To be fair to these guys, this isn’t us ragging on them. After all, they did play football at the highest level in the world, the NFL, and before that, they had successful careers with the Iowa football program. Based on where they were drafted, however, they failed to live up to expectations.
What was interesting about writing this article is when I was doing research, it was tough to find players who actually underperformed based on their draft position, and also, what is considered underperforming? It can be only playing a few seasons or for skill position players it can be never reaching certain “expected” milestones, or it can be never making it to the big contract.