The NFL Draft's most dubious honor has to be Mr. Irrelevant, the title given to the last player selected in each NFL Draft. In the 2011 NFL Draft, Mr. Irrelevant is Cheta Ozougwu, a linebacker from Rice, drafted by the Houston Texans.
Mr. Irrelevant: Cheta Ozougwu Is Last Player Taken In 2011 NFL Draft
↵Houston chose Ozougwu with the 254th and final pick of the draft.
↵As for the history of Mr. Irrelevant, it dates back to former NFL receiver Paul Salata creating an “Irrelevant Week” 1976 that is essentially a vacation for the last player chosen in the NFL Draft, complete with a party, a regatta, and a roast. in Newport Beach, Calif. Salata still announces the last pick of the draft, and gives the player a Heisman Trophy-mocking award called the Lowsman Trophy.
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↵Rounds 4 through 7 of the NFL Draft all took place on Saturday afternoon, and the 2011 NFL Draft is now over. But that doesn’t mean you have to stop reading about it! For further reading, check out SB Nation’s NFL Draft hub, where we have draft grades for the first two rounds and reactions from our team blogs. And if you need to catch up on results from previous rounds, here are the results for every 2011 NFL Draft pick from the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh rounds.
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