November 23, 2009 by
Tom Buckley |
2009 NFL Draft,
Bill Kenney,
David Vobora,
Jeff Reed,
Kansas City Chiefs,
Kelvin Kirk,
Mr. Irrelevant,
NFL,
Pittsburgh Steelers,
Rhys Lloyd,
Ryan Succop
In the 1976 NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers were the first team to ever select Mr. Irrelevant. 33 Years later, no one would have imagined that the Steelers would regret being the trend setter.
Ryan Succop, the 254th overal pick in the NFL draft this year became the 4th "Mr. Irrelevant" to ever start in the NFL. For those who don't know what that is, "Mr. Irrelevant" is the player who is picked very last in the draft every year. Oddly enough, the NFL actually gives a prize pack away to the player who is picked last. The NFL will give the "winner" is a week long expense-paid vacation, where they hold events to celebrate the players "irrelevance" in the draft, and even give the player a "fake" trophy that resembles the Heisman Trophy(which is the NCAA's MVP trophy.)
Ironically, the [...]
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Next week Kansas City Chiefs kicker Ryan Succop (a.k.a. Mr. Irrelevant) will be the envy of most NFL rookies when he heads west to take part in Irrelevant Week festivities in Newport Beach, Calif. As the guest of honor, Succop will be showered with hundreds of gifts, have the opportunity to play golf with a pair of NFL Hall of Famers, go to Disneyland, attend a Los Angeles Angels baseball game, do an in-studio interview at the NFL Network, judge a Ms. Irrelevant contest, and of course, collect his Lowsman Trophy [pictured here], which will be awarded at the Lowsman Banquet on June 24.
When I [...]
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