For those players who did not hear their name called over the weekend in the 2011 NFL Draft, the dream of playing professional football is not over. Next up is the hope of getting signed by an NFL team as an undrafted free agent. Only problem is, they'll have to wait until the lockout concludes -- until that happens, teams cannot sign or even talk to free agents.
So far now we're left with rankings, like this one from Mocking The Draft, which offers its top-25 undrafted players from the 2011 NFL Draft, with Boston College's Mark Herzlich considered the sixth-best available talent.
25. Zane Taylor | 6'2, 309 pounds | C | Utah
1. Kristofer O'Dowd | 6'5, 300 pounds | C | Southern California
2. DeAndre McDaniel | 6'0, 212 pounds | SS | Clemson
3. Deunta Williams | 6'2, 210 pounds | FS | North Carolina
4. Derrick Locke | 5'9, 182 pounds | RB | Kentucky
5. Weslye Saunders | 6'5, 280 pounds | TE | South Carolina
6. Mark Herzlich | 6'4, 248 pounds | OLB | Boston College
7. Henry Hynoski | 6'2, 260 pounds | FB | Pittsburgh
8. Terrance Toliver | 6'5, 203 pounds | WR | LSU
9. Cameron Graham | 6'4, 253 pounds | TE | Louisville
10. Noel Devine | 5'8, 176 pounds | RB | West Virginia
11. Brandon Bair | 6'7, 272 pounds | DT/DE | Oregon
12. Pat Devlin | 6'4, 225 pounds | QB | Delaware
13. David Mims | 6'8, 331 pounds | OT | Virginia Union
14. Pierre Allen | 6'4, 264 pounds | DE | Nebraska
15. Jeff Maehl | 6'1, 184 pounds | WR | Oregon
16. Justin Boren | 6'3, 320 pounds | G | Ohio State
17. DeAndre Brown | 6'6, 231 pounds | WR | Southern Mississippi *
18. Tim Barnes | 6'4, 310 pounds | C | Missouri
19. Kai Forbath | 5'11, 192 pounds | K | UCLA
20. Derek Hall | 6'5, 300 pounds | OT | Stanford
21. Mario Harvey | 5'11, 248 pounds | MLB | Marshall
22. Chase Beeler | 6'3, 285 pounds | C | Stanford
23. Tejay Johnson | 6'1, 212 pounds | FS | TCU
24. Dane Sanzenbacher | 5'11, 182 pounds | WR | Ohio State