Top twelve NFL selections
Sun Media NFL columnist Rob Longley examines the first 12 selections made in the National Football League draft yesterday:
By ROB LONGLEY, SUN MEDIA
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TEAM PLAYER POS COLLEGE LONGLEY'S COMMENTS
1. Detroit Matthew Stafford QB Georgia Pressure is on for young Bulldog, but Lions won't rush him.
2. St. Louis Jason Smith OT Baylor Rams hope he's the second coming of Orlando Pace.
3. Kansas City Tyson Jackson DE LSU Jackson rocketed up the charts with the speed he tracks QBs.
4. Seattle Aaron Curry OLB Wake Forest High for a linebacker, but Seattle needs game-changer on defence.
5. N.Y. Jets Mark Sanchez QB USC The Jets wanted this pro-style QB real bad and paid to get him.
6. Cincinnati Andre Smith OT Alabama Carson Palmer is feeling healthier already with this big bodyguard.
7. Oakland Darrius Heyward-Bey WR Maryland Puzzler. Raiders could have traded down five spots and still got him.
8. Jacksonville Eugene Monroe OT Virginia Run-blocking skills make him a fit for Jaguars' plodding attack.
9. Green Bay B.J. Raji DT Boston Coll. Up-front support for Pack's strong LBs, Raji is a force in the middle.
10. San Francisco Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech Slipped later than most projected. Jerry Rice he is not.
11. Buffalo Aaron Maybin DE Penn St. The big-time rusher badly needed by the sad-sack Bills defence.
12. Denver Knowshon Moreno RB Georgia Needed more help on defence, but he is a versatile offensive threat.
Selections 13 to 32 in yesterday's NFL draft:
TEAM PLAYER POS COLLEGE
13. Washington Brian Orakpo DE Texas
14. New Orleans Malcolm Jenkins DB Ohio State
15. Houston Brian Cushing LB USC
16. San Diego Larry English LB N. Illinois
17. Tampa Bay Josh Freeman QB Kansas State
18. Denver Robert Ayers DE Tennessee
19. Philadelphia Jeremy Maclin WR Missouri
20. Detroit Brandon Pettigrew TE Oklahoma St.
21. Cleveland Alex Mack C California
22. Minnesota Percy Harvin WR Florida
TEAM PLAYER POS COLLEGE
23. Baltimore Michael Oher OT Mississippi
24. Atlanta Peria Jerry DT Mississippi
25. Miami Vontae Davis DB Illinois
26. Green Bay Clay Matthews LB USC
27. Indianapolis Donald Brown RB Connecticut
28. Buffalo Eric Wood C Louisville
29. N.Y. Giants Hakeem Nicks WR N. Carolina
30. Tennessee Kenny Britt WR Rutgers
31. Arizona Chris Wells RB Ohio State
32. Pittsburgh Evander Hood DT Missouri
