{"id":326938,"date":"2017-05-01T09:55:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T15:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=326938"},"modified":"2017-05-01T10:03:15","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T16:03:15","slug":"nfl-talent-comes-from-the-strangest-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/nfl-talent-comes-from-the-strangest-places\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL talent comes from the strangest places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NutsandBolts5-1-17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-326964\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NutsandBolts5-1-17-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nobody would be surprised to learn that the states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Georgia and Alabama were prominent in the 2017 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>But the actual colleges producing some of those players is an unusual mix.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, the first player taken from the state of Michigan was not a Wolverine or Spartan, but Western Michigan wide receiver Corey Davis.<\/p>\n<p>Players from Temple and Villanova were selected before anyone from Penn State or Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>The first player taken from the commonwealth of Kentucky was Western Kentucky Hilltopper Forrest Lamp.<\/p>\n<p>Albany State&#8217;s Grover Stewart was selected before any player from Georgia or Georgia Tech, and South Alabama and Troy both had players selected before Auburn.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the draft as a whole was dominated by Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama and the entire SEC. But more than ever it&#8217;s true that the NFL will find talent no matter how big their college programs may be.<\/p>\n<p>For Threaded Fasteners, I&#8217;m Randy Kennedy with Nuts and Bolts of the Game.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-326938-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NutsBolts050117.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NutsBolts050117.mp3\">http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NutsBolts050117.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Nobody would be surprised to learn that the states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Georgia and Alabama were prominent in the 2017 NFL Draft. But the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/nfl-talent-comes-from-the-strangest-places\/\" title=\"NFL talent comes from the strangest places\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4489,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,106,176],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-326938","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nuts-and-bolts","7":"category-on-the-air","8":"category-top"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326938"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326968,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326938\/revisions\/326968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}