After fall from grace, where does Bomar land this weekend?
Published: 4/22/2009 8:53 AM
Last Modified: 4/22/2009 8:53 AM
Be honest, now. Aren't you just a smidge curious to see where Rhett Bomar winds up this NFL Draft weekend?
If you're a Dallas Cowboys fan (God help you), how would you feel about Bomar joining your team Sunday? Could happen. Bomar worked out for Dallas OC Jason Garrett April 13.
"I thought it went well," Bomar told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "It was fun to be out there at the Cowboys' place and wear their gear."
Or maybe he joins the San Francisco 49ers. Michael Abromowitz of TheFootballExpert.com has Bomar going to the Niners in round four, No. 111 overall.
"Bomar has great potential and reminds me a lot of Brett Favre," Abromowitz writes. "Besides similar measurements, both have a strong arm and are great scramblers, but yet sometimes try to do way too much."
Abromowitz said Bomar likely would have been a first-round pick had he stayed at Oklahoma. Instead, he is the most compelling Sam Houston State draft prospect since Josh McCown.
The SHSU paper The Houstonian has written some interesting stuff about Bomar this month. ESPN draftnik Mel Kiper told them he sees Bomar going to Jacksonville in the fourth round, "where he can sit and learn for three years."
Lotis Butchko, who profiled Bomar in a two-part series before talking to Kiper, also spoke with Chip Smith, who trained Bomar in Atlanta in anticipation of the draft.
"I have never had someone as focused as Rhett," said Smith, founder and president of Competitive Edge Sports. "He reminds me a lot of Trent Edwards (Buffalo's starting QB). He has all the skills."
The most telling quotes, though, are from Bomar himself.
On the day he was kicked off the OU team: "I knew they had the (NCAA) interview process going on, but I was shocked it translated into that."
On losing the starting QB battle to Paul Thompson prior to the '05 season: "It really sucked. I really felt I should have gotten the job. We battled but in the end he got it."
On hecklers he encountered while playing for SHSU: "I just told them to get a life. For me, there is something bigger than that."
-- Guerin Emig
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Guerin Emig
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