Bradford to work out for scouts on March 25

It only would have hurt him. If he played well, everyone would have said, “Well, he’s got his body back, but he’s rusty and hasn’t played much football in the last 18 months.” If he sucked, well, obviously that wouldn’t have been good. Isolating his post-college scouting to a pro-day allows him to dictate his momentum on his own terms, to a degree. I do wonder how much of the off-field stuff he’ll be available for: Wonderlic, interviews with NFL FO’s, etc. That stuff is just as important, if not more so in the modern NFL, for QBs.

That’s the big question.

JUst for kicks I’ve done a little research of all the Quarterbacks and Defensive Tackles the Rams have drafted over the years all the way back to the 1937 Cleveland Rams. Most of us weren’t even around back then.

We took 29 QBs, 6 of which were taken in the 1st round. The most notable of course was Roman Gabriel in 1962.

We also took 40 DTs, 9 of those were taken in the 1st round and I would say the most notable one of those was Merlin Olsen in 1962 who was also taken in 1962

For your viewing pleasure here are the lists.

Quarterbacks:

Cleveland Rams

1939
1 – Parker Hall – Mississippi
1942
2 – Jack Jacobs – Oklahoma
1944
3 – Bob Waterfield – UCLA

Los Angles Rams

1949
1 – Bobby Thomason – VMI
4 – Norm Van Brocklin – Oregon
1952
1 – Billy Wade – Vanderbilt
1953
2 – Rudy Bukich – USC
1958
5 – Frank Ryan – Rice
1959
2 – Buddy Humphrey – Baylor
1961
3 – Ron Miller – Wisconsin
1962
1 – Roman Gabriel – North Carolina St
1963
1 – Terry Baker – Oregon State
1964
1 – Bill Munson – Utah State
1968
2 – Gary Beban – UCLA
1973
2 – Ron Jaworski – Youngstown St
1974
4 – Norris Weese – Mississippi
1975
7 – Pat Haden – USC
1977
4 – Vince Ferragamo – Nebraska
1978
4 – Mark Manges – Maryland
1979
9 – Jeff Rutledge – Alabama
1985
11 – Doug Flutie – Boston College
1986
3 – Hugh Millen – Washington
1989
4 – Jeff Carlson – Weber State
1992
9 – T.J. Rubley – Tulsa

St. Louis Rams

1996
2 – Tony Banks – Michigan St
1999
4 – Joe Germaine – Ohio St
2004
6 – Jeff Smoker – Michigan St
2005
7 – Ryan Fitzpatrick – Harvard
2009
6 – Keith Null – West Texas A&M

Defensive Tackles:

Cleveland Rams

1941
3 – Jay MacDowell – Washington
1944
2 – Gil Bouley – Boston College

Los Angles Rams

1947
8 – Carl Samuelson – Nebraska
12 – John Kissell – Boston College
16 – Ed Champagne – Louisiana St
1950
9 – Les Cowan – McMurry
1951
1 – Bud McFadin – Texas
3 – Charlie Toogood – Nebraska
26 – Howie Ruetz – Loras
1952
25 – Len Teeuws – Tulane
29 – Gerry Perry – California
1953
8 – Bob Morgan – Maryland
1957
3 – Billy Ray Smith – Arkansas
3 – George Strugar – Washington
1959
1 – Paul Dickson – Baylor
1960
5 – Chuck Janerette – Penn St
12 – Doug Brown – Fresno St
1962
1 – Merlin Olsen – Utah St
3 – John Meyers – Washington
1964
10 – Gary Larsen – Concordia (Ill.)
1966
5 – Dick Arn- – Idaho
5 – Diron Talbert – Texas
1970
7 – Bill Nelson – Oregon St
1972
14 – Larry Brooks – Virginia St
1975
1 – Mike Fanning – Notre Dame
5 – Wayne Hammond – Montana St
1980
3 – Phil Murphy – South Carolina St
1987
5 – Scott Mersereau – Southern Connecticut St
1989
1 – Bill Hawkins – Miami (Fla.)
1990
11 – Bill Goldberg – Georgia
1992
1 – Sean Gilbert – Pittsburgh
1993
8 – Maa Tanuvasa – Hawaii

St. Lous Rams

1996
7 – Chuck Osborne – Arizona
1999
6 – Lionel Barnes – Louisiana-Monroe
2001
1 – Damione Lewis – Miami (Fla.)
1 – Ryan Pickett – Ohio State
2003
1 – Jimmy Kennedy – Penn St
2006
3 – Claude Wroten – Louisiana St
2007
5 – Clifton Ryan – Michigan St
2009
4 – Darell Scott – Clemson

Go Rams!

Bob Waterfield, Norm Van Brocklin, and Ron Jawarski were no slouches. I also see Doug Flutie as an 11 th rd pick. Not that he was in the same class. Not to take anything away from Gabriel. He was the Rams QB when I started following them and is my favorite all time Ram QB. Just not for 300 yd, 5 TD kind of passing performances.

1 RD DTs – Lewis, Pickett, and Kennedy would be the best argument I can tink of against drafting another DT first. I don’t remember Fanning being anything special.
Olsen was great. Brooks was pretty good too. Heck, I’d be extatic with another Gilbert.

Still gems can be found any where. When was Deacon drafted? Warner was undrafted wasn’t he. I just hope whoever they draft turns out to be the best at his position and the Rams start their rise to prominance. I’m getting tired of hearing the ’ 2nd worst’ thing.