Supplemental Draft Approaching on July 15th, Browns Interested in RB Harvey Unga?

by Chris Pokorny on Jul 11, 2010 11:42 AM EDT in General News Comment 26 comments

The NFL supplemental draft is quietly approaching, meaning it's time to see if one or two teams will dare take a player on July 15. The last played to make a major impact from the supplemental draft was OT Jared Gaither, when the Baltimore Ravens selected him in the 5th round of the 2007 supplemental draft. The only player selected in last year's supplemental draft was DE Jeremy Jarmon, who was taken in the 3rd round by the Washington Redskins.

The only player ever taken by the Browns in the supplemental draft came in 1985, when we drafted Bernie Kosar in the first round.

One of the top player's in this year's supplemental draft class is RB Harvey Unga. Here is the scouting report on Unga from Mocking the Draft:

Unga is the BYU career rushing leader with 3,455 yards and considered entering the 2010 NFL Draft. He has a good blend of size (6-foot 3/4, 245 pounds) and agility. By no means is her a speed burner, but he has good lateral agility and can make people miss.

He's also shown to be a good enough pass receiver. Unga has a tendency to run with too much urgency and can get upright between the tackles. He also has some injury issues. He sat out the 2006 season with a hip injury and a broken hand sidelined him a game in 2009. He's also has minor ankle issues throughout his career.

According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Unga worked out for at least 20 teams recently. The Browns were one of those teams, meaning they at least have a slight interest in Unga.

Make sure you visit Mocking the Draft for a list of more of the prospects who might get drafted in the supplemental draft. Remember, if a team drafts a player, they forfeit that pick in next year's draft.

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Someone explain the SD to me please. I know all about Bernie, but never understood it.

I can't believe Cribbs was considered the second best athlete in Cleveland.

LBJ. Lying. Backstabbing. Jackass.

by SpecialBrownie on Jul 11, 2010 11:50 AM EDT reply actions

I’ll just quote Wikipedia here:

Since 1977, the NFL has also held a Supplemental Draft to accommodate players who did not enter the regular draft. Players generally enter the Supplementary Draft because they missed the filing deadline for the NFL Draft or because issues developed which affected their eligibility (such as athletic or disciplinary matters).

The 1985 Supplemental Draft was particularly controversial. Bernie Kosar of the University of Miami earned his academic degree a year early but did not enter the regular draft that year. Rather than finish his eligibility at Miami, he entered into talks with his favorite team, the Cleveland Browns. They advised Kosar to delay his professional eligibility until after the regular draft. They then traded for the right to choose first in the Supplemental Draft. This angered many teams, notably the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, who had expressed interest in choosing him in that season’s regular draft. Many of today’s Supplemental Draft rules aim at preventing a recurrence of this incident.

Reasons for not being in the regular draft might include being academically ineligible, suspended for a senior season, or being dismissed from the team.

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by Chris Pokorny on Jul 11, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

I just don’t understand why they can’t become an UDFA or why sometimes only one person will be chosen. I’m confused.

I can't believe Cribbs was considered the second best athlete in Cleveland.

LBJ. Lying. Backstabbing. Jackass.

by SpecialBrownie on Jul 11, 2010 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah, how does only one person get chosen, and in the third round no less?

I hate the steelers the way a mother loves a child.

by notthatnoise on Jul 11, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions

I will take a crack at explaining it.

The supplemental draft is for players that plan on returning to school, don’t declare for the draft, and then either change their mind afterwards or usually have some sort of falling out with their school.

The supplemental draft doesn’t have the same order as the regular draft. The teams are broken down into three groups.

Group 1 : Non-playoff teams with less than 6 wins
Group 2 : Non-playoff teams with more than 6 wins
Group 3 : Playoff teams

When a player declares for the supplemental draft, they go into a pool of players. If a NFL team wants one of these players they then “bid” on a player.

Let’s say that the Browns wanted to draft Harvey Unga. They decide that he is worth a 4th round pick. The bid of a 4th rounder would go in. If the Browns had the highest round with highest priority (Group 1 over Group 2 over Group 3) then they would awarded Harvey Unga. The Browns would then forfeit their 4th round pick from the next draft. Obviously, if Team X bid a 1st, 2nd or 3rd round pick for Unga, then the Bengals would then be awarded Unga.

