A Heisman Trophy on Jason White's resume wasn't enough to get him drafted.
Oklahoma had 11 players drafted, but the Sooners quarterback was not one of them.
After having six players taken in the first three rounds, five more Sooners were selected Sunday in rounds four through seven, including cornerback Antonio Perkins, linebacker Lance Mitchell and safety Donte Nicholson.
White rebounded from two major knee injuries to win the Heisman two years ago, throwing for 3,946 yards and 40 touchdowns.
He received a waiver from the NCAA to return for a sixth season at Oklahoma last year and made another run at the Heisman. He passed for 35 TDs and 3,205 yards, and finished third in the Heisman voting behind quarterback Matt Leinart of Southern California and Sooners freshman tailback Adrian Peterson.
But White, with sketchy arm strength and a history of injuries that have cut into his quickness and mobility, was projected to be a late-round selection at best.
Instead, he'll look to latch on as a free agent.
Fourteen quarterbacks were taken in the seven-round draft, including Harvard's Ryan Fitzpatrick and James Killian of Tulsa.
The last Heisman Trophy winner to not be drafted was Charlie Ward, who won the award with Florida State in 1993, but he made it known he was going to play basketball instead. Ward was a first-round pick in the NBA for the New York Knicks.
Among the other prominent players to go undrafted were Tennessee tackle Michael Munoz, the son of Hall of Famer Anthony Munoz, and Michigan safety Ernest Shazor, who left school after his junior season. Munoz and Shazor were All-Americans last season.
This isn't too surprising until you take into account that Leinart's backup got drafted, as well as some others that are just kind of "what the...?"'s. Another QB who I thought would be drafted was Timmy Chang, but I guess that wasn't in the cards either.
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I know. It's shocking ain't it. Have you heard the stats on that backup from USC that the patriots took. He had like 33 yrds passing last year. How U take him over White I will never know. Injurys can really scare people off huh.
Oh yeah I heard that Timmy Chang has signed as a FA somewhere. I'll find out where and let U guys know.
I don't know if any of you have had a chance to see Cassel pass , but he has a powerful arm. He is a big guy. 6'5 230lbs. He played some TE.
From what I remember hearing about him is that he could have started at most other colleges. He might have been drafted on the idea that he might be a NFL talent who was just stuck behind a better QB.
Anyways, I think its a great place to take a player like that. White lacks arm strength and injuries will scare teams away like they did with Munoz. I will be very surprised if White even gets a try out with a team. Chang is the product of the system that June Jones runs in Hawaii. He reminds me of Andre Ware and Dave Klingler.
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