2011 NFL Draft: Worst First-Round Pick in Every Team's History
2011 NFL Draft Teams Should Remember These Past Mistakes
The 2011 NFL Draft will have some teams that eventually regret their first round choice. It’s inevitable.
Drafting just isn’t a perfect science and these cases are proof.
We’ve chosen the two worst first picks in each franchise’s history (since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970).
A few specifics before we start:
For one, just because a player is on this list doesn’t mean they were “bad” players; injuries or other causes might have ruined their NFL potential. Nevertheless, the GMs and head coaches who selected them would still want a do-over.
Also, the lower the selection, the higher the risk. A top-five player has a lot more to prove (and has more potential to be a regrettable choice) than a player taken towards the end of the first round.
And finally, a player on this list is there for their achievements only with that club. For example, Jim Plunkett won two Super Bowls, but none for the Patriots. That doesn’t make him a successful choice, although we left him off this list for having a decent run in New England.
No. 1: Carolina Panthers: Rae Carruth, WR, Colorado
1 of 32
Selection: 27th, 1997
Runner-Up: Tim Biakabutuka, RB, Michigan (Eighth, 1996)
The Panthers regret ever being associated with Rae Carruth, the player who in the middle of his third season was arrested for first degree murder and is still in prison.
Even if he did start 20 games and had a pretty decent rookie year.
Lumping Biakabutuka in the same category with Carruth is tough on all accounts. But since he was a top ten pick and came from one of the most prestigious programs in the nation, his career was disappointing to say the least, especially since Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George was on the board.
No. 2: Denver Broncos: Tommy Maddox, QB, UCLA
2 of 32
Selection: 25th, 1992
Runner-Up: Bobby Anderson, RB, Colorado (11th, 1970)
Maddox would later have two very good seasons in the NFL. But they came more than a decade after the Broncos selected him and with another team.
Dan Reeves tabbed Maddox to be a replacement for a 32-year-old John Elway. It didn’t quite work out. He was 0-4 as a starter in Denver and tossed nine picks and only six touchdowns before leaving town after two years.
Anderson was an interesting case. A local hero at Colorado who eventually was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, he struggled to get on the field in four seasons with the Broncos and was soon replaced with Otis Armstrong, the club’s first round runner in 1974.
No. 3: Buffalo Bills: Mike Williams, OT, Texas
3 of 32
Selection: Fourth, 2002
Runner-Up: Erik Flowers, DE, Arizona State (26th, 2000)
First-team All Big-XII and an All American in his last year at Texas, Williams looked like a can’t miss; He was 6’6", 340 pounds and played in a pro-style offense in Austin.
But he never panned out for the Bills and was gone after four disappointing seasons.
Flowers didn’t come to Buffalo with the same level of fanfare and expectations as Williams, but since he was out after just two seasons, it was a major misstep by the Bills front office, just one of many that would follow over the course of the decade.
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No. 4: Cincinnati Bengals: Akili Smith, QB, Oregon
4 of 32
Selection: Third, 1999
Runner-Up: Ki-Jana Carter, RB, Penn State (First, 1995)
Tough call here. Carter’s career was ruined by injuries even before it got started. And since he was a first overall choice in 1995, he probably should be considered the biggest first round mistake in franchise history.
But Smith had plenty of opportunities to show he was worth being selected third. After holding out, he lost 14 of 17 starts, threw 13 interceptions against just five touchdowns, and completed 46% of his passes.
And since the lesson of David Klingler was not learned by the Brown family, this is the worst pick in club history.
No. 5: St. Louis/Arizona Cardinals: Matt Leinart, QB, USC
5 of 32
Selection: 10th, 2006
Runner-Up: Andre Wadsworth, DE, Florida State (Third, 1998)
The skill players from the top of the 2006 NFL Draft (Reggie Bush, Vince Young, Jay Cutler) are becoming more and more disappointing with each the season. But Leinart has been one since the start.
He struggled as a rookie. And even with Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin, he actually got worse every season.
Now, it’s difficult to knock him for being put on the bench for Kurt Warner, who is an all-time great. But since he was given the job in 2010 and was promptly cut, it’s officially become a total failure.
