{"id":629,"date":"2010-04-20T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=629"},"modified":"2010-04-22T06:53:47","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T10:53:47","slug":"when-will-moats-get-drafted-a-jmusb-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=629","title":{"rendered":"When Will Moats Get Drafted? A JMUSB Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_631\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/moats.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-631\" data-attachment-id=\"631\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=631\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/moats.jpg?fit=360%2C550&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"360,550\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"moats\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Who&#8217;s going to draft Mr. Moats?&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/moats.jpg?fit=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/moats.jpg?fit=360%2C550&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-631\" title=\"moats\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/moats.jpg?resize=360%2C550\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/moats.jpg?w=360&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/moats.jpg?resize=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who&#39;s going to draft Mr. Moats?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With 22 NFL scouts at JMU&#8217;s pro-day this year, it&#8217;s clear the NFL is starting to take notice of JMU football. Arthur Moats and Dorian Brooks opened some eyes with their performances at the combine, while Mike Caussin and Scotty McGee have had some strong workouts for a number of teams. Moats and Brooks are hoping to hear their names called at the draft, while McGee and Caussin are more likely to pursue free agent opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Moats has been getting the most buzz of any JMU player. Draft pundits have him going as early as the 3rd or 4th rounds. Just to add a little excitement to things, we&#8217;re going to have a contest to see which one of our readers can correctly predict when Moats will get drafted. <strong><em>The reader who comes closest to nailing it will get a spiffy new JMU Sports Blog t-shirt<\/em><\/strong> (yes, we have them).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how it&#8217;s going to work. Enter the contest by adding a comment to this post with the round you predict Moats will go off the board, and the team you think will draft him (ex. Round 4, NY Giants). The round is the key and the team will serve as the tie-breaker. So if multiple\u00a0commenters\u00a0choose the correct round, the one who guessed the team with the pick closest to the actual pick will win. If folks make the same guess, whoever makes it first gets credit. Got it? Just make the pick and trust us. This is for a t-shirt, not a million bucks.\u00a0 But you will have the distinction of being the only reader with a JMUSB &#8220;standard&#8221; tee from the very first run that will only be sported by our staff and a couple of special guests we&#8217;re hoping to have on the blog in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll report back on the draft and any free agent signings later this week. Hopefully we&#8217;ll have good news to report for all four JMU prospects.<\/p>\n<p><em>Update: Only entries received before the draft begins will count. Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D629&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With 22 NFL scouts at JMU&#8217;s pro-day this year, it&#8217;s clear the NFL is starting to take notice of JMU football. Arthur Moats and Dorian Brooks opened some eyes with their performances at the combine, while Mike Caussin and Scotty McGee have had some strong workouts for a number of teams. Moats and Brooks are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[39,456,9,31],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":659,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=659","url_meta":{"origin":629,"position":0},"title":"Four Dukes To Get A Shot In The NFL","date":"April 25, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Arthur Moats and Scotty McGee became the first JMU football players to be drafted since 2000. Moats is heading to Buffalo to play linebacker in the 3-4 and McGee will take his 4.37 speed down to Jacksonsville to do what he does best, return kicks. 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