TCU Football 2008 Signed Players

Aaron Brown(RB,Specialist)-  The Detroit Lions have signed TCU's own sixth-round pick RB Aaron Brown, Scout.com has confirmed. According to a league source, it's a three-year, $1.26 million deal. The contract includes a signing bonus worth $75,000.  AB is going to be the number 3 RB and could help out on special teams with KO returns as well as seeing some action on the punt return as well.  

Jason Phillips(LB)-The Baltimore Ravens signed TCU's own fifth-round linebacker Jason Phillips to a three-year contract worth $1.34 million that includes a $156,050 signing bonus, according to NFL Players Association records.

A four-time all-conference player at Texas Christian, Phillips received base salaries of $310,000, $395,000 and $480,000. He received split salaries for the first two years of his contract.  That's my dude and he still hasn't taken me to dinner!! But his knee is healthy and the Baltimore Ravens are loving him.  He is the type of player that can run around and make plays.  The guy is a pure athlete, I've seen him do a front flip and a back flip right off that.  I still had more tackles than him in our freshmen year spring practices! He will be perfect for the Ravens scheme because they have one of the biggest defensive lines in the league and the D-Line is taught to hold up the offensive line and let the LB's run wild and make plays like big Ray Lewis.  Phillips should flourish in this scheme, especially learning from players such as Ray Lewis, Terrell Suggs, and Ed Reed.  Not a bad group of players.  Considering they will possibly all be in the Hall one day.  

Robert Henson(LB)-  The Washington Redskins signed my boy to a 3-year deal and a nice little signing bonus but last time I saw him was at his baby shower for his wife and I wasn't about to ask my man how much bread he was making....let's just say he is doing well and loving life.  Not too mention he has been catching the eyes of every coach in Washington and will have to wait his turn to play on D but will contribute on Special Teams and trust me my boy Rob will run around and kill people out there, this guy is not scared of anyone and loves to play the game.  He will do well for the Skins.

Blake Schlueter(OL,Center)-  My boy Blake has signed with the Denver Broncos as well, terms were disclosed but heck I'm just glad to see this guy get signed and get the opportunity to play at this level.   He deserves it!  This guy is a beast of an athlete and has worked so hard to get where he is.  I remember watching film of Blake in the film room pancaking guys twice his size because of his speed,great technique, and strength.  Schlueter had 10 pancakes a game more than I can count on both hands.  That's saying something!  He will fit perfectly in the Bronco's scheme, he can run, he is smart, and is just a hard ass all around, check out my pro day story on andyburrell.com and you can see this beast run.

Stephen Hodge(LB)-  I'm not sure what my boy signed for but I can tell you that I spoke with Bradie James(Cowboys Linebacker) on ESPN radio 103.3 and I had the chance to talk with him about Hodge a little bit.  As TCU fans know strong safety Hodge made a lot of plays in his career and it started as a freshman.  He wrecked shop on special teams for a couple of years and then got the chance to start playing more in nickel and dime packages for the frogs.  I would have started but I tore my knee to shreds against BYU....well at least I think I would have started!  Now Hodge has been converted to a pure linebacker, it is different especially in the league but Hodge does have experience with LB because at TCU we ran Coach Gary Patterson's patented 4-2-5 defense so Hodge would slide into the LB position depending on the formation of the offense.  So he does have minimal experience and the guy is a beast(6 foot 240).  Bradie told me that he saw good things out of Hodge and that it is tough to change positions but that he gets better everyday.  

This has been the run down for TCU frog fans and anyone else that is interested in these pro teams.  I will keep you up to date on all the latest info on my boys.  They will all be playing their own role and I look forward to seeing what they do this season and in the future.  As always, this has been AndyB keepin it real, you guys get at me and leave some comments.  Feel free to ask questions, put me in my place, or agree.  If you are reading this, I appreciate it and I will be on top of my game from this point on.