No. 6: Cleveland Browns: Mike Phipps, QB, Purdue
6 of 32
Selection: Third, 1970
Runner-Up: Tim Couch, QB, Kentucky (First, 1999)
As bad as Couch’s run in Cleveland was, there have been worse first overall quarterback selections to follow. And at least the Browns got 59 starts out of him and decent play in their only playoff season since returning to the NFL.
And although Couch, Courtney Brown, Gerard Warren, Brady Quinn, and the rest failed to live up to their first round status, Mike Phipps' career in Cleveland was worse.
Bob Griese’s replacement at Purdue threw twice as many picks for Cleveland (81) as he did touchdowns (40) and never completed half his attempts in any one of his seven seasons with the Browns.
By comparison, those are much worse figures than Couch put up. Even if the era was different.
No. 7: San Francisco 49er: Alex Smith, QB, Utah
7 of 32
Selection: First, 2005
Runner-Up: Jim Druckenmiller, QB, Virginia Tech (27th, 1997)
It seems like Alex Smith’s tenure by the Bay is over. His 16-24 record and 51-53 touchdown-to-interception ratio was a great part of it.
But the straw that broke the camel’s back might be Aaron Rodgers Super Bowl victory and MVP. The club passed on Rodgers, in favor of Smith, and are starting from scratch again.
Druckenmiller was supposed to take over for an aging Steve Young, but it soon became clear that he was not an NFL quarterback. After just six appearances in two seasons, he was promptly cut and never threw another pas in the NFL.
No. 8: Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans: Alonzo Highsmith, RB, Miami (FL)
8 of 32
Selection: Third, 1987
Runner-Up: Vince Young, QB, Texas (Third, 2006)
Highsmith was a stud at Miami and a key member of Jimmy Johnson’s budding dynasty. But he averaged just six carries a game in three seasons with the Oilers and was headed to Dallas for a reunion with Johnson after just three seasons.
The runner-up selection comes down to a pair of recent top choices by former Titans coach Jeff Fisher.
Although Pacman Jones stay in Tennessee ended after two years and was bogged down by legal problems, at least he was an outstanding kick returner and a pretty good corner in his second year, picking off four passes and returning one for a score.
Young’s stay in Tennessee will end with a good overall record: 26-13. But he threw 42 touchdowns and 42 interceptions, was bad in his only playoff appearance, and couldn’t supplant an aged Kerry Collins. As the third overall pick, they expected better.
No. 9: Dallas Cowboys: Bobby Carpenter, LB, Ohio State
9 of 32
Selection: 18th, 2006
Runner-Up: Marcus Spears, DE, LSU (20th, 2005)
The Cowboys have had so much success over the years that they haven’t had too many opportunities to blow early first round choices; Troy Aikman, Tony Dorsett, Randy White, and Too Tall Jones were all successes.
So the later first round choices are where we have to look. And surprisingly, the two worst choices were recent and by a draft guru with a great reputation: Bill Parcells.
After Marcus Spears, who recorded just eight sacks in 88 games with the Cowboys, the team took Bobby Carpenter. The four-year contributor at Ohio State never cracked the starting lineup in Dallas and was traded after four disappointing seasons.
No. 10: Washington Redskins: Heath Shuler, QB, Tennessee
10 of 32
Selection: Third, 1994
Runner-Up: Desmond Howard, WR/KR, Michigan (Fourth, 1992)
Shuler got something out of his stay in D.C.: a future career as a congressman. But the Redskins didn’t get much.
He lost nine of his 13 starts in three years, completed 47% of his passes, and lost his job to the great Gus Frerotte, the player taken 194 spots after he was.
Two years before Shuler, Howard was the team’s can’t-miss draft choice. And although he would eventually become an NFL legend by winning the MVP of Super Bowl XXXI, he did next to nothing for the Redskins, especially as a wide receiver, and was gone after three years.
No. 11: Houston Texans: David Carr, QB, Fresno State
11 of 32
Selection: First, 2002
Runner-Up: Travis Johnson, DT, Florida State (16th, 2005)
Carr didn’t have a terrible career in the NFL; few people actually remember that he led the NFL in completion percentage his final season in Houston.
But he turned the ball over way too often. Still, this was a terrible choice by the front office for the position, not the player.
Just three years earlier, the expansion Browns wasted the top pick on a quarterback. Houston should have addressed other needs like offensive line; the 249 sacks Carr endured in five seasons with the Texans was proof of that.
