The Afternoon Break figures the NFL Draft is a perfect excuse to take a few minutes and look at Virginia’s potential draft prospects. This blog link from ESPN.com gives draft projections for the ACC. You can talk about it with other UVa fans here.
The Scouts Inc. arm over at ESPN forecasts the following Hoos earning a draft slot:
- No. 95, Raiders: DE Cam Johnson (Virginia)
- No. 125, 49ers: CB Chase Minnifield (Virginia)
- No. 240, Steelers: DE Matt Conrath (Virginia)
Rob Rang over at CBSsports.com lists only Cam Johnson among his top 100; he ranks Johnson No. 91.
Hoo-Tube Video Of The Day
It is NFL Draft time as the opening of this blog post notes so The Afternoon Break opens this newest feature with some Chase Minnifield highlights. Enjoy.
Break Links
- Poster Saratoga Hoo is trying to drive some UVa conversation on the boards. On the football front, “Which Hoo will have the most yards from scrimmage and what will that total be?” and on the basketball side, “Who will be our top two scorers and rebounders next year – and their averages?” So what do you think? Join those conversations and weigh in.
- The basketball board is also discussing how the incoming 2012 recruits fit into the roster next year here and here.
- Also on the basketball front, Sabre recruiting analyst Chris Horne provided an EDGE board update on potential transfer Brian Sullivan.
- Virginia’s baseball win against VCU on Wednesday night was No. 400 for coach Brian O’Connor. Say congrats in this thread! You can check out highlights from that game from Sabre media partner CBS 19 here.
- Some interesting doubles talk is going on over on the men’s tennis board. Also, UVa swept the ACC awards for Player of the Year (Jarmere Jenkins), Rookie of the Year (Mitchell Frank), and Coach of the Year (Brian Boland).
- Reisterstownhoo gives men’s crew some kudos on the Olympic Sports board.
Daily Retweet
This new portion of the break looks at TheSabre.com’s favorite Twitter retweet of the day. Follow @thesabre.
Today’s retweet is from UVa running back Perry Jones.
Perry Jones @PJONES_33 “I want to congratulate my little brother @ZackJones_3 for being the newest member of the #wahoofamily”
