Updated: Apr 29, 2007, 12:01 PM

Vote: Who are the potential first-round busts in 2007?



After being the No. 3 overall pick in the 1999 draft, Akili Smith has played in just 22 career games, passing for just 2,212 yards.
Being a first-round pick in the NFL draft means you get newspaper headlines and a hefty signing bonus. But it doesn't mean you'll ever find your way to a second contract, let alone a trip to Hawaii for the Pro Bowl.

Just ask Akili Smith, Tim Couch, David Terrell, Courtney Brown, Curtis Enis, Ryan Leaf, Blair Thomas, Aundray Bruce, Rashaan Salaam and the list goes on and on. There are dozens of other big-name prospects who soon found their names mentioned only as annual cautionary tales on draft weekend. There is no way around it - it happens every year.

Teams spend long hours and lots of money trying to separate building blocks from busts, but sometimes they just get it wrong. Sometimes the players just never live up to the hype. Sometimes the players just weren't that good to begin with. And while it's easy in hindsight to poke fun at seemingly obvious mistakes, it's different when you're on the clock.

So what do you think, SportsNation? Which first round picks in this year's draft have the biggest chance at being a bust? Down below is every pick from the first round.

Vote for all the players you think are most likely to be busts.

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Which of these 2007 first-round NFL draft picks is a potential bust? (Click all that apply)

  • No. 1 - QB JaMarcus Russell (Oakland Raiders)
  • No. 2 - WR Calvin Johnson (Detroit Lions)
  • No. 3 - OT Joe Thomas (Cleveland Browns)
  • No. 4 - DE Gaines Adams (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
  • No. 5 - OT Levi Brown (Arizona Cardinals)
  • No. 6 - S LaRon Landry (Washington Redskins)
  • No. 7 - RB Adrian Peterson (Minnesota Vikings)
  • No. 8 - DE Jamaal Anderson (Atlanta Falcons)
  • No. 9 - WR Ted Ginn Jr. (Miami Dolphins)
  • No. 10 - DT Amobi Okoye (Houston Texans)
  • No. 11 - LB Patrick Willis (San Francisco 49ers)
  • No. 12 - RB Marshawn Lynch (Buffalo Bills)
  • No. 13 - DE Adam Carriker (St. Louis Rams)
  • No. 14 - CB Darrelle Revis (New York Jets)
  • No. 15 - LB Lawrence Timmons (Pittsburgh Steelers)
  • No. 16 - DT Justin Harrell (Green Bay Packers)
  • No. 17 - DE Jarvis Moss (Denver Broncos)
  • No. 18 - CB Leon Hall (Cincinnati Bengals)
  • No. 19 - S Michael Griffin (Tennessee Titans)
  • No. 20 - CB Aaron Ross (New York Giants)
  • No. 21 - S Reggie Nelson (Jacksonville Jaguars)
  • No. 22 - QB Brady Quinn (Cleveland Browns)
  • No. 23 - WR Dwayne Bowe (Kansas City Chiefs)
  • No. 24 - S Brandon Meriweather (New England Patriots)
  • No. 25 - LB Jon Beason (Carolina Panthers)
  • No. 26 - DE Anthony Spencer (Dallas Cowboys)
  • No. 27 - WR Robert Meachem (New Orleans Saints)
  • No. 28 - OT Joe Staley (San Francisco 49ers)
  • No. 29 - OG Ben Grubbs (Baltimore Ravens)
  • No. 30 - WR Craig Davis (San Diego Chargers)
  • No. 31 - TE Greg Olsen (Chicago Bears)
  • No. 32 - WR Anthony Gonzalez (Indianapolis Colts)

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