After Carr, the Texans have done a pretty good job with their picks, nabbing pro bowlers like Andre Johnson and Mario Williams.
They did miss, however on Travis Johnson, who was dealt to San Diego for a sixth round pick after only four seasons and two sacks in 54 games.
No. 12: Minnesota Vikings: Troy Williamson, WR, South Carolina
12 of 32
Selection: Seventh, 2005
Runner-Up: D.J. Dozier, RB, Penn State (14th, 1987)
The Vikings were just too eager to find a replacement for Randy Moss. Two months after they sent Moss to Oakland, they took Williamson with the pick they received in return.
Despite his 4.32 speed, Williamson caught just three touchdowns in three seasons with the club and was shipped to Jacksonville for a sixth-rounder.
D.J. Dozier also had great expectations when he came to the Twin Cities in 1987. He was a star for four years at Penn State but only touched the ball a few times each game in three seasons with the Vikings.
No. 13: Detroit Lions: Charles Rogers, WR, Michigan State
13 of 32
Selection: Second, 2003
Runner-Up: Andre Ware, QB, Houston (Seventh, 1990)
Rogers was a two-time All Big Ten selection at Michigan State and was big and seemingly durable. But in the NFL he couldn’t stay healthy or out of trouble and nabbed just 36 catches in three season with the Lions.
The Lions two top quarterback selections of the past 20 years is a bit more difficult to parse. Joey Harrington, the third choice in 2002, won less than one-third of the games.
But at least he was good enough to get on the field. And he didn’t have Barry Sanders in his backfield.
Andre Ware did.
The 1989 Heisman Trophy winner only saw action in 14 games (six starts) and soon found himself behind Rodney Peete and Erik Kramer on Wayne Fontes’ depth chart.
No. 14: Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams: Lawrence Phillips, RB, Nebraska
14 of 32
Selection: Sixth, 1995
Runner-Up: Alex Barron, OT, Florida State (19th, 2005)
Phillips was a terrible choice for so many reasons.
He didn’t survive even two full seasons in St. Louis. The team traded away a 24-year-old Jerome Bettis to make room for Phillips. And he had an endless string of “character issues.”
On top of that, he averaged less than 3.5 yards per carry.
Alex Barron was a tremendous success at Florida State, and blew the scouts away at the combine. But he was often penalized, eventually benched, and shipped to Dallas in exchange for another draft bust, Bobby Carpenter.
No. 15: Miami Dolphins: John Avery, RB, Mississippi
15 of 32
Selection: 29th, 1998
Runner-Up: Yatil Green, WR, Miami (FL) (15th, 1997)
With the model of John Elway and Terrell Davis’ Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos looming over their heads, the Dolphins took one last stab at giving Dan Marino a running game.
They selected Ole Miss’s John Avery as their man. It didn’t work out. He didn’t start a single game, was dealt to Denver during his second season, and Marino’s career ended with a 62-7 playoff loss to the Jaguars in which the Dolphins rushed 18 times for 21 yards.
Miami’s efforts to supply Marino with a great pass catcher (after the Marks brothers era ended) also failed. Randal Hill and O.J. McDuffie largely flopped, as did Yatil Green, who started just one game before injuries ended his career after his rookie season.
No. 16: Jacksonville Jaguars: R. Jay Soward, WR, USC
16 of 32
Selection: 29th, 2000
Runner-Up: Reggie Williams, WR, Washington (Ninth, 2004)
Soward was a great athlete at USC, but in the NFL his discipline and substance abuse problems ruined any shot he had at becoming a star.
He started just two games, caught 14 passes, and totaled more suspensions than touchdowns.
After one year, he was out of the NFL permanently.
Four years later, the Jags tried again with a Pac-10 stud receiver. Reggie Williams was their choice and although he had a decent career, hauling in 10 touchdowns during the team’s great 2007 season, he soon suffered the same types of substance abuse issues that ruined Soward’s career.
No. 17: Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders: JaMarcus Russell, QB, LSU
17 of 32
Selection:Firstt, 2007
Runner-Up: John Clay, OT, Missouri (15th, 1987)
Russell has become the poster child for horrible first overall quarterback selections. He didn’t last nearly as long in Oakland as Tim Couch did in Cleveland, David Carr did in Houston, or Alex Smith did/has in San Francisco.
