Danny Coale was the last of the trio of Hokies to be drafted. The Dallas Cowboys selected him with the 17th pick in the fifth round, 152nd overall. ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay has been bullish on Coale since the combine. He referred to him again as a, "blue-plate special".
You can listen to Coale talk with the Cowboys brass right before being picked. Also, here's an interview he did with 105.3 The Fan. The hosts joke about Coale working in at punter. If that happens, hopefully he does everyone a solid and punts a ball through the JumboTron.
Even though they weren't drafted, other Tech hopefuls will get their shot as undrafted rookie free agents. Eddie Whitley will join Coale in Big-D. Cris Hill will sign with the Buffalo Bills. Jaymes Brooks signed with the Packers. It sounds like Jarrett Boykin will be a Jaguar. Finally, Blake DeChristopher is close to signing with the Arizona Cardinals.
Congratulations to everyone!
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Why couldn't my Falcons sign any of the Hokies that came out this year. We went from have just about all of them in the mid 2000s to having none except for Carlton Powell last year.
The video I made for him had about 4,500 views. You can see what its up to now. Lots of comments too, some even complimenting Logan. Listening to that phone call made me extremely proud of Danny and I cannot wait to see him become Romo's go-to guy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-FhXQDefOE
I thought Eddie Whitley was projected to be somewhere around 5th round, and Jarrett Boykins too. Really surprised they didn't get drafted. But good luck with staying on the rosters!
was so pumped for coale
any one else see that espn used the catch from the sugar bowl in danny's highlights....guess they thought it was a great catch too
Listening to the phone call with Dallas
I don't think there is a single Hokie fan that does not like Danny Coale and listening to that phone call shows you why. I'm glad to hear that he is very humble and even when asked to brag about himself he mentioned the Sugar Bowl of his catch being overturned. Glad to hear he knows that he caught that ball. I'm not a Dallas fan I just wanted Danny to be picked up I think with tough practices and some work he could be that Wes Welker for Dallas. Go Danny I can't wait to see you play/punt!
Todd McShay
I think Todd is just jealous that he isn't Danny Coale. Because Danny Coale is a beautiful man