The Texans used next year's 2nd round pick to select Tony Hollings from Georgia Tech. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/6443862
Supplemental draft is usually for players who are declared academically inelligible. They don't do the draft just like the regular draft. In fact, look below and you'll see how they actually do it. If a team chooses a player in a round, that team loses their draft choice next year in the round they selected the player. Houston loses their 2nd round pick next year (via the Raiders). It's the same as if the Texans took Hollings in 2004 with that pick except he's on the team this season.
It looks like Wells and Allen are the odd men out. Mack is the starter and with all the hype Hollins is getting he may move up to #2 on the depth chart leaving Dominique Davis for KR/PR and 3rd down situations.
let's not get ahead of ourselves here... i love the pick, but we don't even know if he's healthy at this point. so to vault the kid to second on the depth chart is a little premature. remember - he has all of four games experience at running back under his belt; this isn't a 4-year starter. so it's doubtful he'll see the field until he proves he can read and pick-up the blitz. and again, that's assuming he's healthy (boselli's situation makes me nervous when it comes to the texans' ability to spot and treat an injury.) i suspect he'll see limited action over the season's first half. so wells and allen are still very much in the mix. (i doubt davis will see much action, either, except on special teams.) in fact, who it hurts the most is mack, who signed a one-year deal. if hollings proves healthy, et al, mack's carries over the second half will likely decrease, hurting his value next spring.
Yeah I see what you saying but what if Hollins is ready by preseason and out plays Wells and Allen? He reminds me of a raw Curtis Martin and I hope he gets some P.T.
it's all "if" at this point. if he outplays, if he's not healthy, etc. yeah, the idea is that they will eventually be expendable, and yeah, it'd be great if that happened this year, but that's way premature; let's wait until we see what this kid can do.
Thanks for the info Ric and RIET. I understand we got a good offensive lineman (M. Brown) via the sup draft. From what I hear, he may even be a starter this year. One more question. Has the sup draft always been around? I don't remember hearing anything about it when the Oilers were here.
i don't think he was... but he might've. bernie kosar is probably the greatest supplemental draft pick, and, iirc, he petioned it to avoid being in the regular draft because there was a good chance the oilers could nab him.
Someone mentioned Chris Carter was a supplemental draft pick. He's a HOFer for sure. Dunno if he was really drafted in the sup-draft though.
The Seahawk: Taken in the 1987 supplemental draft by Seattle, Bosworth signed the richest contract in Seahawk history signing for 10 years for $11 million. He was moved to the weak side, even though Boz had spent his entire career on the strong side to make all the defensive calls. He had his moments, but a shoulder injury forced him to retire after three years.
This is an ESPN list of some famous Supplemental Picks: There were some good players in the 80's but a long drought since then. Best Of The Supplementals In the 26 previous supplemental drafts, only 32 prospects have been selected, and not many have been players of consequence. A few notable players, though, entered the league through the supplemental draft. Here are some: Player Year Team QB Dave Brown 1992 Giants WR Rob Moore 1990 Jets RB Bobby Humphrey 1989 Broncos QB Steve Walsh 1989 Cowboys LB Brian Bosworth 1987 Seahawks WR Cris Carter 1987 Eagles QB Bernie Kosar 1985 Browns QB Dave Wilson 1981 Saints
He was ruled ineligeble at Ohio State much to the dis-may of Earl Bruce. Rumors in Columbus said this was teh administratiosn way of making sure Earl could not get past the old 8-3 reputation which led to his dismissal. So yeah Chris did vo via the supplemental daft.
