Stanford Recruits/Players Drafted Under Harbaugh

Submitted by mgoDAB on

Fellas, 

I haven't seen anything like this on the board yet so I composed something I thought you would all enjoy. I put together a list of Stanford players selected in the NFL Draft who played for Harbaugh, was recruited by Harbaugh, or both. I used 247 recruiting info. If a player has a year next to his recruiting info (e.g. 2008), that means he was recruitied under Harbaugh. Jim played at least some role in the 2007 and 2011 classes, while having a total role for the 2008-2010 classes. If no class is written, the player was not recruited by Jim but played for him.

2008 NFL Draft

No one.

2009 NFL Draft

No one.

2010 NFL Draft

RB Toby Gerhart. 2 (51) Minnesota Vikings

            3* FB 0.8579 NTL: 393 POS: 7

TE Jim Dray. 7 (233) Arizona Cardinals

            3* TE 0.8889 NTL: 197 POS: 10

DE Erik Lorig. 7 (253) Tampa Bay Buccaneers

            4* TE 0.9000 NTL: 151 POS: 7

2011 NFL Draft

DT Sione Fua. 3 (97) Carolina Panthers

            3* DT 0.8778 NTL: 278 POS: 27

FB Owen Marecic. 4 (124) Cleveland Browns

            2007 2* FB 0.7745 NTL: NA POS: 21

CB Richard Sherman. 5 (154) Seattle Seahwaks

            3* ATH 0.8389 NTL: 605 POS: 46

WR Ryan Whalen. 6 (167) Cincinnati Bengals

            No info. Probably a walk-on.

WR Doug Baldwin. UFA Seattle Seahawks

            2007 2* WR 0.7778 NTL: NA POS: 157

2012 NFL Draft

QB Andrew Luck. 1 (1) Indianapolis Colts

            2008 4* QB 0.9768 NTL:43 POS: 3

G David DeCastro. 1 (24) Pittsburgh Steelers

            2008 3* OC 0.8847 NTL: 297 POS: 5

TE Coby Fleener. 2 (34) Indianapolis Colts

            2007 3* TE 0.8333 NTL: 738 POS: 40

OT Jonathan Martin. 2 (42) Miami Dolphins

            2008 3* OT 0.8620 NTL: 442 POS: 41

WR Griff Whalen. UFA Indianapolis Colts

            2008 NR WR NA NTL: NA POS: NA

2013 NFL Draft

TE Zach Ertz. 2 (35) Philadelphia Eagles

            2009 4* TE 0.9090 NTL: 193 POS: 5

TE Levine Toilolo. 4 (133) Atlanta Falcons

            2009 4* TE 0.9117 NTL: 181 POS: 3

RB Stepfan Taylor. 5 (140) Arizona Cardinals

            2009 4* RB 0.8961 NTL: 239 POS: 22

2014 NFL Draft

LB Trent Murphy. 2(47) Washington Redskins

            2009 3* WDE 0.8347 NTL: 979 POS: 34

OT Cameron Fleming. 4 (140) New England Patriots

            2010 3* OT 0.8600 NTL: 554 POS: 38

G David Yankey. 5 (145) Minnesota Vikings

            2010 3* OT 0.8600 NTL: 560 POS: 39

S Ed Reynolds. 5 (162) Philadelphia Eagles

            2010 3* S 0.8250 NTL: NA POS: 83

RB Tyler Gaffney. 6 (204) Carolina Panthers

            2009 4* FB 0.8955 NTL: 247 POS: 2

DE Ben Gardner. 7 (231) Dallas Cowboys

            2009 2* SDE 0.7667 NTL: NA POS: 114

TE Ryan Hewitt. UFA Cincinnati Bengals

            2009 3* TE 0.8472 NTL: 786 POS: 35

2015 NFL Draft

OT Andrus Peat. 1 (13) New Orleans Saints

            Not in a Harbaugh class.

S Jordan Richards. 2 (64) New England Patriots

            2011 3* ATH 0.8755 NTL: 382 POS: 23

CB Alex Carter. 3 (80) Detroit Lions

            Not in a Harbaugh class.

DE Henry Anderson. 3 (93) Indianapolis Colts

            2010 3* WDE 0.8558 NTL: 629 POS: 34

WR Ty Montgomery. 3 (94) Green Bay Packers

            2011 4* WR 0.9026 NTL: 231 POS: 30

NT David Parry. 5 (151) Indianapolis Colts

            2010 NR DT NA NTL: NA POS: NA

By starz:

5* drafted—0 (0 5* players recruited)

4* drafted—7

3* drafted—14

2*-NR drafted—6

(Includes UFAs. Excludes Andrus Peat and Alex Carter.)

