Typically the days after the NFL draft are reserved for two things. The first is partying by the guys who were drafted and the second is teams scrambling to sign free agents who weren't drafted. Most of those guys just end up in camp as warm practice bodies but every now and then one of those undrafted free agents from the list turns out to be a diamond in the rough. There were after all, 23 undrafted free agents in this year's Pro Bowl.
Some of the top names out there include according to SB Nation's Jason Kirk include:
Kentucky Wildcats RB Derrick Locke, North Carolina Tar Heels DB Kendric Burney, Clemson Tigers SS DeAndre McDaniel, Fort Valley State WR Ricardo Lockette, Central Michigan LB Nick Bellore, UNC DB Deunta Williams, Notre Dame Fighting Irish DT Ian Williams and Fresno State WR Jamel Hamler. Names like Oregon Ducks WR Jeff Maehl and Boston College Eagles LB Mark Herzlich also surely ring a bell?
Here's the list of 2011 undrafted free agents, according to NFL.com. Click the header of a column to sort it:
| Player | Position | Height | Weight | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Bartholomew | C | 6'1" | 302 | Syracuse |
| Alexander Linnenkohl | C | 6'2" | 304 | Oregon St. |
| Deunta Williams | CB | 6'2" | 205 | North Carolina |
| Niles Brinkley | DB | 5'10" | 193 | Wisconsin |
| Kendric Burney | DB | 5'9" | 186 | North Carolina |
| Mario Butler | DB | 6'0" | 182 | Georgia Tech |
| Vance Cuff | DB | 5'10" | 178 | Georgia |
| Joe Lefeged | DB | 6'0" | 210 | Rutgers |
| Andrew McGee | DB | 5'11" | 195 | Oklahoma St. |
| Kevin Rutland | DB | 6'0" | 190 | Missouri |
| David Sims | DB | 5'9" | 200 | Iowa St. |
| Devon Torrence | DB | 6'0" | 199 | Ohio St. |
| Wayne Daniels | DE | 6'0" | 260 | TCU |
| Ladi Ajiboye | DL | 6'1" | 297 | South Carolina |
| Pierre Allen | DL | 6'4" | 273 | Nebraska |
| Brandon Bair | DL | 6'6" | 276 | Oregon |
| Ugo Chinasa | DL | 6'5" | 264 | Oklahoma St. |
| Demarcus Dobbs | DL | 6'2" | 281 | Georgia |
| Kentrell Lockett | DL | 6'5" | 241 | Mississippi |
| Martin Parker | DL | 6'2" | 303 | Richmond |
| Adrian Taylor | DL | 6'3" | 311 | Oklahoma |
| Cedric Thornton | DL | 6'3" | 309 | Southern Arkansas |
| Colby Whitlock | DL | 6'2" | 302 | Texas Tech |
| Ian Williams | DL | 6'1" | 319 | Notre Dame |
| Ryan Winterswyk | DL | 6'4" | 268 | Boise St. |
| John Graves | DT | 6'3" | 286 | Virginia Tech |
| Sealver Siliga | DT | 6'2" | 305 | Utah |
| Henry Hynoski | FB | 6'0" | 257 | Pittsburgh |
| Will Hill | FS | 6'1" | 202 | Florida |
| Jerrard Tarrant | FS | 6'0" | 204 | Georgia Tech |
| Justin Boren | G | 6'3" | 309 | Ohio St. |
| Dan Bailey | K | 6'0" | 193 | Oklahoma St. |
| Ryan Donahue | K | 6'2" | 193 | Iowa |
| Kai Forbath | K | 5'11" | 197 | UCLA |
| Reid Forrest | K | 6'0" | 189 | Washington St. |
| Joshua Jasper | K | 5'10" | 174 | LSU |
| Jacob Rogers | K | 6'2" | 213 | Cincinnati |
| Nick Bellore | LB | 6'1" | 245 | Central Michigan |
| Mark Herzlich | LB | 6'4" | 244 | Boston College |
| Jeremiha Hunter | LB | 6'1" | 239 | Iowa |
| Elijah Joseph | LB | 6'1" | 243 | Temple |
| Orie Lemon | LB | 6'1" | 242 | Oklahoma St. |
| Scott Lutrus | LB | 6'2" | 241 | Connecticut |
| Adrian Moten | LB | 6'2" | 228 | Maryland |
| Derrell Smith | LB | 6'0" | 243 | Syracuse |
