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Whose NFL draft work was the opposite of dread-ful?
Published: 4/24/2010 5:24 PM
Last Modified: 4/24/2010 5:31 PM

Who did the most impressive NFL Draft-related work? My answer is going to surprise you.

I’m not going to say Rams or Lions or Seahawks. I’m going to say Wikipedia.

I gained way more respect for the Internet’s free encyclopedia than ever before because, almost immediately after the draft ended, there was already a Wikipedia page for Tim Toone.

Who is Toone? He’s this year’s Mr. Irrelevant. It’s a nickname given annually to the last player selected in the draft. Toone, a Weber State receiver, was taken by the Lions 254 picks after the Rams took Sam Bradford.

Being somewhat fascinated by the obscure, I jumped into research on Toone before stumbling onto the freshly created Wikipedia page. I checked out his player profile on the Weber State athletic site (weberstatesports.com) and can tell you that the dude has some serious dreadlocks.

Maybe his hair was influenced by an LDS mission that he took to West Africa. According to a story on yourwestvalley.com, he got caught in the middle of a civil war on the Ivory Coast, was taken hostage in Sierra Leone and was the victim of an armed robbery in Ghana.

Toone is a Valentine’s Day baby (born Feb. 14, 1985) and he’s got playmaking skills that you don’t have to be Cupid to love. He’s a burner in track, never mind the wind resistance problems caused by those big dreads. Before last season, 10 of Toone’s 39 career catches covered 40 or more yards. He produced more receiving yards and more touchdown catches than any player in school history. He returned a punt 90 yards on a snow-covered field (only a few hundred fans were there to see it) to spark Weber State to a come-from-behind victory over Northern Arizona last season.

Early prediction: I think Mr. Irrelevant makes the Lions’ roster.

But -- giving props -- the guy who is really fleet is whoever put Toone’s Wikipedia entry in the fast lane.


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