Which School Is Bust University
Ranking the Top 20 Bust Producing Schools in the NFL Draft
Which School Is Bust University?
Who's Bust University? Which schools consistently produce NFL players only a mother, or Matt Millen, could love? Find out and see if Todd Marinovich's Trojans make the list as we rank the top 20 bust producing colleges from the past 20 NFL Drafts
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Which School Is Bust University?
Bust Standards Only first round picks from 1988-2004 are considered and only teams with five selections are included (giving a pass to David Carr and Fresno St.). The bust threshold is fewer than 80 games, a negative TD/INT ratio for quarterbacks and under 40 catches per season for receivers. Exceptions noted.
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20. UCLA First Round Busts/Picks: 3/11 Bust Percentage: 27.2 Notable Bust: Cade McNown, QB Analysis: Mount Bustmore legend McNown carried all his Chicago fans in this shoe. It could be worse for the Bruins if J.J. Stokes were included with no-doubt busts Freddie Mitchell and Tommy Maddox.
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19. Notre Dame First Round Busts/Picks: 4/14 Bust Percentage: 28.6 Notable Bust: Rick Mirer, QB Anlaysis: The lesson? Never draft an Irish tight end (Irv Smith, Derek Brown) unless you're converting them to defense to face former Domer QB Mirer.
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18. Arizona State First Round Busts/Picks: 3/10 Notable Bust: Erik Flowers, DE Analysis: Flowers, who joins Shante Carver and Aaron Cox on the bust list, was last seen with Toronto Argonauts playing Canadian football, which we can only assume involves the metric system and Gordie Howe.
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17. Alabama First Round Busts/Picks: 3/10 Bust Percentage: 30 Notable Bust: Keith McCants, DE Analysis: The fourth overall pick in the 1990 draft did next to nothing for Tampa Bay, but he did lead the league in groin stretching for two seasons.
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16. Michigan First Round Busts/Picks: 4/13 Bust Percentage: 30.7 Notable: Desmond Howard, WR Analysis: Tim Biakabatuka held the title of biggest Wolverine bust, but fumbled it away. Howard, meanwhile, may be the only receiver in NFL history that Spud Webb could post up.
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15. Florida First Round Picks/Busts: 6/19 Bust Percentage: 31.6 Notable: Kenyatta Walker, OT Analysis: That's not steam coming off Walker, it's smoke from friction burns as every NFL player rushed past him en route to the quarterback.
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14. Wisconsin First Round Busts/Picks: 3/9 Bust Percentage: 33.3 Notable Bust: Ron Dayne Analysis: Dayne topped the 80-game plateau, but it's hard to imagine the super-sized super-bust as anything other but a disappointment, except perhaps to the local snack food industry.
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13. Texas First Round Busts/Picks: 4/12 Bust Percentage: 33.3 Notable: Bryant Westbrook, CB Analysis: How big of a mistake was it to draft Westbrook? Thiiiis big. But Westbrook still pales in comparison to jumbo Texas bust Mike Williams, drafted by the Bills.
Which School Is Bust University
12. Colorado First Round Busts/Picks: 4/11 Bust Percentage: 36.3 Notable: Michael Westbrook, WR Analysis: On the upside, failed Redskins receiver Westbrook did lead the league in skipping as well as spilling teammate Stephen Davis' blood.
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11. Washington First Round Busts/Picks: 3/8 Bust Percentage: 37.5 Notable Bust: Steve Emtman Analysis: Emtman's career was cut short by injuries while fellow bust alum Jerramy Stevens found it difficult to fit football into his busy arrest schedule.
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10. Virginia Tech First Round Busts/Picks: 2/5 Bust Percentage: 40 Notable Bust: Jim Druckenmiller Analysis: Druckenmiller might've been nothing more than a glorified baseball cap rack, but at least he doesn't view Shawshank Redemption as an educational film, unlike possibly soon-to-be-bust Michael Vick.
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9. Oklahoma State First Round Busts/Picks: 2/5 Bust Percentage: 40 Notable: Hart Lee Dykes, WR Analysis: As a corollary to "never punch with your pitching hand," remember never to take a punch with your eyeball, like Hart, whose career ended after a bar fight with teammate Irving Fryar.
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8. Tennessee First Round Busts/Picks: 8/20 Bust Percentage: 40 Notable Bust: Heath Shuler, QB Analysis: The Vols lead the nation in the raw number of busts since 1988, none more spectacular than Shuler, now a congressman and probably still terrible at football.
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7. Boston College First Round Busts/Picks: 3/7 Bust Percentage: 42.9 Notable Bust: Mike Mamula, DE Analysis: Mamula joins William Green and Marc Colombo as Eagle busts, despite the fact that he could bench press Aaron Gibson on a Twinkie binge.
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6. Georgia First Round Busts/Picks: 7/14 Bust Percentage: 50 Notable: Bernard Williams, OT Anlaysis: Williams isn't blocking here, the 14th pick in 1994 is warming his hands of the still smoldering embers of his 16-game career.
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5. Penn State First Round Busts/Picks: 7/14 Bust Percentage: 50 Notable Bust: Curtis Enis Analysis: The fifth selection in 1998, Enis scored just four touchdowns in his career, probably one for each century of head coach Joe Paterno's life.
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4. Michigan State First Round Busts/Picks: 5/9 Bust Percentage: 55.5 Notable: Tony Mandarich, OL Analysis: No team has as spectacular a pair of flameouts as No. 2 picks Mandarich and Charles Rodgers. But the prodigious father Rodgers at least could help with ticket sales by bringing his family.
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3. Oklahoma First Round Busts/Picks: 4/7 Bust Percentage: 57.1 Notable: Stockar McDougle, OT Analysis: Both McDougle and fifth overall pick Rickey Dixon (1988) topped 80 games by a hair, but neither were effective by the benchmark game.
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2. Houston First Round Busts/Picks: 3/5 Bust Percentage: 60 Notable Bust: David Klingler, QB Analysis: It wasn't just system quarterbacks Klingler (sixth in 1992) and Heisman winner Andre Ware (seventh in 1990), guard Billy Milner joined the Cougar's bust triple crown.
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1. Nebraska First Round Busts/Picks: 6/10 Bust Percentage: 60 Notable: Lawrence Phillips, RB Analysis: If crazy were a starting position, Phillips would've been its Brett Favre and Cal Ripken rolled into one. Teamed with Trev Alberts, Jason Peter and three others, Big Red is finally No. 1 again.
