3. Maurice Clarett (2005)
Pick: 3rd Round (101st Overall) Experience: 0 years (0 with Broncos)
Career Stats: N/A
Here’s the thing with Maurice Clarett: He had all the talent in the world, and if Mike Shanahan wanted to take a risk on him, that’s fine; but not in the third round.
Clarett was projected to go in the sixth or seventh round, possibly undrafted, so why take him three or four rounds earlier? Shanahan could have very likely waited late into the draft and still picked up Clarett, and if someone else jumped up and grabbed him first, so be it; he can be their risk.
He was one of the biggest boom-or-bust prospects in years, and he busted; he didn’t even make it out of training camp. A third-round pick down the drain.