No one has to bid. If the Browns are happy with their RB depth (we should be) then they do not have to enter a bid, and life goes on.

If a player goes without a bid, it is like that player was not drafted in the regular draft. They then become an UDFA and are free to sign with any team.

Hope that helps.

by Bernie19Kosar on Jul 11, 2010 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

I like how you say Team X, then change it to Bengals.

Smooth.

I can't believe Cribbs was considered the second best athlete in Cleveland.

LBJ. Lying. Backstabbing. Jackass.

by SpecialBrownie on Jul 11, 2010 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Its the supplemental draft, these guys have character issues. Who else would take em?

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by TheRealSlimShady on Jul 11, 2010 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Not true always.

Unga had sex with his girlfriend, now wife and that violated BYU honor code. So he withdrew from BYU but not in time to transfer as I understand it, so ineligible for this draft.

by TheMan1 on Jul 20, 2010 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions

this makes sense. I got confused because its not like player X got drafted in a certain round of the supplemental draft, which is how this was originally worded.

I hate the steelers the way a mother loves a child.

by notthatnoise on Jul 11, 2010 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Because a team will lose a draft pick in next years draft in the corresponding round that they drafted a player in the SD.

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by TheRealSlimShady on Jul 11, 2010 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions

I was just heading to wikipedia to read up on the SD myself, but you got there first, so rec due

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by LondonBrown on Jul 11, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions

A late round pick, maybe. But I don’t understand how we fit him on the roster. We have a lot of these types of guys: Hardesty, Hillis, Vickers, Harrison can all catch and run. All but Harrison are big and physical backs.

I like that we are stockpiling, but where’s the room on the roster? Is the coaching staff ready to give up on Davis?

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by rufio on Jul 11, 2010 2:06 PM EDT reply actions

I hope they aren’t giving up on Davis. I had high hopes for the kid. Trade bait for next year?

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by Kimble_79 on Jul 12, 2010 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions

A 5th round pick at most, and even that seems to high given his injury history. Nothing wrong with stockpiling running backs though, he’d be a decent practice squad addition. Since Davis and Hardesty both have injury issues of their own, it’s not a bad idea.

by SamIngro814 on Jul 11, 2010 3:34 PM EDT reply actions

I know who this kid is. He’s pretty decent. Not worth a draft pick though. Just wait it out.

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by Brownie's Year on Jul 11, 2010 6:11 PM EDT reply actions

Ok, so let me try to understand. Let’s say a player, let’s call him Jurrell Casey, doesn’t declare for the regular draft, but now sees that he has no chance of playing in a Bowl game for the rest of his college career. Can he make himself eligible for the SD?

by DavidPuddy on Jul 12, 2010 9:15 AM EDT reply actions

my understanding is that he can, but as you can see above I’m hardly an expert.

I hate the steelers the way a mother loves a child.

by notthatnoise on Jul 12, 2010 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions

As long as it is by the deadline, sure.

by Bernie19Kosar on Jul 12, 2010 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions

And he still has to have been out of HS for the required amount of time, right?

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by rufio on Jul 12, 2010 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes.

Art Modell gives me a hard one

by gahnki on Jul 12, 2010 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions

We have McCoy to groom, though it sure wouldn’t hurt to have two to groom. Who do you ask? Jeremiah Masoli, using a 6th pick in the supplemental draft. Why you ask? For developement and future trade. We could take a cheap flier on this and us Mr. Thomas as enforcement – You Jeremiah screw up – ol’ Joe’s gonna Pancake you. Most of you will think I’m smoking the local loco weed, but I’m not. This kid has been handed too much for too long and needs some AFC North hard knocks to straighten him out, but he’s got a lot of raw talent. Do we have the time to groom two QB’s? I think we do and we got the best NFL QB coach and friends running the team, in place already for grooming one QB.

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by J. W. on Jul 12, 2010 10:36 PM EDT reply actions

There are cheaper, better QB prospects than Masoli that we could bring in.

by Bernie19Kosar on Jul 12, 2010 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Still, we should groom two. Jake & Senaca are not young. How long do we have Mike for? We should use all of the talents that the illustrious Mr. Holmgren has, and build this puppy into a mean junk yard dawg.

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by J. W. on Jul 12, 2010 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions