With the upcoming NFL draft in Philadelphia on the doorstep, and a number of Irish players eagerly awaiting their name to be called, the subject of player development inevitably arises. The NFL draft is always a pretty good gauge of how a program develops it’s players. Conventional wisdom prior to last season was that Brian Kelly did an adequate to above average job of developing the talent on his team. That line of thinking took a major hit when his program deteriorated last season; players showed up overweight, were sloppy and fundamentally unsound.
So how has he really done?