UCF’s Torell Troup goes No. 41 overall to Buffalo
By J.C. CARNAHAN | April 23rd, 2010 | Category: – RECENT POSTS, Featured Orlando Athletes, Football, Local Alumni, Local Highlights, UCF Knights | No Comments »And with the 41st overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, the Buffalo Bills select… Torell Troup.
The nose tackle became the second-highest UCF draft pick ever and first player taken from Conference USA on Friday when he was selected with the ninth pick in the second round.
“I don’t play a glory position. So sometimes guys at my position get overlooked and I feel like I was a bit overlooked this year,” said Troup of being an overshadowed pick. ”For the Bills to grab me at the beginning of the second round is a great feeling and that tells me that somebody is paying attention to all the hard work that I’m putting in and my great work ethic.”
He evidently feels there is still much to prove.
“I love the work. If I feel like anybody is working harder than me, then I’m mad at myself,” said Troup. “I work all day, every day. You can catch me up at two in the morning running two miles, so I don’t shy away from hard work at all.”
Despite battling constant double teams throughout his career, Troup finished with 105 tackles, of which 24 went for loss, in 47 games (39 starts).
Former UCF quarterback Daunte Culpepper is the highest Knight to have ever been selected in the draft as he was taken No. 11 overall in 1999 by the Minnesota Vikings. UCF has had players taken in the NFL Draft in each of the past five years and in eight of the past nine drafts overall.
– Photos of Troup in the East-West Shrine Game by Scott McCall –
