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Tennessee football: Ranking Vols 10 NFL Draft classes after unranked bowl seasons

By Caleb Calhoun

NEW YORK - APRIL 22: Eric Berry (R) from the Tennessee Volunteers is greeted by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after the Kansas City Chiefs selected Berry #5 overall in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on April 22, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - APRIL 22: Eric Berry (R) from the Tennessee Volunteers is greeted by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after the Kansas City Chiefs selected Berry #5 overall in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on April 22, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images) /
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4. 1984 – Johnny Majors

1983 record: 9-3 (4-2); W Citrus Bowl

Number of NFL Draft picks: 6

  • Clyde Duncan, WR (St. Louis Cardinals: Round 1; Pick 17)
  • Mark Studaway, DE (Houston Oilers: Round 4; Pick 85)
  • Curt Singer, OL (Washington Redskins: Round 6; Pick 167)
  • Randall Morris, RB (Seattle Seahawks: Round 10; Pick 270)
  • Lenny Taylor, WR (Green Bay Packers: Round 12; Pick 313)
  • Glenn Streno, OL (Detroit Lions: Round 12; Pick 327)

Number of supplemental NFL Draft picks: 1

  • Reggie White, DL (Philadelphia Eagles: Round 1; Pick 4)

So let’s get the elephant in the room out there. Reggie White is a unique case. He went to the USFL out of college because of its pay and the chance to play in the home state. However, he was still part of this draft class, as he was taken in the supplemental draft the NFL held, expecting the league to fold. We don’t really need to sell White’s pro success. It stands on its own.

What about everybody else? Tennessee football was coming off the best season it would have under Johnny Majors before its 1985 SEC Championship, and the Vols should have finished the year ranked. Well, it was a bit of a bust of a class, with White carrying the way. Clyde Duncan only lasted two years. Glenn Streno never saw action at the next level.

To be fair, Mark Studaway, Lenny Taylor and Curt Singer all enjoyed four years, and Randall Morris got a solid five years in. Those guys did enough when you take into account White’s Hall-of-Fame career to put this draft class in the top four.

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