According to Aaron Wilson, Carrol County Times, “The Baltimore Ravens have agreed to terms on a rookie free agent deal with former University of North Carolina defensive end Michael McAdoo after he went undrafted in today’s NFL supplemental draft.”
The NCAA “declared McAdoo permanently ineligible for academic misconduct. McAdoo filed a lawsuit in July against the NCAA and the school, though a judge denied his request to be reinstated for his senior season with the Tar Heels.”
The NFL ruled McAdoo eligible for the supplemental draft.
Intriguing Prospect
McAdoo is an intriguing prospect for the Ravens. He will be more of a developmental player than a player who gets on the field immediately. The defensive end is listed at 6’6, 248 pounds. He may have to put on weight depending on where he lines up on the field. While at North Carolina McAdoo showed “incredible pass rush ability.” Because of the suspension his college career was cut short.
Scouting Reports:
www.mockingthedraft.com: “McAdoo was blocked behind a talented group of defenders at North Carolina. In 2009, he was backup to Robert Quinn, an eventual first-round pick. McAdoo was among the many UNC players suspended for the 2010 season.
In two seasons with North Carolina, McAdoo had 29 tackles, 10 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks. While he never started a game for the Tar Heels, he showed flashes of incredible pass rush ability… Flashes good range to move around. Strictly in the pass rush, McAdoo tends to get high in his stance and needs to stay lower because he doesn’t have the lower body strength to bull rush.
Purely as a prospect, there is a lot of intrigue with McAdoo. He has incredible length for the position and show really nice burst.”
www.milehighreport.com: “He was never a full-time starter for the Tar Heels and played as the 3rd DE. McAdoo is quick and has the ability to defeat blocks when he has space, but probably won’t be drafted since he couldn’t win a starting job in college.”
Details into the suspension:
There is an informative article in www.BuffaloBillsDraft.com which details McAdoo and the actual academic chargers that were brought against him.
Here’s part of the article:
“There is more to the story than meets the eye with McAdoo. He was found guilty of taking improper benefits and had to sit out a full year of school due to accepting those improper benefits. His grand total of $110 in benefits was 6.1% of what Buffalo Bills DE Marcell Dareus accepted while at Alabama.
When he was charged with three counts of academic fraud, for having portions of his papers written by a tutor. The issue here is that when this went in front of the UNC Honor Court they found one count to have insufficient evidence, and on another they found him not guilty.
In the end McAdoo was found guilty on one count of academic fraud. This count said that he had his tutor re-write his works cited page in order to have it comply with APA style. For this violation he was suspended for the spring semester of 2011.”
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