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Undrafted doesn't necessarily mean unwanted in the NFL.Despite the resources every organization pours into player personnel, the NFL Draft is only seven rounds long and legitimate prospects fall through the cracks each and every year.Heck, Pro Football Hall of Famers like Warren Moon and John Randle weren't selected in the draft when it was a 12-round process. And Moon and Randle are among a group of 15 undrafted free agents who are enshrined in Canton compared to just 13 former No. 1 overall picks and eight Heisman Trophy winners.Current stars like Dallas quarterback Tony Romo, Houston running back Arian Foster and New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz were all also overlooked before developing into Pro Bowl-caliber players.So, here's a look an one undrafted player from each NFL team who could end up contributing down the road:Arizona Cardinals: Tony Jefferson, S, Oklahoma - Jefferson was once considered the reincarnation of Roy Williams in Norman, ranked as the fourth-best safety...
Alanna Autler sits down with recent Pulitzer Prize winner John Sullivan to discuss the future of investigative journalism.
The Minnesota Vikings have signed center John Sullivan to a contract extension.Sullivan, who became Minnesota's starting center in 2009, has appeared in 58 games, ma...
Intrigue over Matthew Stafford will greet an improving Minnesota team on the verge of matching its win total from all of last season as the Detroit Lions host the Vi...
When the Obama administration loosened travel restrictions to Cuba, the thought was that Americans were going to pour into the forbidden island on legal cultural exc...
Christian Ponder seems to have found the precision passing that eluded him when he first took over as the Minnesota Vikings quarterback.Now he's looking for the big ...
Rep. Charlie Rangel survives New York primary
Christian Ponder threw a pair of touchdown passes to Kyle Rudolph and also ran for a score on Sunday as the Minnesota Vikings outplayed the San Francisco 49ers en ro...
Over the last five decades, U.S. travel to Cuba has been anything but easy, with a longstanding trade embargo that has all but eliminated most Americans from visitin...
The documentary "2016: Obama's America," which paints a bleak picture of the world should President Obama be re-elected, has been in theaters for a couple of months....
Coming off one of the worst seasons in franchise history, the Minnesota Vikings have shifted gears and embarked on a rebuilding process they hope results in postseas...
Most eyes in the political world were trained on whether 82-year-old Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y. would survive his primary Tuesday night.The same was the case in Utah wit...
When Adrian Peterson lay prone on the Washington turf last December with a shredded left knee, even his most ardent supporters would have had trouble believing he wo...
Critics claim he's failing to keep promise
Beyonce's and Jay-Z's trip to Cuba has angered two Cuban-American politicians who are demanding information on whether the couple's visit to the communist island was...
A Saudi Arabian government official who started an Islamic charity in Oregon has been taken off a United Nations list of people subject to sanctions for ties to al-Q...
The most glaringly bad performance by Christian Ponder in a season marked by costly mistakes and curious decisions had just concluded, and the skepticism about his v...
Back and forth they went, Adrian Peterson and Aaron Rodgers going at each other with so much on the line. The emotional pendulum swung wildly in one of the most memo...
Let's face it, All-Star games, no matter the sport, are tedious exhibitions.Even when bumbling Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig comes along and tries to ...
One of the toughest players in the NFL can't recover from a sprained left ankle in eight weeks?That's the story the Minnesota Vikings were selling on Thursday, a day...