The Undrafteds: Rudy Burgess
This is the fourth installment in a 13-part series covering undrafted free agents signed by the Colts.
Learning about the Colts’ new players is a pleasure.
But in a way, it’s also sad.
Let’s face it, despite the Colts’ track record with finding diamonds in the rough, most of these guys are not going to make the team. There are draft picks the Colts have invested in. Realistically, there just aren’t that many open roster spots. I think we all realize this: just because the Colts signed a guy, doesn’t mean that player will be around for long once training camp begins.
But when you read about guys like Rudy Burgess, you just want him to make the team. Now, unlike the case of Eric Foster (resident YouTube star among The Undrafteds), Burgess doesn’t have any big videos that I’ve seen. However, I did find this little gem, last year’s opening video for Arizona State football. Long live Sparky.
Anyway, onto the topic at hand, one Mr. Rudy Burgess.
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The Undrafteds: Adam Tafralis
This is the third installment in a 13-part series concerning undrafted free agents signed by the Colts.
I’ll say this for Adam Trafalis: for a while, I didn’t think he existed.
Search after search on Google, Yahoo, and the San Jose State football website turned up no results for a quarterback named Adam Trafalis. I was beginning to think this guy was imaginary. It was as if the Colts signed a college football player who never actually played college football.
Then, thank the Lord, I saw the error of my ways: Adam TRAFalis does not exist. But Adam TaFRALIS does. You’ll find tons of information about the latter; virtually nothing about the former. I misspelled his name.
Over.
And over.
And over again.
I finally got it right! And, lo, what did I discover about Adam Tafralis, former quarterback for the mighty San Jose Spartans?
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The Undrafteds: Eric Foster
This is the second installment in a 13-part series on the undrafted free agents signed by the Colts.
I have to admit: the more I read about Eric Foster, the more I like him.
The more I read about Eric Foster, the more I’m convinced he’s a guy to watch.
The more I read about Eric Foster, the more I want to see him on the roster.
If anything, he’ll at least provide some entertainment value. After all, he’s already a YouTube star:
Ah, yes…YouTube.
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The Undrafteds: Colin Ferrell
This is the first entry in a 13-part series concerning free agents signed by the Colts.
After a good run with “Meet Your New Colts,” (MYNC), I have a spinoff of sorts. They’re “The Undrafteds,” the guys who were passed over in the NFL Draft. That doesn’t mean they’re not good. It doesn’t mean they can’t compete. It doesn’t mean they weren’t courted by various NFL teams. It simply means that, come draft day, they didn’t get “the call.”
Over the last five years or so, my opinion of undrafted players has changed quite a bit. So has my opinion of late-round draft picks. Maybe it’s stories like Terrell “TD” Davis or Tom “Pretty Boy” Brady (both were sixth rounders). Maybe it’s because of Bill Polian’s track record of making every draft pick and free agent signing count for something. I don’t know. What I do know, though, is those late-round picks end up being big-time contributors for the Colts. Antoine Bethea and Charlie Johnson (sixth rounders in the 2006 draft) come to mind.
In some cases, undrafted players hit it big, too. We’ve seen it with Indy…two easy examples being Dominic Rhodes and Ed Johnson. Rhodes was an afterthought with Edgerrin James on the roster. But when James blew out his knee, Rhodes had an incredible rookie season. He hung around on the roster for several seasons (even suffering an injury of his own) before helping the team win a Super Bowl (of course, now he’s back again). Johnson was an immediate starter for the Colts after injuries ravaged the defensive line. You can pencil him in as a starter for 2008.
So, with Ed Johnson in mind, let’s take a look at the first featured member of “The Undrafteds,” Kent State’s Colin Ferrell.
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