Official List Of Cincinnati Bengals Undrafted Free Agent Signings

by Josh Kirkendall on Jul 28, 2011 8:08 PM EDT

The Cincinnati Bengals finally released their official list of undrafted free agent signings.

A tally from us? We missed two players that were signed, James Holland (WR) and Steven Robinson (RB) and added one that wasn't, Ryan McKnight (OL). The Bengals signed three running backs, three wide receivers, three offensive linemen, three defensive linemen, a safety, linebacker, tight end, long snapper and place kicker.

Along with the players listed, you have the links to a posting on that player.

Player	Position	School	Story
Colin Cochart	Tight End	South Dakota State	Link
Landon Cox	Wide Receiver	Northern Illinois	Link
Neal Dahlman	Long-Snapper	Bowling Green	Link
Keith Darbut	Defensive End	Baldwin-Wallace	Link
DeQuin Evans	Defensive End	Kentucky	Link
Stephen Franklin	Linebacker	Southern Illinois	Link
John Griffin	Running Back	UMASS	Link
Jamere Holland	Wide Receiver	Lindenwood	Link
Bart Johnson	Wide Receiver	TCU	Link
Brian Lainhart	Safety	Kent State	Link
Lolomana Mikaele	Defensive Tackle	Arizona	Link
Matt O'Donnell	Offensive Lineman	Queens University	Link
Chris Riley	Offensive Lineman	Illinois State	Link
Steven Robinson	Running Back	Hampton	Link
Thomas Weber	Place Kicker	Arizona State	Link
Mark Wetterer	Offensive Lineman	Louisville	Link
Jonathan Williams	Running Back	ECU	Link

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Damn

Schefter: Filed to ESPN: Texans reach agreement with former Bengals CB Johnathan Joseph on a five-year deal. Nnamdi to Jets looking more likely.

by emeybee on Jul 28, 2011 8:08 PM EDT reply actions

I know good players can come from anywhere....

….but the big power ncaa football conferences the SEC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac 10, and ACC.

And generally your better players come from the better teams in the better conferences – which is what makes those teams & conferences better. But looking at the Bengals’ UFA’s there are hardly any from those top conferences:

SEC: 1
Big 10: 0
Big 12: 0
Pac 10: 2
ACC: 0

by ephram on Jul 28, 2011 8:50 PM EDT reply actions

ACC is not a power conference...

by TCfromDubVee on Jul 28, 2011 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Granted the ACC isn't going to produce an Alabama or Ohio St calibre type of team...

But they are solid with teams like Fla St, V Tech, Mia (FL), G Tech, UNC, BC, etc…

Are they up there w/the SEC? No

But they are much better than the fodder below them (WAC, Big Least, Mt West, Sun Belt, etc…)

by ephram on Jul 29, 2011 7:07 AM EDT up reply actions

No seriously they are a bad football conference.

They are equal to the Big East in football. They both might be BCS AQ conferences but they are not big power conferences.

by TCfromDubVee on Jul 29, 2011 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions

Ouch!

Talk about dissing the ACC, dumping then down to the level of the Big East…

Looking at the # of top-25 teams based on their BCS rankings:
SEC…6
Big 12…5
Big 10…3
WAC…3
Pac 10…2
ACC…2
Mt West….2
Conf USA…1
Big East…1

The Big East only had W Virginia, ranked 22. All of the other automatic qualifier BCS conf’s had at least 2 teams. Heck, the WAC had 3 of them.

I’d put SEC at top
then Big 10, Big 12, Pac 10 in the next tier
then the ACC
then the Wac, Mt West, B East in a 4th tier
then Conf USA
and then finally the sun belt and the rest at the bottom….

The Big East was only an automatic qualifier because of schools like Miami (FL) and V Tech, who have since defected for the ACC.

by ephram on Jul 29, 2011 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions