Former NFL executive Joe Banner did an interview a few years ago where he referenced a study by an NFL team that found most day 3 picks who turn into successful NFL players are guys who slip through the cracks either because they were from small schools, had an injury in their last year of college, or were undersized for their position.
This made me curious, and since it was a private study without information published, I decided to do it myself.
The Setup
I used the Pro Football Reference database to grab information about every day 3 draft pick from 2007-16.