Considering some of the other option the Raiders had (Calvin Johnson, Adrian Peterson, Joe Thomas, Patrick Willis) they could have chosen better. Especially since he threw 11 picks and only three touchdowns in his last season.
Twenty years before Russell, the Raiders looked to fill another critical position on the offensive line with a high draft choice. But Missouri’s John Clay was not able to become the next Art Shell or Henry Lawrence and was gone after only one season.
No. 18: San Diego Chargers: Ryan Leaf, QB, Washington State
18 of 32
Selection: Second, 1998
Runner-Up: Bo Matthews, RB, Colorado (Second, 1974)
Any list of greatest quarterback busts in NFL Draft history that doesn’t have JaMarcus Russell at the top probably has Ryan Leaf in that spot.
It’s almost inconceivable that at one point the Colts actually considered taking Leaf over Peyton Manning with the first overall pick in 1998. He survived just two years in San Diego, lost all but four of his 21 starts and threw 36 picks and only 14 touchdowns.
Although not nearly as infamous, the Chargers other second-overall pick, running back Bo Matthews, also had a very unproductive stay in San Diego. In six years, he never carried the ball 100 times in a season.
No. 19: New York Giants: Derek Brown, TE, Notre Dame
19 of 32
Selection: 14th, 1992
Runner-Up: Rocky Thompson, RB, West Texas State (18th, 1971)
Having just let their iconic, former Fighting Irish tight end Mark Bavaro leave the team after a slew of injuries and surgeries, the Giants thought they found the perfect replacement. Another enormous and athletic Notre Dame tight end, Derek Brown.
Brown caught just 11 passes for 87 yards and no touchdowns in three seasons, despite missing just three games.
You’d have to go back to the darkest days (the early 1970s) of the Giants to find a bigger draft day mishap in the club’s history. Rocky Thompson and his incredible sprinter’s speed never translated to rushing yards for the team and after zero starts in three seasons (68 carries, 217 yards, one touchdown), he was cut.
No. 20: Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Bo Jackson, RB, Auburn
20 of 32
Selection: First, 1986
Runner-Up: Trent Dilfer, QB, Fresno State (Sixth, 1994)
Bo Jackson was one of the most gifted players in NFL history, and in the few glimpses of ball carrying he gave us, was electrifying, averaging nearly 5.5 yards per carry.
So this choice was a disaster because the Bucs tried to strong arm Jackson, insisting he not play pro baseball. The Bucs thought they had leverage, would take him, and force Jackson to join the team.
He called their bluff, sat out the 1987 season and hit 22 home runs for the Kansas City Royals. That left the door open for the Raiders to take Jackson in the 1988 draft.
The lesson? If you’re going to take a player first overall, you’d better be sure he wants to play football. As disastrous as the Eli Manning and John Elway draft selections were at least the Chargers and Colts knew they wouldn’t sit out an entire year and were able to make a trade. The Bucs didn’t have that option.
No. 21: Kansas City Chiefs: Todd Blackledge, QB, Penn State
21 of 32
Selection: Seventh, 1983
Runner-Up: Trezelle Jenkins, OT, Michigan (31st, 1995)
Of course, hindsight is 20/20 in these draft rewinds. Still, if you pass up future Hall of Famers Jim Kelly and Dan Marino for another quarterback, he’d better succeed.
Todd Blackledge, selected seven spots ahead of Kelly and 21 spots ahead of Marino, did not. The Penn State star completed less than 50% of his passes, won just 13 starts in five seasons, and threw more interceptions than touchdowns. The Chiefs still have not taken a quarterback in the first round since that blunder.
In 1995, however, they turned to another great college program to help out their offense. But Trezelle Jenkins, the former Michigan Wolverine, started only one game in three seasons for Kansas City and later failed to make the cut for San Diego’s XFL team.
No. 22: Indianapolis Colts: Steve Emtman, DT, Washington
22 of 32
Selection: First , 1992
Runner-Up: Art Schilchter, QB, Ohio State (Fourth, 1982)
As we said in the intro slide, injuries don’t absolve a player winding up on this list. Bad luck or not, a player who can’t stay healthy is a wasted draft pick, no matter how good they COULD have been.
And Emtman is the best example of that. He only played in 14 games because of several knee injuries and was forced to retire at the age of 27.
