Undrafted gems for your team

mikemac1

Sure we'll give it a go

1. Give me your team
2. Best UDFA for your team. Doesn't matter if they are retired or still playing, both are fine
3. Best UDFA you had but they were regrettably cut and went on to be stars elsewhere

Baltimore Ravens

Best player
Priest Holmes, running back
UDFA in 1997 and went on to have a 10 year career in the league, Superbowl XXXV winner and went to the pro-bowl three times.
Cut by the Ravens due to salary cap problems, moved to the Chiefs and set and still holds many franchise records in KC.



Honorable mention to Bart Scott.
What a sack! :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZoDDYkoKi4

The one that got away
Jeff Saturday
Picked up in 1998 but was cut by the Ravens before training camp even started

He then spent over 6 months as a free agent but Indy signed him and the rest is history


There was James Harrison also but he wasn't much good at all at the time, only flourished later in his career.
So I'll give him an honourable mention but no more

HigginsJ

New York Giants

Currently best UDFA - Victor Cruz



Our salsa dancing WR phenom. Born & raised in New Jersey no Giants fan will ever forget his preseason debut against the Jets when he scored 3 TD's. Unfortunately spent his rookie year injured but burst on the scene last year to set franchise records for the Giants in receiving yards & our longest play from scrimmage

Turned down dancing with the stars in the offseason to focus on football. Many doubted that he could replicate his production from last year and that teams would have figured him out. That has not been the case and with Hakeem Nicks out injured he has really stepped up. On course to surpass his TD totals from last year (although his yards may be down a bit but still will be well over the 1000 yard mark.

Also likes to dance as a mark of respect to his grandmother

Masked Man

Pure clucth.

Was the difference in 3 Super Bowls.

davyjose

Masked Man wrote: »

Pure clucth.

Was the difference in 3 Super Bowls.

It was a shame to hear him get booed last week when ye played us in Foxboro. Some people are idiots.

davyjose

HigginsJ wrote: »

New York Giants

Best UDFA in my time as a fan of NFL is Kurt Warner. Ok, he wasn't your best undrafted free agent, but he was the best one who happened ever to play for you guys is Kurt Warner.

Indy's best undrafted free agent that we picked from obscurity would be Jeff Saturday IMO. The guy was a rock on our Oline, and the few times Peyton had to play without him, he struggled.

Best UDFA we've ever had is as above: automatic

taidghbaby

davyjose wrote: »

Best UDFA in my time as a fan of NFL is Kurt Warner. Ok, he wasn't your best undrafted free agent, but he was the best one who happened ever to play for you guys is Kurt Warner.

Indy's best undrafted free agent that we picked from obscurity would be Jeff Saturday IMO. The guy was a rock on our Oline, and the few times Peyton had to play without him, he struggled.

Best UDFA we've ever had is as above: automatic

Saturday is probably the best we've ever had!

Freeman is our best UDFA on the roster at the moment! Has been our best player on defence so far this year IMO

Leslie91

1. San Diego Chargers

2. Antonio Gates

3. Wes Welker

eagle eye

New England Patriots

Troy Brown

I really can't think of any top player that was a udfa and went on to become a good one with another team so Nick Lowry has to be the one. He was signed by the Patriots in the late 70s and was one of the best kickers in the league for years for the Chiefs.

Masked Man

Almost certain Troy Brown wasn't undrafted.

Justin10

Leslie91 wrote: »

1. San Diego Chargers

2. Antonio Gates

3. Wes Welker

Also Dielmen was a top player and currently Malcom Floyd too.
Always thought Nick Hardwick went undrafted too, but was picked in the 3rd.

eagle eye

Masked Man wrote: »

Almost certain Troy Brown wasn't undrafted.

Yeah you are right, for some reason I can never get that out of my head. He was taken in the eighth round. I've made that same mistake about 20 times for some reason.

Leslie91

Rochey18 wrote: »

Also Dielmen was a top player and currently Malcom Floyd too.
Always thought Nick Hardwick went undrafted too, but was picked in the 3rd.

Yes we've hit on some real UDFA gems over the last 15 yrs but for me Gates has been the best of the lot. Dielman, Floyd, Gregory, Tolbert, the list goes on. Even Mike Harris this year looks like he could become a decent player. I think I'm correct in saying we hold the record for years in a row that an UDFA makes the team.

Alfred Borden

COLTS!
Jeff Saturday without a doubt was our best UDFA, Freeman is for this year.

D3PO

although on IR this season. Jason Peters the best UDFA on the Eagles squad right now.

we miss him big time this year.