| 词条 | Mr. Irrelevant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 释义 |
Mr. Irrelevant is the title bestowed each year upon the last pick of the annual National Football League draft. Although the NFL Draft dates back to 1936, the first person to officially be given the "Mr. Irrelevant" title was Kelvin Kirk, pick number 487 of the 1976 draft. The current Mr. Irrelevant is Trey Quinn, former wide receiver for the SMU Mustangs football team, who was picked 256th by the Washington Redskins in the 2018 draft. History"Mr. Irrelevant" and "Irrelevant Week" arose in 1976, when former Southern California and NFL receiver Paul Salata founded the event in Newport Beach, California. He continued to announce the final pick of the NFL draft until 2013; from 2014 his daughter took over in announcing the pick. During the summer after the draft, the new Mr. Irrelevant and his family are invited to spend a week in Newport Beach where they enjoy a golf tournament, a regatta, a roast giving advice to the new draftee, and a ceremony awarding him the Lowsman Trophy. The trophy mimics the Heisman, but depicts a player fumbling a football.[1] "Irrelevant Week" gave so much publicity to "Mr. Irrelevant" that in 1979 the Los Angeles Rams, with the penultimate pick, intentionally passed to let the Pittsburgh Steelers, with the last pick, choose first. The Steelers also wanted the publicity and passed as well. The two teams continued to refuse to choose a player until NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle forced the teams to pick. The incident led to the "Salata Rule", which prohibits teams from passing to get the final pick.[2] Notable "winners"Since the NFL draft was cut to its current seven-round format in 1994, players presented with this dubious honor have more often succeeded in making the team that drafted them, with some making significant contributions on the field.
One "Mr. Irrelevant" (who actually predated the award by nearly a decade) went on to a productive professional career in another sport. Jimmy Walker was the final pick in 1967 despite never having played college football. His main sport, however, was basketball, in which he was a consensus All-American and the nation's leading scorer as a senior at Providence College. Walker was the first pick in the 1967 NBA Draft, and opted for a career in the NBA.[8] Pre-Mr. Irrelevant selections
Mr. Irrelevant selections
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/21474/irrelevant-week-is-pretty-well-relevant|title=Irrelevant Week is pretty, well, relevant|publisher=|accessdate=April 29, 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=list/050418/draftdays&num=0 | title=The strangest NFL draft moments | publisher=ESPN | date=April 18, 2005 | accessdate=December 18, 2014 | author=Merron, Jeff}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://nesn.com/2010/03/mr-irrelevant-marty-moore-a-major-success-story-for-patriots/|title=‘Mr. Irrelevant’ Marty Moore a Major Success Story for Patriots|date=March 10, 2010|publisher=|accessdate=April 29, 2017}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://blog.al.com/national/2013/04/nfl_draft_2013_top_5_mr_irrele.html|title=NFL Draft 2013: Top 5 most relevant Mr. Irrelevant selections of all time|publisher=|accessdate=April 29, 2017}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/04/where-are-they-now-catching-up-with-20-different-mr-irrelevant-draft-picks|title=20 NFL draft Mr. Irrelevants who worked their way to (some sort of) relevance|date=April 29, 2016|publisher=|accessdate=April 29, 2017}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://kcchiefs.com/news/2010/01/05/rb_jamaal_charles_voted_derrick_thomas_award_winner_k_ryan_succop_wins_mack_lee_hill_award/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=January 5, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113032704/http://kcchiefs.com/news/2010/01/05/rb_jamaal_charles_voted_derrick_thomas_award_winner_k_ryan_succop_wins_mack_lee_hill_award/ |archivedate=January 13, 2010 |df=mdy-all }} 7. ^{{Cite web | url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000930840/article/john-elway-broncos-not-giving-up-on-paxton-lynch | title=John Elway: Broncos not giving up on Paxton Lynch | website=nfl.com | date=May 1, 2018 | accessdate=May 2, 2018 | author=Wesseling, Chris}} 8. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/mens_basketball/articles/2007/07/03/providence_hoops_legend_jimmy_walker_dies_at_63/?p1=MEWell_Pos4 |title=Providence hoops legend Jimmy Walker dies at 63 |first=Peter |last=May |publisher=The Boston Globe |date=July 3, 2007 |accessdate=August 8, 2007}} External links
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