Blog: Eli Herring: The man who said 'no' to the NFL

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May 3, 2016
10:45:47am

[The Daily Universe]

Blog: Eli Herring: The man who said 'no' to the NFL

Eli Herring was a second-team All-Western Athletic Conference tackle after his senior season at BYU. He was projected to be drafted somewhere in the first three rounds of the 1995 NFL Draft...

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[The Daily Universe]

5/3/16 10:45am

I wish that this Eli herring pedestal thing would stop. He also turned down

travelcoug

5/3/16 10:50am

Could it be that he didn't want to play on Sunday AND didn't want to move to

byubyu

5/3/16 10:54am

...and what was the CFL paying back then?

NewMexiCoug

5/3/16 10:56am

Although I agree, I was just trying to see what the best pay may have been and

fattycoug

5/3/16 11:48am

In 1996 the CFL went back to Canada only.

byubyu

5/3/16 11:57am

Hmm , that doesn't sound like the Eli Herring that I know

grad1996

5/3/16 10:55am

You need to stop listening to yewts on this

Carnac el Magnifico

5/3/16 10:59am

considering the average CFL salary now is C$50,000, I think you're mistaken.

molodyets

5/3/16 11:00am

Eii is a good man who made the right decision for himself and his family.

WanderingCougar

5/3/16 11:04am

WPOTD

WhyKnot

5/3/16 11:05am

Playing football for a career isn't everybody's idea of success.

BW84

5/3/16 11:06am

Matt 5:16....

1984coug

5/3/16 12:24pm

Coach Herring has more talents than simply being very large...

TheDeek

5/3/16 1:04pm

Mr. Herring was my Geometry teacher in HS. He is a great man

Dissenter

5/3/16 2:38pm

Sorry there is no justification or excuse for this. There is no way you can

BYUtka

5/3/16 6:51pm

Interesting that Fred Whittingham was on the Raiders Staff & spoke with Herring

Revolution

5/3/16 11:14am

RE: Blog: Eli Herring: The man who said 'no' to the NFL

LDSdem

5/3/16 12:04pm

I remember being critical of Herring's decision at the time..

bluegato

5/3/16 2:51pm

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