He cant make it thru a college game without getting hurt...how is he gonna play 16 game schedule in pros??? I think its a no brainer he returns
What am i missing in terms of Boom going pro??
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"Player Eligibility. To be eligible for the draft, players must have been out of high school for at least three years and must have used up their college eligibility before the start of the next college football season."
If you were referring to him leaving after this year that is. Which he is not..
If you were referring to him leaving after this year that is. Which he is not..
What? That's not right. Plenty of guys go pro after their junior years without having 'exhausted their college eligibility'. He's completely eligible to go pro. Whether he will or not (imo he will...plenty of UK running backs make idiotic draft decisions) has nothing to do with his eligibility.
If he comes back, on the other hand, we'll be really, really good at all the skill positions.
What a player does and what a player should do are two different things. I think he'll strongly consider going pro regardless of what people think he should do, including his coaches. I don't know that he'll leave but I don't think it's a no brainer like you say.
Boom would not be an every down back in the NFL. He would be used to give the starter a breather on drives. Used in screen plays. Maybe a punt returner or kick-off returner.
Boom has game changing play making ability. Put him in open space and he's lethal.
Kind of reminds me of Giovanni Bernard for the Bengals.
Boom has game changing play making ability. Put him in open space and he's lethal.
Kind of reminds me of Giovanni Bernard for the Bengals.
Boom is a junior bud. This is his 3rd season as a Wildcat.
Agreed. His time here has blown by. I hope he stays though. If he does, he could improve on stamina/endurance even more; he could improve on catching the ball out of the backfield (ala Giovanni Bernard) - which is huge for the next level, and from a team perspective, UK would be stacked next year at RB.Well now it all makes sense haha they grow up so fast.
Running backs are a dime a dozen and have a short career. It may be best if he comes back and tries to get a degree. Then make a stab at the pros. I think he can make it in the pros and have a nice career. He says he is coming back and I look forward to watching him run wild next year at Commonwealth.
I think the best case for Boom staying is being able to work with Eddie Gran for another year.
Gran has done a great job making Boom a better and more mature runner.
Gran has done a great job making Boom a better and more mature runner.
This. Stats won't make a difference in his draft stock, but improved intangibles will. Otherwise, he may as well go because physically he won't be getting better.
Same situation Locke had a few years ago. Can't blame a rb for taking their swing at it.
Has he said this publicly? I'd love to hear this officially but I'm sure he'll go through some sort of pro day before he decides.
For what it's worth, "close" family member told me tailgating at the GA game that they had not discussed it, but I'm sure the staff will put out feelers for him once the season is over to see where he stands. Honestly, I look for him to go.
This, and some additional good weight and power, with an even more productive senior campaign, and he might get drafted mid to late rounds, rather than sign as a FA. The latter will definitely be the case if he leaves now.
If he can post 1,000 yds again next season, and add 200 yds receiving, without missing a game for injury or "other reason", he will be pretty darned attractive. At this point, he has 7 balls for 48 yds on the season. This is not building his resume as a 3rd down back.
He might even ask to be engaged in kick returning next season, and help his cause further. Even with added weight, he is going to be used in spot duty from scrimmage (3rd down back) and needs to be able to make himself useful in as many ways as possible if he intends to get paid.
I'd say odds are high he leaves. I'm not basing that on anything, just seems logical. He's had a good year, he's been healthy for Boom and how much better or higher is he going to get? Plus, there have been some maturity issues if we're being honest. Just doesn't seem like a kid who really yurns to play college football.
Incorrect. The NFL says that a player must be 3 years removed from their high school graduation to be eligible for the draft. Period.
They don't have to go to college at all, much less use their eligibility. Maurice Clarette left OSU after his freshman year an simply sat out waiting to be drafted. He was drafted and was a bust, but he met the obligation of being 3 years out of high school.
This. Plus, running backs only have so many bullets in the gun, so to speak. Another year here is just one less year you can maybe get paid. This isn't like a safety who can play into his late thirties, 28 years old is generally washed up in the NFL for RBs.
I won't begrudge any college FB player that wants to move on to make a living playing the sport, but Boom needs to look carefully at examples like Locke and B. Heard and see if that's the path he wants to risk. For every Sproles there are 10 Lockes and Heards that don't make it. He also needs to listen to those that have his best interests at heart, and not those that want to use him as a payday.
Boom won't be an every down back in the NFL, he hasn't been that at UK either. He will be a return guy, a change of pace kind of guy to give defenses different looks. Now as far as leaving, like you said he has had a tough time staying healthy during a 12 game season, RBs have short careers in the NFL, maybe the shortest of any position I have looked it up. Their bodies can absorb only so many hits, an extra year in college shortens geting paid a year.
Now I have no idea which way he is leading, in a normal year I think he would be gone, but this year there is an unusually high number of 3rd year RBs eligible to come out, plus there will be a few 4 year guys coming out. Peron at OU, Fournette, McCaffery at Stanford, Hood at UNC, Kamara at UT, Chubb and Michel are the guys off the top of my head who could end up higher on draft boards. How the draft has gone lately, that would likely push him to 5th or 6th round. But if he returns, there will be another group of 3rd year RBs coming out who could do the same thing, plus he would have another year of wear on his body. Truthfully, RBs are a dime a dozen, NFL teams know this and get them late in the draft, 3rd round or later or sign and undrafted free agent.
I don't think this can be stressed enough. RBs have a very short career ahead of them. Any back will want to start the clock as soon as possible. Boom isn't an every down back and never will be. He's not that now. He is a play maker that can make game changing plays and NFL teams do draft for that.
It's really not that different that it is for basketball players considering going pro. The discussion isn't whether you are ready it's whether or not you can improve your stock. I do believe Boom is hitting his peak. He's a 4th round or later pick now and if he comes back and has a great year next year then he can go as high as the 4th or 5th round. In other word he already is what he is. His stock won't rise much beyond what it is now. My guess is he's going.
His injury issues isn't something that he can improve upon with an extra year in college. If I were him I would come back and get a degree while it's free to have as a backup plan if the league doesn't work out for him.
How many games has Boom played where he didn't have to come out of the game because he was hurt? Very few! In the pros, he will be hit a lot harder, and a lot more. Boom will be better getting his degree prior to turning pro.
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With all the injuries he's had I can't see him staying. He'll capitalize on this 1,000 yard season and take his game to the league.