MLR Draftees By The Numbers
MLR Draftees By The Numbers
Where did the drafted players come from?
Let's have a look:
US Citizens drafted: 22 out of 24
Oldest: Mooneyham (24 years, 77 days)
Youngest: McLeish (20 years, 191 days)
Players from D1A Schools: 20
Players from Schools joining NCR: 7 (depends on what some other teams decide to do, but it could be as many as 11)
Players in D2: 1
Players in NSCRO: 1
Players in D1AA: 2
Players from Elite, Varsity, or Quasi-Varsity programs that are in a daily training environment: 15
High School teams represented:
The Budd Bay Barbarians of Olympia, Wash. is the only team to have two players drafted: Lui Sitama and Tommy Clark.
All of these other teams had one player drafted:
Back Bay Sharks/JSerra HS (SoCal), Shelton, Wash., University City/SD Young Aztecs (SoCal), Mira Costa HS (SoCal), Weston HS, Fla., Woodlands Rugby Club, Texas, Bishop Carrol HS (Alberta, Canada), Mt. Carmall, Ill., South Burlington, Vt., New Rochelle, NY, Pulaski HS, Wisc., Malvern Prep, Pa., Iowa City, Iowa, Arlington Stallions, Ill., Katy Barbarians, Texas, Hamilton Southeast, Ind., Camada HS (Wash.), Daytona Beach, Fla., Bayou Hurricanes, La.
Colleges Represented:
Life: 2
Saint Mary's: 2
Central Washington: 2
Iona: 2
AIC: 2
Lindenwood: 2
Colleges Ranked by Pick (24 points for #1, 1 points for #24):
Life: 43
Saint Mary's: 42
AIC: 37
Iona: 29
Central Washington: 24
Notre Dame: 17
Notre Dame College: 15
Kutztown: 14
Cal Poly: 13
Wisconsin-Whitewater: 12
Lindenwood: 11
Loyola Maryland: 10
Ohio State: 7
Iowa Central: 6
Arkansas State: 5
Arizona: 4
Mary Washington: 2
Major Colleges with no draftees and why:
Cal - top prospects taken non-rugby jobs, or tracking to US 7s team
Grand Canyon - top prospects overlooked, surprisingly.
BYU - top prospects not declared
Queens U. Charlotte - best players underclassmen
Western Michigan - top players very good but others at same position chosen
Penn State - top prospect overlooked in sea of flankers; other top prospect an overseas player so it's harder
UCLA - top prospects all backs, and smaller backs, so bigger bodies chosen