Rex Burkhead

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(12-23-2015, 12:35 PM)RoyleRedlegs Wrote: Boling was a 4th round T/G prospect. 
He was ranked anywhere from the 2nd to 7th G prospect in most cases. He needed a lot of coaching.

You should really read up on what people thought of Andrew Whitworth before and after the draft.
Hell, you still have people here who want him at LG. He was doomed to be a RT or G in the NFL out of college.
Now, he's a top 3 LT in the NFL for the last 4+ years. No coaching there....

Here's about all I need to know about Whitworth.....

As a redshirt freshman he started every game, and was a first-team Freshman All-American. As a sophomore in 2003, he started all 14 games.  He led the team with 1008 snaps and credited with 105 key blocks, including 82 knockdowns.  Then he moved to LT in 2005. He played every offensive snap in nine of the 13 contests, for an offense that averaged 374.1 yards per game. By not allowing a sack all season, he finished his career with 22 straight games of no sacks allowed. He was credited with 104 key blocks/knockdowns.

His 52 career starts from 2002-05 rank second in NCAA Division I history. He earned All-Southeastern Conference first-team honors in each of his last two seasons, including a consensus nod as a senior.


I mean, hell, *I* could "coach up" a guy like this, and I haven't sniffed a football field in almost 20 years!


Boling was a first team PFW All American going into the draft, and considered a top prospect at guard.