Tuesday, January 14, 2003
McGahee Going Pro
ESPN.com is reporting that Willis McGahee, he of the three torn ligaments in his knee after the Fiesta Bowl, will declare for the NFL draft soon. Uhh ... Earth to Willis! Earth to Willis! You are now, at best, a fourth round pick. NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE is going to take you in the first three rounds, with all the signing bonuses and such those three rounds usually entail. You are a serious risk to any team that picks you. Yes, you are a great talent. At least, you were a great talent until the knee injury. A knee injury, mind you, which will not be anywhere near being healed by the April draft. You have almost a full year's worth of rehabilitation left.
You also have $2.5 million dollars waiting for you, should you be unable to ever play football at a competitive level ever again. So, here's my advice -- take a medical redshirt this season. The NCAA would be fools to not grant you one (well, they often are fools, but not in cases like this), keep going to the University of Miami while you rehab, practice hard, and see if you can come back to form in 2004. If you do come back full throttle, you'll be in very good shape to make several million as a top draft pick.
As it is now, Willis, you're chopped liver for the NFL.
# posted by Eric @ 1:10 AM 
