Checking in on our guys in the NFL heading into training camps:
AFC North
Baltimore: None
Cincinnati: Ryan Hewitt
Cleveland: Kevin Hogan, Ed Reynolds
Pittsburgh: David DeCastro
AFC South
Houston: Brennan Scarlett
Indianapolis: Henry Anderson, Andrew Luck, David Parry
Jacksonville: None
Tennessee: None
AFC East
Buffalo: None
Miami: Francis Owusu, Michael Thomas
New England: Cameron Fleming, Jordan Richards
New York Jets: None
AFC West
Denver: None
Kansas City: None
Los Angeles Chargers: None
Oakland: None
NFC North
Chicago: None
Detroit: Johnson Bademosi, Alex Carter, Michael Rector
Green Bay: Blake Martinez, Ty Montgomery, Kyle Murphy
Minnesota: None
NFC South
Atlanta: Austin Hooper, Levine Toilolo
Carolina: Christian McCaffrey, David Yankey
New Orleans: Coby Fleener, Andrus Peat
Tampa Bay: None
NFC East
Dallas: None
New York Giants: None
Philadelphia: Zach Ertz, Aziz Shittu
Washington: Trent Murphy
NFC West
Arizona: Josh Mauro
Los Angeles Rams: None
San Francisco: Joshua Garnett, Solomon Thomas
Seattle: Doug Baldwin, Richard Sherman
Not on a roster: Jim Dray, Griff Whalen, Stepfan Taylor, Shayne Skov
Never on a roster: Dallas Lloyd, Noor Davis, Jordan Watkins, Conrad Ukropina
If this is the end of the road for Dray, that's a seven year career (three years as a starter) with modest career stats but certainly a nice run. If it's the end for Whalen, he played five years and also had modest stats but goes down with a Gordon Banks/Evan Moore type career for some Cardinal alum comparisons. If it's the end for Kulabafi, he played for four years and also had modest stats but notable that he stuck around as long as he did. Skov gets credit for a two year career.
I hate to say I told you so, but for all the Ukropina fans out there it's so freaking hard to break into the NFL as a kicker.
Among the guys who are currently on rosters, Yankey, Shittu, Carter, and Rector need to have good camps to make the 53 man roster. All of those are outside the projected roster bubble for their respective teams according to ESPN. I haven't seen roster projections for the AFC teams yet but it's a good bet Owusu, Fleming, and Richards will be in the same boat.
AFC North
Baltimore: None
Cincinnati: Ryan Hewitt
Cleveland: Kevin Hogan, Ed Reynolds
Pittsburgh: David DeCastro
AFC South
Houston: Brennan Scarlett
Indianapolis: Henry Anderson, Andrew Luck, David Parry
Jacksonville: None
Tennessee: None
AFC East
Buffalo: None
Miami: Francis Owusu, Michael Thomas
New England: Cameron Fleming, Jordan Richards
New York Jets: None
AFC West
Denver: None
Kansas City: None
Los Angeles Chargers: None
Oakland: None
NFC North
Chicago: None
Detroit: Johnson Bademosi, Alex Carter, Michael Rector
Green Bay: Blake Martinez, Ty Montgomery, Kyle Murphy
Minnesota: None
NFC South
Atlanta: Austin Hooper, Levine Toilolo
Carolina: Christian McCaffrey, David Yankey
New Orleans: Coby Fleener, Andrus Peat
Tampa Bay: None
NFC East
Dallas: None
New York Giants: None
Philadelphia: Zach Ertz, Aziz Shittu
Washington: Trent Murphy
NFC West
Arizona: Josh Mauro
Los Angeles Rams: None
San Francisco: Joshua Garnett, Solomon Thomas
Seattle: Doug Baldwin, Richard Sherman
Not on a roster: Jim Dray, Griff Whalen, Stepfan Taylor, Shayne Skov
Never on a roster: Dallas Lloyd, Noor Davis, Jordan Watkins, Conrad Ukropina
If this is the end of the road for Dray, that's a seven year career (three years as a starter) with modest career stats but certainly a nice run. If it's the end for Whalen, he played five years and also had modest stats but goes down with a Gordon Banks/Evan Moore type career for some Cardinal alum comparisons. If it's the end for Kulabafi, he played for four years and also had modest stats but notable that he stuck around as long as he did. Skov gets credit for a two year career.
I hate to say I told you so, but for all the Ukropina fans out there it's so freaking hard to break into the NFL as a kicker.
Among the guys who are currently on rosters, Yankey, Shittu, Carter, and Rector need to have good camps to make the 53 man roster. All of those are outside the projected roster bubble for their respective teams according to ESPN. I haven't seen roster projections for the AFC teams yet but it's a good bet Owusu, Fleming, and Richards will be in the same boat.
