Jared Zabransky’s family crest is a picture of a baracudda eating Neil Armstrong
May 3, 2007 Bill Brasky, Houston Chronicle, Jared Zabransky, Mormons, Ohio State makes baby Jesus cry, Undrafted Free Agent watch list
According to the Houston Chronicle, the Texans have come to terms with or received commitments from the following undrafted free agents:
- QB Jared Zabransky (Boise State)
- LB Jon Abbate (Wake Forest)
- FB Cory Anderson (Tennessee)
- WR Onrea Jones (Hampton)
- CB Derrick Roberson (Rutgers)
- DE Deljuan Robinson (Mississippi State)
- FS Brandon Mitchell (Ohio State)
- TE Luke Smith-Anderson (Idaho)
- DE Victor DeGrate, (Oklahoma State)
- WR Terry Richardson (Arizona State)
- C Enoka Lucas (Oregon State)
- OT Tavo Tupola (Utah)
- P Eric Wilbur (Florida)
Of these (and despite my intense hatred for everything OSU), Brandon Mitchell is the one I am most interested in. A converted corner, Mitchell is 6′3″/205/4.5 and a technically solid tackler. He was also a second-team All-Big Ten selection.
Tavo Tupola is also somewhat interesting. Apparently, Tupola was recruited out of high school as a 186 lb safety. After one year at Utah, he left for two years to serve his mission (which, I suppose, means he’s either Mormon or special forces). When he returned, he weighed somewhere north of 290. “When I went to Tuscon, it affected me a lot. I gained a lot of weight,” says Tavo. Gee, ya think?
