With the second pick of the NFL 2010 Draft, the Detroit Lions did as I had anticipated picked Ndamukong Suh of the Nebraska Cornhuskers hopefully fulfilling the defensive line and increasing our chances of winning more games during the 2010-11 seasons.
He was the 2009 AP college player of the year among his many off the field awards as well as the Nebraska MVP 2009. This dynamic defensive line snaps off the line faster than many of our historical defensive heroes in Detroit.
He had the following records as posted on the Nebraska Cornhuskers web page for him:
Suh left Nebraska with his name prominently displayed in the Cornhusker record book.
-Suh had 57 career tackles for loss, good for the No. 2 spot on the list, just behind Grant Wistrom's school-record 58.5 tackles for loss.
-His 24 career sacks are tied for fourth in Nebraska history.
-He finished with 215 career tackles to rank 24th on the Nebraska career list. He ranked fourth among interior defensive linemen in career tackles.
-His 15 career breakups were also a position record, bettering the 11 by Steve Warren (1996-99).
-Suh had at least one tackle for loss in 21 of his final 25 games, including 12 of 14 games as a senior.
-He made at least five total tackles in 15 of his final 20 games.
-The two blocked kicks against Iowa State tied a Nebraska single-game record for any player and was a position record for defensive linemen. His three blocked kicks for the season were a position record, bettering his own two blocks in 2008.
-Suh's six career blocked kicks were a record for defensive linemen and were one shy of the school record for blocked kicks by any player.
I have only seen one game with him in it because of course often his teams games were on when the Wolverines were playing thus I didn't see too many of his college level games.
As always, time will tell if this pick is a superb grab by the Lions rather than another disappointment that is off the field behavior overshadowed his on the field play. I am not implying that he will be a trouble maker at all I am just a cautious fan who has learned from mistakes in the draft in the past such as Andre Ware a great college player who was unable to play well in the pro's.
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