starts in his rookie season. He completed 60 percent of his passes for 1,576 yards, six touchdowns and nine interceptions.

After being declared the starter in 2011, McCoy started 13 games, threw for over 2,700 yards with 14 TDs and 11 picks, but GM Mike Holmgren and head coach Pat Shurmur have decided to go in a different direction with Weeden.

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2012 NFL Draft: Kendall Wright Goes To Tennessee Titans

No. 2 overall selection Robert Griffin III's favorite receiver was Kendall Wright, and the former Baylor standout WR didn't do too badly for himself either on Thursday night.

The Tennessee Titans took him with the No. 20 overall selection in the 2012 NFL draft.

Wright put together the most productive career in Baylor history over four years, catching 302 passes for just over 4,000 yards and 30 touchdowns. He did much of that damage during the 2011 season, when he hauled in 108 passes for over 1,600 yards and 14 scores and earned All-American and All-Big 12 honors.

At 5'10 190 pounds, Wright is a bit undersized for the Megatron era, but boasts a blazing first step and exceptional body control.

A video profile of Wright from SB Nation's Youtube channel:

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VIDEO: Robert Griffin III Goes No. 2, Officially A Redskin

2012 NFL Draft: Washington Redskins Confirm RG3 Is The Pick

RG3 will no longer call Texas home after the Washington Redskins announced they will select the Baylor quarterback with the second overall pick on Thursday night.