Which freshmen/newcomers do you think will contribute this year in football?

I pretty much agree with islstl. Highsmith could possibly be higher, it's just hard to say. I definitely agree about Wroten making the biggest. Stevenson will have a big impact too, and I really like that guy. Since he'll be our nickel back (star or money, whatever Saban calls it, I think star...) he will see quite a bit of time on the field. Doucet could have a pretty big impact. He has the tools it just depends how quickly he picks everything up.

 

Burton was taken by the Saints with the 7th overall pick in the 75 draft, another in a long line of wasted number one picks by them. That year though it seems like a lot of the players chosen after him had undistinguished careers. Some were good but no real great ones that I remember except for maybe Russ Francis at TE, he had a few great years. Of course I don't really remember to many of the linemen. Mike Williams was a good DB from LSU and had a pretty good career.

Burton was a speed merchant out of Purdue with supposedly good hands but he had hamstring problems and only caught 35 passes over 3 years and only one his last season with the Saints.

1 Atlanta Falcons1 Steve Bartkowski QB California
2 Dallas Cowboys2 Randy White DT Maryland
3 Baltimore Colts3 Ken Huff OL North Carolina
4 Chicago Bears Walter Payton RB Jackson State
5 Cleveland Browns Mack Mitchell DE Houston
6 Houston Oilers4 Robert Brazile LB Jackson State
7 New Orleans Saints Larry Burton WR Purdue
8 San Diego Chargers Gary Johnson DT Grambling
9 Los Angeles Rams5 Mike Fanning DT Notre Dame
10 San Francisco 49ers Jimmy Webb DT Mississippi State
11 Los Angeles Rams6 Dennis Harrah OL Miami
12 New Orleans Saints7 Kurt Schumacher OL Ohio State
13 Detroit Lions Lynn Boden OL South Dakota State
14 Cincinnati Bengals Glenn Cameron LB Florida
15 Houston Oilers Don Hardeman FB Texas A&I
16 New England Patriots Russ Francis TE Oregon
17 Denver Broncos Louie Wright CB San Jose State
18 Dallas Cowboys Thomas Henderson LB Langston
19 Buffalo Bills Tom Ruud OL Nebraska
20 Los Angeles Rams Doug France OL Ohio State
21 St. Louis Cardinals8 Tim Gray CB Texas A&M
22 San Diego Chargers Mike Williams CB LSU
23 Miami Dolphins Darryl Carlton OL Tampa
24 Oakland Raiders Neal Colzie CB Ohio State
25 Minnesota Vikings Mark Mullaney DE Colorado State
26 Pittsburgh Steelers Dave Brown CB Michigan

 

On another note, a freind of mine was at LSU this week and said that he saw XC, Early, Hawkins and Perriloux working out together with RP throwing some passes to them during a break from the camp. He is a giant fan, keeps scrapbooks with bio's, etc. and can pick these guys out by their faces pretty easily so hopefully he was correct.