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Some might say the Cougars have ended up with a decent number of guys in the NFL because they have some sign as free agents.But guess how many BYU players are currently in the league (including Kyle Van Noy who was picked by Detroit on Friday)?You don't really want the comparisons, do you? (Here they are anyway: Utah has 25, Boise State has 17 and Utah State has 12).So why has the Cougar program fallen behind as far as getting players into the professional ranks?I don't think there is one clear answer, but scroll through the slideshow to see five of the key reasons why BYU isn't an NFL pipeline at this point.I often hear Cougar fans complain about their team not getting enough five star and four star recruits. But realistically those athletes aren't going to consistently come to Provo because of the academic, ecclesiastical and personal demands required of BYU players (and no, I can't imagine those ever changing).So BYU gets the coltsnflprostore.com/Nike-Andrew-Luck-Jersey.html guys who are willing to live a certain way and then makes the most them. That team concept, however, doesn't translate as well to the individual talent emphasis of pro football.Not all Cougars serve LDS missions but many do and thus are older than the traditional college athlete. If you tack on redshirt years and maybe a medical www.coltsnflprostore.com/Nike-Robert-Mathis-Jersey.html hardship year (see Hague, Mike), often BYU players are Ahmad Bradshaw Jersey in their mid 20s by the time they graduate.The traditional wisdom then is the Cougars have developed more and so they won't get that much better in the pro ranks. Remember that the pro draft just like college recruiting is often based on potential and that perception hurts Cougar athletes.The most obvious proof for this assertion is Cougar linebacker Uani 'Unga, a tackling machine who might've gotten drafted if he hadn't suffered a tough knee injury at the end of 2013.But I think this has also adversely affected other BYU players because injuries have forced them to make sacrifices for the team.I think 'Unga would've been better if Spencer Hadley (another potential draftee) had been healthy. Perhaps Daniel Sorensen gets a closer look if the rest of the Cougar secondary had been able to be at 100 percent this past year.June is not my favorite sports month usually.College basketball is a distant memory, while football season is on the horizon but still far enough away that it's hard to really get excited.But as far as a June weekend goes, it doesn't get much better than this weekend.There are major sporting events all over the place, something to keep your thirst for athletic excitement satiated for at least a few days.So now the question becomes which is the most interesting to you?Do you love the "Beautiful Game"? Are you riveted by golf's biggest tournaments? Do the finals get your blood pumping?