Josh Lay was the only Pitt player picked on Day 2 of the NFL draft. He went to New Orleans in Round 5 (#174). Players like TE Erik Gill, K Josh Cummings, S Tez Morris, RB Ray Kirkley and DT Thomas Smith will be looking at free agent possibilities.

This also includes WR Greg Lee who to some surprise went undrafted. There were 32 WRs drafted over the 2 days. Lee was not among them despite being considered a 4th-6th round pick. Somewhat surprising, but when you consider that he lacked great breakaway speed and showed disturbing lapses in concentration — how many drops? — not so much.

At first I thought that he blew it and would have been better served by coming back for his senior year. But really, I doubt it. This season, he would have been competing for time, receptions and attention with a very good crop of freshmen receivers: Dorin Dickerson, Elijah Fields, Tamarcus Porter; along with redshirt freshmen and sophomore receivers trying to make an impact. Odds are, his numbers would have fallen further.

Really, the problem was he peaked a year too soon. If he could have come out after his sophomore season, he probably would have been no worse than a 3d round pick. His junior season exposed his flaws a lot more. It’s one of the reason pro teams love having players stay at least that long. It narrows the gap between reality and perceived potential for more players.