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The Complete Football Draft Encyclopedia (Complete Pro Football Draft Encyclopedia) | 
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| Author: Sporting News
Publisher: Sporting News
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1260766
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 720
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7 x 5.6
ISBN: 0892047666
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.332640973
UPC: 079837007667
EAN: 9780892047666
ASIN: 0892047666
Publication Date: February 1, 2005
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Product Description
New "annual" Stat title! The "Top 99" 2005 NFL Draft prospects plus a complete draft history, by NFL team and college, from 1936 to 2004. Not just a book of lists! "Super 99" 2005 Draft Prospects; 1936 04 Year-by-year drafts by team; Best single draft year for each team; 10 Best Mr. Irrelevants (last pick of the draft); Picks that changed the game; Best and Worst Draft Day Trades; 10 Best Picks by position; Undrafted All-Star Team; All-Star Teams by Round; A-Z list of every player ever drafted; All-Star Teams for major programs; Best and worst draft day trades; 1st round picks who never played; Father son combos; College by College breakdowns; Sleeper picks and draft-day tricks; Small school pipelines to the NFL.
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 Facts March 11, 2006
The book was full of fun and informative facts for those seeking to look at which college programs put out the most and best talent in the NFL.
 Wow! April 14, 2005
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Come on, sure it's missing a few things but this has got 704 pages of data I've never seen anywhere else. What a compilation job. If you're looking to speculate on this years Draft, "history predicts the future" and this is the only title I've seen that compiles it. Start here. They also threw in their top 99 picks for this year. Great book.
Great idea, but too many flaws March 7, 2005
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Given the long and rich history of the NFL draft, a reference resource like this is certainly welcome. However, this is a pretty disappointing effort, one that isn't nearly as comprehensive or helpful as I would have hoped.
The first section of the book is devoted to articles discussing the history of the draft, including its growth into the spectacle that it is today. There are also looks at hits and misses, and other historical aspects of the draft. While some of these are interesting, it's also disappointing that at least one of them is just a reprint of a previous TSN article.
The biggest problem with this book is in its presentation of each year's draft. Instead of giving a round-by-round recap, it gives only a list of draft picks by team. For example, if you look at 2004, it won't list who went in each round, only who each team picked. While it's great to check how your favorite team did each year, I believe that a straight recap by round is absolutely essential, and that's missing. If you want to know the second-rounders for a given year, you'll have to search through the recap for each team. To me, this omission really deflates the value of this resource.
Another item I found lacking is some kind of "tracker" as to how players drafted by each teams, or players drafted in particular rounds, fared in the NFL. I don't expect anything too comprehensive, but I'd like to know how many players by each round went on to pro careers, or which teams in the past couple of decades have done the best job in the late rounds. Even if some of it might be anecdotal, it would certainly make for interesting reading.
On the positive side, the list of players drafted from each college is cool. It lists the schools alpahbetically, then gives all the players drafted from that school in chronological order. I'd love to see them do the same with high schools, but I'm not sure about the feasability of doing so.
It seems like this is going to be an annual publication, so there's hope for improvement in the presentation and in what's offered. Such a book is a great idea, but its value at this point is limited. With some improvement, it could become an essential purchase.
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