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In reply to the discussion: Texas Sports Anchor Delivers Jaw-Dropping Speech On Gay NFL Players [View all]hughee99
(16,113 posts)a sports commentator in Texas would understand that even great success in the SEC doesn't necessarily translate to success at an NFL level, especially given his size is considerably smaller than NFL Defensive Ends tend to be (and he'll likely end up moving to another position).
If I'm reading the numbers right, last year only 8 of the OL in the SEC got drafted, the year before that, only 5 SEC OL got drafted. That's just DRAFTED not started. The SEC has 14 teams, so it has 70 starting linemen per year (though not all go into the draft every year). A vast majority won't even get drafted and of the few who do, many will not see significant playing time at the NFL level. Almost none of the players he'd face in the NFL would be people he faced in college, and the ones he does see will be the best of the best. There are some high quality COLLEGE OL in the SEC, but it's still a far cry from the quality he'll see in the NFL, even on the worst of professional teams.