Monday, May 12, 2014

Monday--May 12th, 2014

This article from ESPN Boston is pre-draft for Rob Blanchflower, but a good read anyway.

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Steelersdepot.com says Pittsburgh was attracted to Blanchflower by his high level of aggression.

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Dan Malone looks at possible future NFL Draft candidates from UMass. Dan mentions Penn State transfer Alex Kenney. If Kenney has NFL dreams, he needs to have a monster year. Like Michael Cox, he arrives without a lot of miles on his body, so the potential is there.

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ESPN Boston says it was an unprecedented NFL Draft for Massachusetts natives.

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The Steelers also took Kent State's Dri Archer, he of the 4.28 40.

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Steelers.com says day 3 of the draft should make Steelers fans happy.

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Steelers' coach Mike Tomlin says the rookies will be given the opportunity.

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NFL Nation mentions Anthony Dima's free agent signing.

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Remember we were talking about Florida powerhouse HS St. Thomas Aquinas? Well, they had a record four alumni drafted this weekend.

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With another game at Vanderbilt this season, the Commodores are becoming pretty familiar to UMass fans. They had a total of ten players either drafted or signed free agent contracts in the current NFL draft.

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Four BC players made it.

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Three Penn State player were drafted.

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