Szczur may quit football if majors call

[danefan]

There are special circumstances in every round. The large figures you quote above are anomolies for kids that negotiated with the teams during the draft and agreed to higher round picks at lower round money.

I went through this with my nephew. Rays called at the end of the 1st round and asked if he would take 2nd round money if they picked him in the 4th. Of course it makes no difference to the kid, but the team gets to essentially have two 2nd round picks. But he was a 2nd round talent (at least to the Rays).

If he gets a deal like that I'd say he has to take it.

But does anyone think he's anything better than 5th round talent? If he's truly 5th round talent then he'll be looking at $100k spread over 5 years. I'd probably take that too to play baseball, but do you think he will and give up a chance at the NFL?

I just don't think the NFL chance is as real as some people make it out to be. He's a great Wildcat player and the biggest impact he has on the game and that offense is when he's in the backfield taking the direct snap. When he moves out to the WR position he's just a good WR - and that's not a knock on him, just the reality. He's a gamebreaker when he takes the snaps, not when he's catching passes. Two years ago he was the 3rd receiver behind Atkinson and Harvey, and last year Harvey was clearly the more dangerous receiver. And as I said earlier, there have been much better CAA receivers that haven't sniffed the NFL - they didn't come close to what he can do taking the snap, but it's not like there's lots of roster slots for guys running the Wildcat in the NFL, and for the few there are, they are already filled by the likes of Vick, and Pat White, and Ronnie Brown - hard to see Szczur in that same class athletically.

I agree with you on that. Great FCS player, but I have a hard time seeing him being an impact guy in the NFL.

[BDKJMU]

Yep, the NFL doesn't draft guys soley to run the wildcat. We JMU fans are now well aware of that. And Szczur isn't NFL running back material

Szcur is a great returner, but he doesn't have the return skills McGee does- the Jags used a 7th round pick on McGee SOLEY as a returner.

NFLdraftscout has Szczur ranked as the 25th best receiver. 27 receivers were picked in the draft last season, but only 8 under 6 feet tall. I know Sczur is listed at 5'11'', but often college measurements are slightly inflated. If Szczur were to stay with football and tries for the NFL, my guess he is at best a late (6th-7th round) pick or more likely a PFA.