You must not pay much attention to college football, Russell has been on people's radars since his freshman year. Not anywhere near where he went. Not even close to that level. Read what you wrote again, please. You said he was "literally nowhere" until his last couple games, which is completely untrue. I don't even know where you pulled that from, unless you just like playing expert. What you said was completely false. He was nowhere in terms of top 10. If you think he would have gone top 10 without the Sugar Bowl and his workout, you are sorely mistaken. What the hell? He was a top-10 pick before the Sugar Bowl. There's a reason the Sugar Bowl was looked at as a battle to go number one overall before the game (not retroactively). JaMarcus Russell had become a top-10 pick during the regular season. What you're saying is that JaMarcus needed a good workout and a good game to get him where he was...we can say that about EVERY player drafted. Without that Sugar Bowl, either Quinn or Calvin Johnson is wearing silver and black, and not only is Russell still on the board, but nobody is talking about him as a steal at this point like Quinn is. Russell was a top-10 pick before the Sugar Bowl. And big whoop that JaMarcus used a big game to boost himself into the top pick overall...most players use big games to boost their status. Soul's original point was that JMR was the top pick because of his workout. That's false. He was the odd's on favorite for the top pick after the Sugar Bowl. JMR was considered a top-10 pick before the Sugar Bowl. He was considered a first rounder all season. He didn't come out of nowhere, as Soul claims. He did use the Sugar Bowl to get to the first pick overall and cement his status there with his workouts.