Monday night I had the privilege of participating in the largest existing expert draft for fantasy college football.  The league is packed with the industry’s top minds and I was eager to make up for a disappointing showing last year.  I had the ironic luck of drawing the 1^st pick overall this season after having the last pick in the 2010 draft.  First pick overall, Case Keenum no brainer right? Not so fast! As many readers know, my general draft strategy is to bypass drafting quarterbacks early so picking 1^st with someone like Keenum out there proved to be quite the dilemma.

My overall strategy going into this draft was to draft a solid foundation early and then go after pure upside in the late rounds.  If choosing between a WR who I feel strongly will get 50 catches, 800 yards and 7 TDs with little chance of doing better and a WR who I might waive Week 2 but has the chance to be a Top 20 player…I planned on taking the pure upside guy.  Because I had the first pick, I am going to group my back-to-back picks together because technically I picked them together, not in different rounds.

1.1) LaMichael James, RB, Oregon

I might have been the first person in draft history to use their full 2-minutes on the draft clock to make the first pick in the draft but it was an internal struggle between the consensus #1 pick and my fundamental drafting beliefs.  In the end, despite the potential backlash, I had to be true to who I am and that meant passing on Keenum.

2.36) Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina

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Sorted by position and rank – here are the pass catchers.

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