6-18 in conference; how were they in games vs. left-handed quarterbacks, how were they against teams that are located north of them? When you said a "bad team" I guess you meant a bad conference record team. How do you think the Pokes would have done with the exact same SEC conference? In those same three years would the Pokes have beaten the 4 ranked teams Tennessee beat? Hell, in those three years would the Pokes have been able to beat Tennessee? While our record may have been better, it was hardly against the competition he got to face playing for Tennessee. Kongbo wasn't a "career backup", in his junior season he started 10 games and in his senior season he started 5 of their 6 games before his season ending injury. I think you just made up the Victor Jones having better stats in a single season...LanderPoke wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 2:19 pmTennessee sucked. Had like a 6-18 conference record when he was there. He didn’t play a ton . Victor jones had better stats this year than kongbo had in three. He would have shined here and would have had gaudy stats and had more attention due to those stats. He blew his opportunity.cowboyz wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 6:11 pmLol...He started at Tennessee, who were 18-19 while he was there. Not great or good, but one game under .500 isn't exactly bad. It's tough to win in the SEC, but they did beat 4 ranked teams while he was there. Tennessee has way more of their players drafted into the NFL and has many more playing or that have played. He probably made a little north of a $100k in his rookie season in the CFL. The CFL isn't the NFL regarding salaries or competition, but it's second best and he got paid to play a sport. Most of us would love that. He signed a $1.8 million dollar contract with the 49ers after his rookie season in the CFL, but then another injury, the same thing that ended his senior year at Tennessee. He was waived before the season and only received an injury settlement, which they usually don't say the amount, but it's generally a percentage of the first season.LanderPoke wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:04 am Lol at the above assessment of kongbo’s career. A career backup on a bad team. CFL? Funny. We have guys in the NFL. I bet komgbo would have flourished here and made at least a NFL practice squad straight of college. Don’t know why it is not apparent by now, but we are really good at developing players.
He was a projected NFL draft pick before he got injured his senior season, which also caused him to miss pro day. Leaving the Pokes didn't hurt his chances at a professional career, injuries did, unless playing at Wyoming would have made him less injury prone. He's re-signed with his previous CFL team, Winnipeg, who have also won the past two CFL Championships. If he can get healthy I could see him back in an NFL camp again.
I agree with Laxwyo that Kongbo would have had a bright future in Laramie, as the competition would have been lighter. But stats get you noticed, but not always drafted. My whole point here is that he signed a multi-year NFL contract but got hurt during camp. It wasn't that he left Wyoming that has caused him blow his opportunity, it was a history of injuries.
If he had never signed an NFL contract you'd have an argument. What part of this are you having trouble understanding?