Say it ain't so.... Joe...

[Jeremy Igo]

From Joe Person's latest.

Coastal Carolina OT Chad Hamilton

Panthers GM Dave Gettleman has shown he’s willing to take a chance on a small-school lineman in a later round. And while Edmund Kugbila has been a bust, it shouldn’t stop the Panthers from scouting Hamilton, a durable player who missed one game in four seasons. Hamilton (6-3, 305) doesn’t have ideal size for a tackle, and could end up at guard in the NFL. But he led Coastal Carolina with 66 knockdowns in 2014, while allowing just two sacks in 443 pass attempts. Hamilton will be one of only two FCS offensive linemen in Indianapolis.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/14/5515376/person-nfl-greg-hardy.html#storylink=cpy

Joe is dead on in that this is the type of player the front office would take a close look at in the past. However...

This is the mentality I want this organization to move away from. Small school offensive linemen who did well against inferior talent. Please please please don't waste a pick on these guys.

[ThPantherFan]

Look at Brad Hoover.  Just a walk in from WCU and he played lights out.  I'm for scouting them all.

[TheRed]

How much of this is Rivera though? Even when Hurney was here we reached for Silatolu in the 2nd round.

[PandaPancake]

Depends on his 40.

I'll see myself out

[Jeremy Igo]

Look at Brad Hoover. Just a walk in from WCU and he played lights out. I'm for scouting them all.

I'm talking about linemen.

Look at the best lineman on our roster...

USC, LSU, Ohio State

Big mean dudes are recruited by big Schools with legit programs. That's what we need.

[Frizzy350]

Small school, big school, good combine, blue chip prospect, udfa... frankly I dont care as long as they can play.

[JJman Returns]

I gotta agree with Jeremy. We took Silatolu over Cordy Glenn and then made another mistake taking Kugbilla. It's time to drop the small school lineman approach.

Our worst starter Byron Bell went to a small school also (I know it's an FBS school but it is one of the smaller football programs).

[Mol3m4n]

Bug mean dudes are recruited by bug Schools with legit programs. That's what we need.

Darnit. You edited. I was going to post this.

[ThPantherFan]

I understand what Jeremy and some of the rest is saying, but I wouldn't overlook anyone.

[chknwing]

doesn't every team have 27 guards on the line?  one more couldn't hurt.. sigh

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Nvm misread post

[Mother Grabber]

Joes just trying to say he saw him first.

[toldozer]

Look at norwell. Undrafted maybe because of measurables. However he faced big time competition in college and big ten is mostly power football. It's not a big jump. I'd rather have someone who held up against good competition verse someone who destroyed inferior players. You don't have to work on technique when you're stronger than everyone. No more small school linemen.

[Mr. Scot]

Actually, this is where I think the change in scouting services is going to be important.

BLESTO concentrates on game performance rather than measurables. You could figure they would factor level of competition into that formula.

Few people ever seem to talk about that change, but it was made before last year's draft and we had arguably our best rookie class ever.

I actually believe that might have been a more important move than any of us realized at the time.