| Daniel Aiken | OL | 6'4" | 244 | Virginia |
| Garrett Chisolm | OL | 6'5" | 312 | South Carolina |
| Joshua Davis | OL | 6'7" | 313 | Georgia |
| Ray Dominguez | OL | 6'4" | 334 | Arkansas |
| Adam Grant | OL | 6'6" | 325 | Arizona |
| Richard Henry | OL | 6'3" | 308 | Nebraska |
| Kyle Hix | OL | 6'7" | 318 | Texas |
| Kevin Hughes | OL | 6'4" | 302 | Southeast Louisiana |
| Zachary Hurd | OL | 6'7" | 316 | Connecticut |
| Carl Johnson | OL | 6'5" | 361 | Florida |
| Jarriel King | OL | 6'5" | 317 | South Carolina |
| Richard Lapham | OL | 6'8" | 315 | Boston College |
| Kristofer O'Dowd | OL | 6'4" | 304 | USC |
| Stephen Schilling | OL | -- | -- | Michigan |
| Willie Smith | OL | 6'5" | 310 | East Carolina |
| Zane Taylor | OL | 6'3" | 309 | Utah |
| Isaiah Thompson | OL | 6'3" | 300 | Houston |
| Chas Henry | P | 6'3" | 215 | Florida |
| Ryan Colburn | QB | 6'3" | 223 | Fresno St. |
| Patrick Devlin | QB | 6'3" | 225 | Delaware |
| Jerrod Johnson | QB | 6'5" | 251 | Texas A&M |
| Joshua Nesbitt | QB | 6'1" | 217 | Georgia Tech |
| Joshua Portis | QB | 6'3" | 211 | California (PA) |
| Scott Tolzien | QB | 6'2" | 212 | Wisconsin |
| Jeff Van Camp | QB | 6'5" | 218 | Florida Atlantic |
| Armando Allen | RB | 5'8" | 199 | Notre Dame |
| Matt Asiata | RB | 5'11" | 229 | Utah |
| Damien Berry | RB | 5'10" | 211 | Miami |
| John Clay | RB | 6'1" | 230 | Wisconsin |
| Graig Cooper | RB | 5'10" | 205 | Miami |
| Noel Devine | RB | 5'8" | 179 | West Virginia |
| Shaun Draughn | RB | 5'11" | 213 | North Carolina |
| Darren Evans | RB | 6'0" | 227 | Virginia Tech |
| Mario Fannin | RB | 5'10" | 231 | Auburn |
| Derrick Locke | RB | 5'8" | 188 | Kentucky |
| Brandon Saine | RB | 5'11" | 220 | Ohio St. |
| Vai Taua | RB | 5'10" | 213 | Nevada |
| Jeron Johnson | SS | 5'10" | 212 | Boise St. |
| Deandre McDaniel | SS | 6'0" | 217 | Clemson |
| Nate Williams | SS | 6'0" | 211 | Washington |
| Preston Dial | TE | 6'3" | 237 | Alabama |
| Charlie Gantt | TE | 6'4" | 252 | Michigan St. |
| Cameron Graham | TE | 6'3" | 244 | Louisville |
| Schuylar Oordt | TE | 6'6" | 261 | Northern Iowa |
| Zack Pianalto | TE | 6'3" | 256 | North Carolina |
| Allen Reisner | TE | 6'2" | 248 | Iowa |
| Weslye Saunders | TE | 6'5" | 270 | South Carolina |
| Darvin Adams | WR | 6'2" | 190 | Auburn |
| Armon Binns | WR | 6'3" | 209 | Cincinnati |
| DeAndre Brown | WR | 6'6" | 233 | Southern Miss |
| Mark Dell | WR | 6'0" | 193 | Michigan St. |
| Tori Gurley | WR | 6'4" | 216 | South Carolina |
| Jamel Hamler | WR | 6'1" | 193 | Fresno St. |
| Andre Holmes | WR | 6'4" | 210 | Hillsdale |
| Lestar Jean | WR | 6'3" | 215 | Florida Atlantic |
| Ricardo Lockette | WR | 6'2" | 211 | Fort Valley St. |
| Jeffrey Maehl | WR | 6'1" | 190 | Oregon |
| Joe Morgan | WR | 6'1" | 189 | Walsh |
| O.J. Murdock | WR | 5'11" | 197 | Fort Hays St. |
| Jamar Newsome | WR | 6'1" | 200 | Central Florida |
| Jock Sanders | WR | 5'6" | 181 | West Virginia |
| Dane Sanzenbacher | WR | 5'11" | 182 | Ohio St. |
| Keith Smith | WR | 6'2" | 214 | Purdue |
| Owen Spencer | WR | 6'2" | 195 | N.C. State |
| Terrence Toliver | WR | 6'4" | 212 | LSU |
| Terrance Turner | WR | 6'2" | 220 | Indiana |
| Marshall Williams | WR | 6'1" | 188 | Wake Forest |
| Jimmy Young | WR | 6'0" | 204 | TCU |