D-3 Players in the Pros

[Pat Coleman]

Karcz has been on the list on our page for a few days. Adding Andrew Kamienski today! Invited to the Texans minicamp.

[Oline89]

Hobart CB Jared Leake was invitet to Giants rookie camp....

[The Third Division]

When you're invited to a minicamp, what are the odds of actually making a starting roster???

[Baldini]

When you're invited to a minicamp, what are the odds of actually making a starting roster???

The invite to the rookie minicamp is just a tryout in hopes to land a spot on the 90-man training camp roster. Most teams bring in around 20 invites for the rookie minicamp with one or two spots available. The odds are long just to get a training camp spot for a tryout player no less making the 53-man regular season roster.   

[Etchglow]

Looks like a few D3 alumnus on the initial MLFB rosters:

Alabama Airborne:

Tyrus Black    TE    Belhaven
Max Meylor    QB    UW-W


Arkansas Attack

Reggie Cole    DE    UMHB
David Meza    TE    Carroll


Ohio Force:

David Simmons Jr.    CB    North Park
Devin Childress    WR    North Park


Virginia Armada:

Clay Dzizkan    LS    UW-Stout
D'Angelo Fulford    QB    Mount Union
Clark Riedel    P    UW-Stout
Shymere Vesels    DT    Delaware Valley

[BSCpanthers]

Wiht more of these minor league leagues popping up, more guys should get an opportunity to at least get paid to play professional football.  There are also some leagues in Europe, but I'm not real sure how organized some of them are.

[crufootball]

Looks like a few D3 alumnus on the initial MLFB rosters:

Alabama Airborne:

Tyrus Black    TE    Belhaven
Max Meylor    QB    UW-W


Arkansas Attack

Reggie Cole    DE    UMHB
David Meza    TE    Carroll


Ohio Force:

David Simmons Jr.    CB    North Park
Devin Childress    WR    North Park


Virginia Armada:

Clay Dzizkan    LS    UW-Stout
D'Angelo Fulford    QB    Mount Union
Clark Riedel    P    UW-Stout
Shymere Vesels    DT    Delaware Valley

Hope for the best for these leagues but for as football crazed as the US seems, it also seems like nothing catches on other than NFL, then college football and then NFL offseason haha. One thing I thought was very smart about the USFL is all the teams are based in the same city so there is no travel expenses which have to be quite large.

[The Third Division]

https://xflnewsroom.com/news/what-we-know-about-the-mlfb-right-now-is-it-over/

[GU1999]

Nicholas Morrow (Greenville) will be the starting Mike and wear the green dot for the Chicago Bears.  Pretty wild to go from OL/DL in high school, to hybrid safety at GU to signal caller for the Chicago Bears.  While the Bears are of little consequence in the NFL these days, it is pretty wild to fill the same position as some of the greats to ever do it.  Morrow will wear #53.  Former Bears Mike linebackers 50, 51 and 54 are all Pro Football HOF.   

[The Third Division]

Joshua Onujiogu, once a free agent, makes 53 man roster for the Seahawks!

[Inkblot]

Six D3 players made the 53-man rosters:

Dan Arnold – TE – Wisconsin–Platteville – Jaguars
Ben Bartch – G – St. John's – Jaguars
Jake Kumerow – WR – Wisconsin–Whitewater – Bills
Quinn Meinerz – G – Wisconsin–Whitewater – Broncos
Nicholas Morrow – LB – Greenville – Bears
Josh Onujiogu – LB – Framingham State – Seahawks

(This does not include anyone who transferred to a non-D3 school.)

[The Third Division]

Six D3 players made the 53-man rosters:

Dan Arnold – TE – Wisconsin–Platteville – Jaguars
Ben Bartch – G – St. John's – Jaguars
Jake Kumerow – WR – Wisconsin–Whitewater – Bills
Quinn Meinerz – G – Wisconsin–Whitewater – Broncos
Nicholas Morrow – LB – Greenville – Bears
Josh Onujiogu – LB – Framingham State – Seahawks

(This does not include anyone who transferred to a non-D3 school.)

Joshua Onujiogu was cut today 

[Shamrock]

Trivia question for the board (I don't know the answer): who was the last Div III quarterback to be drafted into the NFL.

Kenny Anderson was drafted in '71.  Surely there was a quarterback drafted since then.

[Kira & Jaxon's Dad]

Trivia question for the board (I don't know the answer): who was the last Div III quarterback to be drafted into the NFL.

Kenny Anderson was drafted in '71.  Surely there was a quarterback drafted since then.

Pretty sure none drafted. Some were signed to Mini Camp or other FA offers.

[Etchglow]

Aaron Nelson from Delaware Valley drafted by the Houston Roughnecks of the XFL.
Donteea Dye from Heidelberg drafted by St. Louis Battlehawks.
Kendall Karcz from St Norbert drafted by Seattle Sea Dragons.