Carolina Panthers Drafted: Tim Biakabutuka (1996)
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As life lessons tend to teach us, the steady and reliable things are almost always better than the flashy things. Case in point? The Carolina Panthers decided to take running back Tim Biakabutuka from the University of Michigan, thinking he’d be a more dynamic running back in the NFL, while passing on Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George from Ohio State University. Biakabutuka did show a few flashes, but they were in between a myriad of injuries he dealt with in the NFL; despite playing in the NFL for six seasons, he ran for a grand total of 2,530 yards.
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Could Have Drafted: Eddie George
Compare that to Eddie George, who ran for over 10,000 yards over the course of his NFL career, and finished among the top 30 running backs in NFL history, in terms of career rushing yards.
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