NFL DRAFT The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, April 22, 1996 - 9B ,1996 NFL Draft 1 1st and 2nd Rounds First-round Selections 1. New York Jets, Keyshawn Johnson, WR, Southern Cal 2. Jacksonville Jaguars, Kevin Hardy, LB, Illinois 3. Arizona Cardinals, Simeon Rice, DE, Illinois 4. Baltimore Ravens,~Jonathan Ogden, OT, UCLA 5. New York Giants - Cedric Jones, 1DE, Oklahoma 6. St. Louis Rams (from Washington) - Lawrence Phillips, RB, Nebraska 7. New England Patriots, Terry Glenn, WR, Ohio State 8. Carolina Panthers, Tim Blakabatuka, RB, Michigan 9. Oakland Raiders (from Houston), Rickey Dudley, TE, Ohio State 10. Cincinnati Bengals, Willie Anderson, OT, Auburn 11. New Orleans Saints, Alex Molden, DB, Oregon 12. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Regan Upshaw, DE, California 13. Chicago Bears (from St. Louis), Walt Harris, DB, Mississippi State 14. Houston Oilers (from Seattle), Eddie George, RB, Ohio State 15. Denver Broncos, John Mobley, LB, Kutztown State 16. Minnesota Vikings, Duane Clemons, LB, California 17. Detroit Lions (from Oakland via Houston and Seattle), Reggie Brown, LB, Texas A&M 18. St. Louis Rams (from Chicago), Eddie Kennison, WR, Louisiana State 19: Indianapolis Colts (from Atlanta), Marvin Harrison, WR, Syracuse 20. Miami Dolphins, Daryl Gardener, DT, Baylor 21. Seattle Seahawks (from San Diego via Detrdit), Pete Kendall, G, Boston College 22. Tampa Bay (from Indianapolis), Marcus Jones, DE, North Carolina 23. Detroit Lions, Jeff Hartings, G, Penn State 24. Buffalo Bills, Eric Moulds, WR, Mississippi State 25. Philadelphia Eagles, Jermane Mayberry, OT, Texas A&M- Kingsville 26. Baltimore Ravens (from San Francisco), Ray Lewis, LB, Miami 27. Green Bay Packers, John Michels, OT, Southern Cal 28. Kansas City Chiefs, Jerome Woods, S, Memphis 29. Pittsburgh Steelers, Jamain Stephens, OT, North Carolina A&T 30. Washington Redskins (from Dallas), Andre Johnson, OT, Penn State 'l Draft full of suipnses The Associated Press NEW YORK - It was a predictable draft - Keyshawn Johnson went first. It was an unpredictable draft - talented but troubled Lawrence Phillips fell to sixth. Most of all, Saturday's NFL draft was deceptive, with the top teams doing just what they said they wouldn't do, particularly Jacksonville, Arizona and Baltimore, the teams with picks two, three and four. It started straightforwardly enough, with the New York Jets, using just 10 seconds of their allotted 15 minutes to select Johnson, the flamboyant wide receiver from Southern California. It was welcome news to a crowd that was chanting, "Keyshawn! Keyshawn! Keyshawn!" even before commissioner Paul Tagliabue officially opened the proceedings. But then things got strange. Jacksonville selected Illinois linebacker Kevin Hardy, who then drew faint praise from Jaguars coach Tom Coughlin. "He's got to improve his quickness and some of his technique," Coughlin said. Arizona, which had wanted Hardy or offensive tackle Jonathan Ogden of UCLA, took Hardy's pass rushingteammate, Simeon Rice, amove that shocked even Rice. "I had no communication with them prior to this," he said. And Baltimore, in its first draft since leaving Cleveland, took Ogden, although every indication was that they'd grab Phillips, perhaps even trade up for him. "We had Ogden and Phillips there together," said Ozzie Newsome, the Ravens' director of player personnel. "It's obvious who we thought was the better player." Better player or better citizen? Phillips, whose talent is immense, pled no-contest tomisdemeanorassault on aformergirlfriend. Ogden, who scored nearly 1,200 on his SAT, won as much praise for his character as for his blocking skills. But Phillips didn't have long to wait. The New York Giants, who thought they'd get Rice, Hardy or Ogden, settled for Oklahoma defen- sive end Cedric Jones with the fifth pick rather than add another running back to an