Sentences with phrase «first draft choice»

The lowly Rangers made Clyde their first draft choice, gave him a $ 125,000 bonus, and then, amid much fanfare, announced that he would start his first major league game only 19 days after he graduated from high school.

The Dolphins gave up their first draft choice in 1971 for Shula, which makes him only half as valuable as Dave Parks, a wide receiver signed by the Saints in 1968 after he had played out his option with the San Francisco 49ers.

And Robbie got a bargain in Shula, even with giving him a part of the club and dealing the Colts a first draft choice.

As payment for Parks, Rozelle awarded the 49ers Kevin Hardy, who had been the Saints» first draft choice that season, plus their first draft choice the following year.

The Texans finally made their first draft choice at 8:35 p.m. Friday, and even though they had more pressing needs at offensive tackle and tight end, general manager Brian Gaine decided Stanford free safety Justin Reid was too good to pass up.

Not exact matches

Now, six years later, Garett Bolles was the NFL's No. 20 overall choice and first offensive lineman taken by the Denver Broncos in this year's draft.

Nice credentials, but hardly the stuff of first - round NFL draft choices.

As a youth growing up in Canoga Park, Calif., the son of an Italian - American father and an Irish - French mother, Tim Foli was such a talented athlete that by the time he graduated from high school he was offered both football and baseball scholarships to the University of Southern California and Notre Dame and a $ 75,000 baseball bonus by the Mets, who had made him their first choice in the 1968 free - agent draft.

Last year in the college draft he selected Center Bob Johnson and Defensive Tackle Bill Staley as his first and second picks and Running Back Paul Robinson as one of three No. 3 choices.

New York reached its nadir in 1975 when Coach Charley Winner, thinking his team was just a few players away from playoff contention, traded his first, fourth and sixth draft choices for three defensive linemen, two of whom now are out of football.

Deion Branch held out prior to the 2006 season and was eventually traded to the Seattle Seahawks for a first - round draft choice.

* All first - and second - year professionals, as well as all unsigned draft choices, will be exempt from selection (and will not be counted toward their club's applicable protection limits).

In 1979, the Niners were a year removed from making one of the worst trades in NFL history: acquiring a broken - down O.J. Simpson from Buffalo for five draft choices, including the first overall pick in the 1979 draft.

Fridge lumbered more or less into America's consciousness as a 360 - pound All - America nosetackle at Clemson and a 330 - pound first - round draft choice, presumably as a defensive lineman, of the Chicago Bears last spring.

The Nuggets put him with one of their first - round 1991 draft choices in a package and traded him back to the Bullets for Washington's higher first - round draft choice last June.

When the Redskins made a trade with the San Francisco 49ers last Feb. 25 that left them with the second and third choices in the first round of the 2000 draft, coach Norv Turner knew before his head hit the pillow that night that he'd be using one of those picks on another tackle.

«They've taken some first - round draft choices we'd like to have, but first - round choices don't mean that much.

Denver also will receive the Mays» first - round draft choice in 1986.

Actually, the Colts can thank themselves for making the common sense choice of taking Andrew Luck with the first overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft.

He's not my first choice, but as long as we get one of the top 4 guys I'll leave the draft happy.

BEST OFF - SEASON TRADE The Rams, giving Kansas City a first - and a fifth - round draft choice to get All - Pro cornerback Gary Green, a solid man - to - man - coverage guy.

The Cowboys drafted into their strong suit, using the last choice of the first round for Michigan State Defensive End Larry Bethea.

With its own first - round choice, 28th overall, San Diego made a surprise pick in Luis Castillo of Northwestern, who had been the top - rated defensive tackle in the draft until he tested positive for androstenedione at the scouting combine in February.

The boss should urgently reshuffled his defense line and his 2 CDM positions by drafting Ajayi and Coquelin to play as 2 new DMs and pair Chambers / Koscielny as new CBs, while playing Bellerin and Gibbs as first choice HBs.

It also shows that if you draft according to value, you'll miss on some of first choice targets.

He was the Patriots» offensive coordinator in 2007 when Goodell docked them a first - round draft choice and levied fines of $ 250,000 against the club and $ 500,000 against coach Bill Belichick for their roles in «Spygate.»

During his tenure with the Badgers» strength staff, Herbert helped develop 41 NFL draft picks, including six first - round choices.

Two years ago, in response to complaints from owners and veteran players about the huge contracts being signed by rookies — the 10 - year, $ 68.2 million deal that forward Glenn Robinson received from the Milwaukee Bucks as the first pick of the 1994 draft was the most egregious example — the league and the players» association agreed to hold down salaries with a rookie salary cap, but to allow all first - round draft choices to become free agents after their third season.

The end result: Kunnert, a backup center, and Washington, the irreplaceable, were sent to Portland, along with two first - round draft choices.

The center fielder was selected in the first round (23rd overall) by the Detroit Tigers to become the highest local draft choice since 1998.

All this from a 19th - round draft choice, for heaven's sake, who was thought to be too slow ever to make it as a singles hitter and too punchless ever to make it at first base.

Salary packages for 1983 first - round draft choices were up by an average of $ 620,000, or more than 60 % over 1982, according to newspaper surveys, with the trickle - down effect raising the paychecks of lower choices as well.

He was drafted in last summer to provide backup for Harry Kane, and understood that he would receive limited chances in the first team with the prolific nature of first choice striker Kane.

Saquon Barkley won't be available in the 2017 NFL Draft, but Urban Meyer believes the Penn State running back will be a first - round draft choice, whenever his time cDraft, but Urban Meyer believes the Penn State running back will be a first - round draft choice, whenever his time cdraft choice, whenever his time comes.

Florida State defensive back Jalen Ramsey has speed, versatility, and all the athleticism an NFL club could ask for in a first - round draft choice.

NFL clubs could soon be permitted to trade compensatory draft choices for the first time.

Jerry is the shark on the sidelines, the guy with the cellular phone who turns a first - round draft choice into a multimillion - dollar endorsement industry.

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Wade was asked if it made him realize how much he meant to some people, particularly in South Florida, where he emerged from being the Heat's first - round NBA draft choice in 2003 to helping lead the franchise to its three NBA championships.

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