By round:

1st —2

2nd—6

3rd—3

4th—3

5th—5

6th—2

7th—3

UFA—3

(Excludes Andrus Peat and Alex Carter.)

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M-Dog

August 12th, 2015 at 10:38 PM ^

It would make an interesting set of graphs.  Not only did he trend toward getting more guys into the NFL throughout his tenure, he got them in better and better rounds too.

The man can develop players.

Know of any teams that are on the doorstep talent-wise but just need some player development to put them over the top?  

They should take a look at this crazy Harbaugh guy.

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EGD

August 12th, 2015 at 11:49 PM ^

What stands out to me is the variety of positions these players play. I knew Harbaugh had developed plenty of offensive linemen and tight ends at Stanford. But there are quite a few WRs and defensive players on the list as well, which I wouldn't necessarily have expected.

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DrewGOBLUE

August 13th, 2015 at 1:25 AM ^

Speaking of variety - In 2010, Owen Marecic was the only guy in the FBS to start on both sides of the ball, as a FB and LB. Against Notre Dame, he even scored a rushing TD and had a pick-6. Then to cap it all off, he was selected for the Pat Hornung Award, given to the most versatile player in CFB.

Not to mention, Marecic being drafted in the 4th round is pretty darn good for a FB nowadays. Can't imagine more than maybe a few others at the position have gone higher in the past decade.
*One possible caveat about the relatively high selection, however: drafted by the Browns.

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ThadMattasagoblin

August 13th, 2015 at 12:07 AM ^

Feed this man some guys like Rashan Gary and other consensus 5 stars and we'll win national championships just like they do at Alabama and other elite programs. elite coaching plus elite recruiting equals titles

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rockydude

August 13th, 2015 at 1:09 AM ^

FWIW, Harbaugh's QB at the University of San Diego, Josh Johnson, was also drafted in the fifth round of the 2008 draft. For those unfamiliar, USD is an FCS level program that does not have players drafted that often, so both player and coach deserve praise. Also, it was the start of the Harbaugh as college QB guru buzz, probably a key part in landing Andrew Luck etc etc.

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ghostofhoke

August 13th, 2015 at 1:14 AM ^

Great post, this is really interesting info you compiled here. This is an incredible list for a place that historically does not have many NFLers or prime time talent. Talk about a culture change.



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ElBictors

August 13th, 2015 at 1:28 AM ^

Where's the recruit stalker, Rivals/Scout/247 dude to reply with some statistically insignificant rant about how '4-star' recruits are .3% more likely to be an NFL draft pick than a '3-star' ...? Anyone.?? Good. #HARBAUGH

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Dawkins

August 13th, 2015 at 7:16 AM ^

Jesus. Look at all the Tight Ends on that list. What the hell was Chris Clark thinking dropping his commitment to M when Harbaugh replaced Hoke?

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TheMannis

August 13th, 2015 at 7:59 AM ^

is the amount of 2 and 3 star guys turned into high draft picks. Knowing how many 4-5 star guys Michigan recruited under Hoke who haven't lived up to their potential gives me hope for a quick turnaround this year and the next.

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rock7413

August 13th, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^

The number of Tight Ends really jumps out to me, at 4. And when you think about his yearly teams at Stanford, it does seem like he always did have a solid TE. Jake Butt is next.

RB's and Offensive Linemen are no surprise. He was getting big time production from his running backs and if he can make Toby Gerhart a Heisman conidate, imagine what he potentially can do with elite RB recruits like Derrick Green and Ty Issac...

Really like the idea of recruiting on a national level. Harbaugh never landed consistently huge recruits, but his recruits did come from all over the country as opposed to mainly just the west coast. And so far he's done just that at Michigan by digging into pipelines that are not just in the midwest. I will admit, i thought there would have been more of a west coast flavor to our recruiting classes, but it seems the success has been more in the south and SEC country, thanks to Durkin. Of the two classes so far he's had 6 kids from Florida and 3 from Alabama. (the 3 Bama kids all from power Pratville)

 

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PburgGoBlue

August 13th, 2015 at 4:06 PM ^

Wouldn't David Shaw get more love for the '13 to '15 draft, for developlment purposes? Obviously JH recruited them, props to that, but he wasn't around for the bulk of the '14 and '15 draftees. 

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mgoDAB

August 13th, 2015 at 4:51 PM ^

You are correct. '14 and '15 were definitely Shaw's guys. '13 the credit is half and half since those players played for Harbaugh for 2 years and Shaw for 2 years with a slight edge to Shaw because they played their Junior and Senior seasons with him.
However, I wanted to include all of these guys because JH would have had at least some influence with that player.



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