Iowa's Colin Sandeman reaches across the goal line and an Iowa touchdown ahead of Georgia Tech's Jerrard Tarrant during the first half of the Orange Bowl at Land Shark Stadium on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, in Miami. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa still isn’t sure if it will be in the market for a new left offensive tackle next season.
Junior Bryan Bulaga didn’t tip his hand after Tuesday night’s Orange Bowl victory against Georgia Tech.
Bulaga said he will make his decision by the end of the week whether he intends to enter the NFL draft in April or return for the 2010 season. Bulaga, who’ll turn 21 on March 5, was a two-time all-Big Ten offensive lineman for the Hawkeyes. This season, he earned the league’s offensive lineman of the year.
Junior redshirt cornerback Amari Spievey’s future with Iowa also remains up in the air as he said after the game that he has not made any decision on whether to turn pro, or join defensive end Adrian Clayborn in staying for his senior season. Even after his MVP performance against Georgia Tech, Clayborn repeated that he’s coming back.
The last unknown is senior offensive lineman Dace Richardson. He said this week that he didn’t know if he was going to come back for what would be a sixth year. He fits the eligibility for a sixth year. He played one game in 2007 and missed the entire 2008 season while struggling with knee issues that ended up with alignment surgery.
Because he’s a senior, he doesn’t have to worry about the Jan. 15 deadline for underclassmen to declare for the draft. The NCAA won’t rule on his sixth year until May. The April NFL draft doesn’t really have any hold on Richardson, either. He could still enter the league through the Supplemental Draft on July 16.
This week in Miami, Bulaga talked about Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford, who won the Heisman in ‘08, passed on the draft and then suffered a season-ending shoulder injury. His draft status has taken a hit.
Bulaga missed three games this season with a thyroid condition. He has it checked monthly and is fine now. But it left an impression.
“There’s a chance that I could blow out my knee and be a half step slower,” Bulaga said. “You can’t have that kind of stuff. I was already at a point in my career earlier this year with the thyroid scare. You have to consider all of those things because any of those things can happen tomorrow.”
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, whose NFL ties gave him obvious access and insight into this type of decision, has passed along what he’s learned and said late this week he didn’t know which way it’d go.
ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay projected Bulaga as the No. 20 pick, going to the New York Jets, in a mock draft he put out Dec. 15. ESPN’s Mel Kiper had Spievey listed as the No. 4 junior cornerback in the draft.
Last April, the Detroit Lions picked tight end Brandon Pettigrew with the No. 20 pick. He signed a five-year, $14.6 million contract with $9.4 million guaranteed. Bulaga’s deal might be different because offensive tackles come with a higher value, but that’s an idea of what kind of money is being considered here.
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