I wrote earlier today how the Carolina Panthers were ready to draft Andrew Luck. If only I would have waited a few hours before I posted that post then I would not have had to write this entry.
The Carolina Panthers were probably all set for the first round of the NFL Draft. They finally were going to get the quarterback they have been looking for since the demise of Jake Delhomme. Funny thing happened on the way to the draft.
Andrew Luck said no thanks in a one sentence statement.
“I am committed to earning my degree in architectural design from Stanford University and am on track to accomplish this at the completion of the spring quarter of 2012,” he said.
Luck announced his return to Stanford on a day where the head coach of Stanford has been the sports story of the day.
Jim Harbaugh, the current head coach of Stanford, is being courted to the NFL by three teams.
The courting first started last night when he met with the San Francisco 49ers brass for at an undisclosed location. The 49ers reportedly offered Harbaugh a contract worth about $6 million annually.
Then the Miami Dolphins got involved. Dolphins’ owner and former Michigan Wolverine, Steve Ross, jumped on a private jet with Miami executives Jeff Ireland and Carl Peterson to come out and visit with Harbaugh today and reportedly offer him the largest contract that a NFL head coach has ever received.
But the courtship did not end there.
Former Stanford Cardinal quarterback and Super Bowl Champion, John Elway, is now a top executive for the Denver Broncos and they are interested in Harbaugh. No word if a meeting has been scheduled with the Broncos or if Harbaugh is interested but it is likely he will meet with the team “out of courtesy.”
It is not known whether the return of Andrew Luck to Stanford will make a change in Harbaugh’s decision to leave to the NFL but all indications is that he is open to it. According to Scott Reiss of CSN Bay Area, Harbaugh met with the Stanford president to hear their offer.
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