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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Draft Day is here!

Ahh, one of my favorite days of the year. You know those nerds who like to watch eight non-stop hours of draft coverage on ESPN, the ones everyone enjoys making fun of? Well I'm one of them. I thoroughly enjoy everything about the draft.

I will say I don't like the NFL moving the draft back to 4 p.m. ET. There's no reason whatsoever to try to get the early second round in prime time. If you're going to watch it, you'll commit to it. You're not going to get extra viewers at 7 p.m. on what in Auburn at least is a gorgeous day.

But I digress. On to Auburn, which has some slim pickings in this year's draft, as I wrote about Friday for our dead-tree based newspaper. We also had team-by-team capsules for Alabama, Auburn, Georgia and Georgia Tech.

Here's some shorthand for Auburn as far as projections go:
  • DT Sen'Derrick Marks: 2nd to 4th round (rumors have Indianapolis interested late in the second round)
  • OG Tyronne Green: 3rd to 5th round
  • CB Jerraud Powers: 5th to 7th round
  • DT Tez Doolittle: Late to undrafted
  • SS Merrill Johnson, RB Brad Lester, RB/KR Tristan Davis, WR Rod Smith and LB Chris Evans: Likely to sign as undrafted free agents.
If that seems like a light crop for Auburn, it's because it is. The Tigers have had at least one player go in the first or second round and at least three players get selected overall in every draft since 2004, a pair of streaks that could come to an end today.

The first two rounds are today with the final five tomorrow, so there's a chance nobody from Auburn gets taken on the first day.

We'll keep you updated when any Tiger gets selected this weekend, so check back for updates.

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