As we get closer to the 2017 NFL Draft, it’s fun to look back at homeruns and swings-and-misses from drafts in the past. While Ryan Leaf and JaMarcus Russell are obvious example of major draft “busts,” ESPN recently listed the biggest draft bust for each franchise’s history. Coming in for the Saints, Kicker turned convict, Russell Erxleben.
This pick is as much a part of Saints infamy as the bags that fans used to wear over their heads. No kicker or punter has been drafted higher than Erxleben over the past 50 years in the NFL, and he was a total bust.