Nystrom, son of the former Islanders star Bob Nystrom, was chosen 10th by Calgary, higher than some scouts had projected.

Despite breaking a bone in his left leg in a collision while playing first base, his stock soared and scouts projected him as a first rounder.

Johnson, along with teammate E'Twaun Moore, entered the 2010 NBA Draft, but withdrew and returned to school after scouts projected him as a second-round pick.

While several scouts projected him as high as the 40th pick claiming that he was a great package of both size and skill possessing a long reach, he managed to drop into the 4th round.

Last June, if Martin had come out a year early for the draft, scouts were projecting him to go in the middle of the first round.

Although some scouts have projected him as a future third baseman, both Green and the A's have stated a desire for him to remain at shortstop.

After being drafted in the first round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1994, Dilfer never developed into the star scouts had projected, and he has spent most of his National Football League career enduring criticism and searching for himself.

Neither Boeheim nor his teammates believe Anthony has used the season to audition for the N.B.A., where scouts and team executives have projected him to be a top-five pick and perhaps the second choice behind LeBron James, the high school star from Akron, Ohio.

Some scouts had projected Abbott as a late first-round or early second-round selection, but the California Angels quickly grabbed him when their turn came.

For one thing, some pro scouts projected him as a third-round pick, at best.