Schlichter’s career was even more of a mess. He played sparingly as a rookie (three games, 37 attempts) before being suspended for the 1983 season because of gambling charges. He wasn't any better upon his return, losing all six of his starts (three TDs, 11 interceptions) in 1984 and 1985 before more gambling charges led to another suspension and he never played another game.
No. 23: Philadelphia Eagles: Michael Haddix, RB, Mississippi State
23 of 32
Selection: Eighth, 1983
Runner-Up: Bernard Williams, OT, Georgia (14th, 1994)
If you take a running back in the top 10 of the NFL draft, you’ve got to hope that he carries the ball at least 100 times or for at least 300 yards during a six-year stay.
Haddix was unable to post even those paltry numbers during his career with the Eagles. And despite staying reasonably healthy (he played in 120 of a possible 124 games from 1983 to 1988), he scored just three touchdowns during his career in Philadelphia.
The Eagles again struck out with another SEC first round choice. Bernard Williams, Georgia’s talented and athletic offensive tackle, started all 16 games for the 1994 Eagles, but because he failed more than a dozen drug tests, he would never play another NFL game after his rookie season.
No. 24: New Orleans Saints: Larry Burton, WR, Purdue
24 of 32
Selection: Seventh, 1975
Runner-Up: Lindsay Scott (13th, 1982)
Maybe Burton’s grandson, freshman quarterback/athlete Trey Burton, will have a better NFL career after he leaves the University of Florida a few years from now.
To provide Archie Manning, their battered young quarterback, with a top notch receiver, the Saints drafted Burton with their seventh pick in 1975.
But he had just one good game (four catches, 159 yards, one touchdown) in three seasons with New Orleans and left the club after three seasons with only 35 catches in 24 starts.
Seven years after taking Burton, the Saints again tried to provide Manning with a high-profile wide out. Georgia hero Lindsay Scott was the club’s first round pick in 1982, but he hauled in just 17 passes as a rookie. And once Manning had left for Houston, he didn’t do much better, catching just 52 passes in three more seasons.
No. 25: Seattle Seahawks: Rick Mirer, QB, Notre Dame
25 of 32
Selection: Second, 1993
Runner-Up: Dan McGwire, QB, San Diego State (16th, 1991)
Dan McGwire was a bust for the Seahawks. In his first two seasons, he made just two starts and didn’t throw a single touchdown.
But because McGwire was drafted by head coach Chuck Knox, when Tom Flores took over in 1992, he wasn’t discouraged from drafting another quarterback just two seasons later.
That move turned out to be far worse. With the second overall choice, Flores nabbed Mirer, the seemingly can’t-miss prospect from Notre Dame.
Despite a fast start to his second season (two wins and four touchdowns in two games) the former Irish star’s run in Seattle was mired with mistakes. He threw 56 picks in 51 starts, won just two of his last nine starts, and was traded to the Bears.
No. 26: Baltimore Ravens: Kyle Boller, QB, Cal
26 of 32
Selection: 19th, 2003
Runner-Up: Travis Taylor, WR, Florida (10th, 2000)
Forever looking for a quarterback, the Ravens and head coach Brian Billick thought they found one in the spring of 2003. Boller had all the physical tools: speed, strength, a great arm, and training under quarterback “guru” Jeff Tedford.
In six years he went 20-26 as a starter (despite a 2,000-yard back in Jamal Lewis and one of the NFL’s premier defenses) and was replaced by Anthony Wright at one point.
Aside from Boller, the Ravens have used their first round picks very effectively: Ray Lewis, Peter Boulware, Jamal Lewis, Ed Reed, Todd Heap, Haloti Ngata, Terrell Suggs, etc. So despite a few decent seasons with the Ravens, Travis Taylor earns the runner-up spot on this list.
No. 27: Atlanta Falcons: Aundray Bruce, LB, Auburn
27 of 32
Selection: First, 1988
Runner-Up: Bruce Pickens, CB, Nebraska (Third, 1991)
Any list of terrible draft choice always includes the linebacker from Auburn. He had a promising start to his career, posting 12 sacks, forcing four fumbles, and recording three interceptions during his first two years.
But he lost his starting job in 1990 and was gone after his fourth year.
Even for a late first round pick that career would be a disappointment, but because he was the top player taken in that year’s draft, it has to be considered the worst selection in team history.
