Sunday, May 11, 2014

Damn You Michael Sam, Now I Have Type 2 Diabetes

Yesterday I was fairly upset by the NFL Draft. Just minutes before he went to the St. Louis Rams, I started pulling up statistics on Michael Sam, because I was convinced that he would go undrafted. I was getting ready to send a sharply worded letter to the NFL, ESPN, and Fox, letting them know that I would no longer be watching football, playing fantasy football, and that I would be contacting their sponsors after I would cancel my subscription to the Weekend Ticket. But voila at the second the Rams saved the day.

And then after I woke up today, I saw this video:





Uggh.. need insulin..too sweet.. too endearing... and no I'm not crying, I long ago established that I have no soul and am incapable of any real human emotions, so my eyes just be super dry.

Ok back to the statistics.

I complied a spreadsheet (the gay's best friend) of all the SEC Player-of-the-Year winners since the SEC started giving them out to defenders in 2003.

Year Name Position Team Round Overall
2003  Eli Manning QB  Ole Miss (Offense) Round: 1   Pick: 1
2003 Chad Lavalais DT  LSU (Defense) Round: 5   Pick: 142
2004 Jason Campbell QB  Auburn (Offense) Round: 1   Pick: 25
2004 David Pollack DE  Georgia (Defense) Round: 1   Pick: 17
2004 Carnell Williams RB  Auburn (Special Teams) Round: 1   Pick: 5
2005 Jay Cutler QB  Vanderbilt (Offense) Round: 1   Pick: 11
2005 DeMeco Ryans LB  Alabama (Defense) Round: 2   Pick: 33
2005 Skyler Green RS  LSU (Special Teams) Round: 4   Pick: 125
2006 Darren McFadden RB  Arkansas (Offense) Round: 1   Pick: 4
2006 Patrick Willis LB  Ole Miss (Defense) Round: 1   Pick: 11
2006 John Vaughn PK  Auburn (Special Teams) Undrafted in 2007
2007 Glenn Dorsey DT  LSU (Defense) Round: 1   Pick: 5
2007 Felix Jones RS  Arkansas (Special Teams) Round: 1   Pick: 22
2008 Tim Tebow QB  Florida (Offense) Round: 1   Pick: 25
2008 Brandon James RS  Florida (Special Teams) Undrafted in 2010
2008 Eric Berry DB  Tennessee (Defense) Round: 1   Pick: 5
2009 Rolando McClain LB  Alabama (Defense) Round: 1   Pick: 8
2009 Javier Arenas RS  Alabama (Special Teams) Round: 2   Pick: 50
2010 Cam Newton QB  Auburn (Offense) Round: 1  Pick: 1
2010 Nick Fairley DT   Auburn (Defense) Round: 1   Pick: 13
2010 Patrick Peterson RS  LSU (Special Teams) Round: 1   Pick: 5
2011 Trent Richardson RB  Alabama (Offense) Round: 1   Pick: 3
2011 Morris Claiborne CB  LSU (Defense) Round: 1   Pick: 6
2011 Joe Adams RS  Arkansas (Special Teams) Round: 4   Pick: 104
2012 Johnny Manziel QB  Texas A&M (Offense) Round: 1   Pick: 22
2012 Jadeveon Clowney DE  South Carolina (Defense) Round: 1   Pick: 1
2012 Caleb Sturgis PK  Florida (Special Teams) Round: 5   Pick: 166
2012 Ace Sanders RS  South Carolina (Special Teams) Round: 4   Pick: 101
2012 Jarvis Jones LB  Georgia (Defense) Round: 1   Pick: 17
2013 Tre Mason RB  Auburn (Offense) Round: 3   Pick: 75
2013 C.J. Mosley LB  Alabama (Defense) Round: 1   Pick: 17
2013 Michael Sam DE  Missouri (Defense) Round: 7   Pick: 249
2013 Christion Jones  Alabama (Special Teams) Junior in College

On this list, three players were undrafted: one was a Return Specialist; one was a Place Kicker; and one is still in college. 

Michael Sam is by far the lowest drafted excluding Special Teams. Out of the 30 people drafted, they had an average pick position of 42.3 and a standard deviation of 60.35 meaning any pick below 102.65 is low.

In fact besides Michael Sam, the only other defensive player on this list to have been picked below 112 is Chad Lavalais who was picked at 142. The three-sigma value is 223.05, and yet Michael Sam was drafted 26 spots lower.

So how and why did Michael Sam go from being a possible first or second round choice in January to being a seventh round pick?

He had what many consider to be a poor showing at the combine; he also might not fit in well in the tradition 4-3 scheme due to his height; or perhaps it's the fact that he came out.

There is no way of telling how he will do in the NFL. He might fizzle out like Tebow or become an average player with a long career in the NFL or perhaps even go all-pro. 

No matter what there are a lot of people out there wishing him and his partner the best. 

Congratulations Michael Sam.



'Liam 14

New rule: drink every time you hear that Michael Sam is "ramming" his gayness down someone's throat.

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