Trivia Contest: Question 19

Question 19. Vols in the Draft

Tennessee has long been an NFL factory and a number of Vols have been selected in the early stages of the draft. Only two Vols, however, have been selected as the #1 overall pick in the draft. Name both.

 

Manning and Atkins or Lauricella

 

Multiple guesses now?

Haha. One of the three is right.

 

Manning and Cafego

 

winner.

 

Lauricella and Atkins had to have been close to #1.

Is Lauricella the guy with the highest ypc for a single season in NFL history?
Edit: never mind, that was Feathers.

 

Nice kpt. 1 point.

After those two, Bob Johnson and Heath Shuler were the next highest picks. Not sure where the others fall.

 

Lauricella actually ended up going 202nd overall, in the 17th round. Hard to believe.

 

I knew 1 out of the 2.

 

Driving and texting is dangerous

 

Nobody ran the singlewing. About as much use for him then as there was for Scott Frost in 1998.