Expectations are not usually high for a seventh-round draft pick. For the most part, they’re training camp bodies with the upside to turn into a rotational or depth player. For all intents and purposes, they’re risk free picks. They have the ability to be a diamond in the rough, so to speak. Then, however, there are cases such as Louisville safety Gerod Holliman. Once touted as a possible first-round draft pick, Holliman has the potential to be the steal of the 2015 draft class based on value.
Not often do you hear hotly contested debates surrounding a seventh-round draft pick.