Last week, when I posted an article about some of the Green Bay Packers’ worst draft picks in the Ted Thompson era, I spotted something. Many of the team’s draft picks that miserably failed in the NFL weren’t great on the college level either. This is a follow-up on that thought.
I previously selected five players as Thompson’s worst picks: Justin Harrell, Jerel Worthy, Brian Brohm, Pat Lee, and Khyri Thornton. Of the five, only Worthy was highly honored for his college play: consensus All-American and first-team All-Big Ten. The best the other four managed was second-team all-conference: two from the SEC, one from the Big East (which no longer has football) and one from Conference USA.