The Best NFL Draft Busts

While the lockout has taken some of the fun out of the event, there's still plenty of excitement. There's no clear-cut, number-one talent. Because there hasn't been a free agency period, teams might be changing their drafting strategy in order to fill holes on their roster.

At the end of the day, though, it's all still a crapshoot. Nobody knows how these college kids are going to respond when thrown into competition against the biggest, fastest football players on the planet. There will be busts and flameouts.

Here's a rundown from TotalProSports.com of some of the biggest NFL Draft busts in history:

5) Tony Mandarich- Selected with the number two pick by the Green Bay Packers (ahead of Barry Sanders and Deion Sanders), he seemed to deflate after coming out of college, and dropping almost 30 pounds.

4) Pacman Jones- Good player, awful person. After repeated incidents off the field, he was suspended for a year. He came back and promptly got into more trouble for attacking the bodyguard that was supposed to keep an eye on him.

3) JaMarcus Russell- The number one pick in 2007, JaMarcus held out the entire preseason, eventually getting a $68-million-dollar contract from the Raiders. He gained 35 pounds of fat and eventually got busted for possessing codeine cough syrup, or "purple drank."

2) Brian Bosworth- After leaving Oklahoma University with an ungodly amount of hype, he ended up wallowing in the NFL, getting only four sacks in three years.

1) Ryan Leaf- Leaf is almost universally considered the biggest draft bust in NFL history. Picked behind Peyton Manning, Leaf lasted four years in the league compiling a miserable 50.0 QB rating and bouncing between practice squads and bench jobs for four teams over five years.

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