It took only three seasons for the Falcons to select another can’t-miss defensive stud from an elite program only to see him flop. Nebraska’s huge, athletic cornerback Bruce Pickens started just four games for the team and was gone after only two seasons.
Look out, Prince Amukamara!
No. 28: New England Patriots: Kenneth Sims, DE, Texas
28 of 32
Selection: First, 1982
Runner-Up: Reggie Dupard, RB, SMU (26th, 1986)
Sims was a Lombardi winner and two-time All American at Texas. And he didn’t have a horrible career for the Patriots, contributing to the perennial playoff contender’s solid defense for eight seasons.
But teams that take a defensive lineman first overall expect that player to dominate: Mean Joe Greene, Ed Too Tall Jones, Lee Roy Selmon, etc.
Sims was not even a regular starter for most of his career and recorded just 17 sacks and played sparingly in the team’s first Super Bowl appearance.
A year after that loss to the Bears in Super Bowl XX, the Pats looked to amp up their offense by adding SMU’s Reggie Dupard in the draft. Given the immediate success of former Mustangs backs Eric Dickerson and the Pats own Craig James, Dupard seemed a lock to contribute right away.
But Dupard started just five games in his first three years, averaged just five carries per game, and was traded to Washington in the middle of his fourth season.
No. 29: Chicago Bears: Cade McNown, QB, UCLA
29 of 32
Selection: 12th, 1999
Runner-Up: Joe Moore, RB, Missouri (11th, 1971)
Of all the disasters of the now infamous Quarterback Class of 1999, McNown’s was the shortest and therefore arguably the worst. He won three of his 15 starts with the Bears and was traded to the Dolphins before the 2001 season for next to nothing.
Three decades earlier, with Brian Piccolo having recently passed away and Gale Sayers career essentially over, the Bears looked to the draft to find a running back.
They selected Missouri’s Joe Moore, the Tigers single-season record holder. But he barely played in two NFL seasons (87 carries, 281 yards in 23 games) and was out of football after the 1973 season.
No. 30: New York Jets: Johnny Lam Jones, WR, Texas
30 of 32
Selection: Second, 1980
Runner-Up: Blair Thomas, RB, Penn State (Second, 1990)
Another pretty difficult choice here; Thomas and Jones were both second overall picks.
But at least Thomas, a star running back at Penn State, had three pretty effective seasons to start his career, averaging better than 50 yards per start and being a capable pass catcher out of the backfield.
Johnny Lam Jones also had decent numbers in his five years with the Jets: 138 catches, 13 touchdowns.
But since the Jets decided to take a sprinter-turned-wide-receiver instead of arguably the greatest lineman in NFL history, Anthony Munoz, that was a slightly worse pick than the one they made a decade later.
No. 31: Pittsburgh Steelers: Jamain Stephens, OT, North Carolina A&T
31 of 32
Selection: 29th, 1996
Runner-Up: Huey Richardson, DE, Florida (15th, 1990)
We’ll exclude Senor Sack (Gabe Rivera) from this list because of the tragic car accident during his rookie season….although Chuck Noll’s decision to pass on hometown hero Dan Marino as the replacement for Terry Bradshaw is indefensible.
Instead, two of the club’s 1990s selections earn our attention.
After narrowly losing Super Bowl XXX, the Steelers tried to replace departed free agent Leon Searcy with Jamain Stephens. The small college star was out of shape, never materialized as a professional, and was cut after 10 starts in three seasons.
Huey Richardson was expected to be the next L.C. Greenwood or Dwight “Mad Dog” White for legendary Steelers coach Chuck Noll. But after Noll retired in 1992 he didn’t fit with Bill Cowher and Dom Capers' defense and was sent to the Redskins for a seventh round pick.
No. 32: Green Bay Packers: Tony Mandarich, OT, Michigan State
32 of 32
Selection: Second, 1989
Runner-Up: Rich Campbell, QB, Cal (Sixth, 1981)
“The Incredible Bulk” remains one of the all time infamous draft busts. Partly because he was later found to be a steroids abuser, partly because he was cut after three brutal seasons, and partly because he was so overly hyped by the media.
But Packers fans with long memories also remember Rich Campbell, the capable Pac-10 quarterback who was taken sixth overall in 1981, but never started a game, and threw just 68 passes (nine of which were intercepted) in four seasons.
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