Football: NFL mock draft (San Antonio Express News)
Football: NFL mock draft (San Antonio Express News)
Express-News NFL writer Tom Orsborn forecasts today’s first round. Order and selections subject to change because of trades:
Fifteen prospects to watch in NFL draft (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Saturday’s NFL Draft is shaping up as one of the most interesting in pro football history.
LA, Anaheim to pitch football proposals to NFL (Sports Illustrated)
City officials next week will pitch their plans to the NFL for an $800 million upgrade of the aging Los Angeles Coliseum in hopes of luring a professional football team back to town.
NFL teams look for passion, football smarts Factors beyond 40-yard dash times and strength figure into who gets drafted. (The Herald-Tribune)
TAMPA — Drafting a college football player is akin to a courtship.
NFL Draft Hopefuls Now Wait for Phone Call (AP via Yahoo! News)
After months of daily workouts, running and traveling the country to show off his talents for NFL teams, there’s nothing more Victor Adeyanju can do. Except wait. The defensive end from Indiana is one of hundreds of college football players who will be sitting somewhere this weekend, hoping for that phone call that tells them they’ve been picked in the NFL draft.
By Nick Bakay NFL.com Couch Correspondent (NFL.com)
Actor/writer/comedian Nick Bakay, whose “Manly House of Football” segments can be seen regularly on NFL Network, will be a major voice on NFL.com throughout the Draft.
NFL NOTES (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Ricky Williams has to sit out the 2006 NFL season for failing a fourth drug test, but a Canadian Football League franchise is making a pitch for the suspended tailback.
NFL draft addiction (San Jose Mercury News)
Thirty-three hours. That’s how much draft coverage will be available this weekend. Wait. Is that just the first round? Every year it happens, and every year we can’t believe it. People forgo everything else in their lives to get their fix on football. Last year, 34 million people tuned in on ESPN. This year, in addition to 17 hours there over two days, the NFL Network adds 16 hours of its own
Ex-school football standout gets 12 years for robberies (Asbury Park Press)
Former Lakewood High School football standout Dwayne Jones probably could have reached the NFL, said a judge who has closely followed the 19-year-old running back’s sports career.