already stocked position. It was the first time in a decade the Giants had taken a defensive player in the first round. Then Phillips finally went - to the St. Louis Rams, who had obtained the sixth overall pick 10 days ago when they shipped defensive lineman Sean Gilbert to Washington. Unlike some other teams, the Rams weren't scared off by Phillips' off-field prob- lems. "He's probably been through as much scrutiny," coach Rich Brooks said, "as a presidential candidate in the last month leading up to the draft." Said Phillips: "I feel I'd have been the first pick if I had no problems, definitely. I feel I'm the best player in the draft, I think that by far. I think a lot of teams passed because they were afraid of the off-the- field situation, and that's fine." New England, which might have taken Jones, went instead for Terry Glenn, the wide receiver from Ohio State, at No.7. That conformed to the wishes of owner Robert Kraft rather than those of defensive- minded coach Bill Parcells and gave Drew Bledsoe the first deep threat he's ever had. Carolinatook Michigan's Tshimanga Biakabutuka and Oakland dealt up to grab another Ohio State player, tight end Rickey Dudley, with the ninth pick. Then came four predictable choices - Auburn offensive tackle Willie Anderson to Cincinnati at No. 10, Oregon cornerback Alex Molden to New Orleans at No. 11,Californiadefensiveend Regan Upshaw to Tampa Bay at 12 and Mississippi State cornerback Walt Harris to Chicago, which traded with St. Louis to get the 13th selection. Then Houston traded back up and took Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George, the third Ohio State player in the top 14. The Oilers sent defensive Glenn Montgomery and the 17th pick to Seattle for that right. Denver ended the first half of the round by taking Kutztown (Penn.) linebacker John Mobley, a rela- tively unknown Division II player who bloomed in all-star games and the scouting combine. With a lot of equally rated talent, there were five trades in the first round, four revolving around the 17th pick and the fifth a deal for the last of the round, which Dallas sent to Washington. The 17th selection changed hands four times - AP PHOrT I - - - - - - - - - - Despite all the surprisesI in the draft, everyone knew Keyshawn Johnson would be the first pick. from Oakland to Houston to Seattle to Detroit with the Lions finally using it for Texas A&M 1inr ba.c Reggie Brown right after Minnesota had chose u defensive-end linebacker Duane Clemons of Cali- fornia. After Clemons and Brown went two wide receiv- ers- Eddie Kennison of Louisiana State to St. Louis and Marvin Harrison of Syracuse to Indianapolis. Then Jimmy Johnson made his first pick for Mi- ami - no trades this time - and took Daryl Gar- dener, a defensive linemen from Baylor. Gardener is a classic Johnson pick-an awesome physical talent who's rarely shown it on the field. Seattle took offensive linemen Pete Kendall of Boston College with the 21st pick, Tampa Bay chose defensive tackle Marcus Jones of North Carolina, and Detroit chose offensive lineman Jeff Hartings of Penn State. \t No "4 4i'tft sclected \ississippi State wide rec cn er ! n \Vulo kiPhilaeI phia took often- sinC t"ike r m arin \ l a hcrr -' Texas A&M- K insx il W an I 3aitrmore eIursc linebacker Ray Lewis o Mim i ot o. 2 Green Bay chose oftensiv e tackle John Michels of Southern Cal, Kansas City took defensive back Jerome Woods of Memphis with the 28th pick and Pittsburgh went for Jamain Stephens, an offensive tackle from North Carolina A&T. 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Fontes likes Lions' picks, happy to re-sign Glover The Associated Press PONTIAC -The late rounds ofthe NFL draft were producing the usual long list of no-name football players yesterday. Yet it didn't matter to De- troit coach Wayne Fontes. He was happy because the Lions had just agreed to a new contract with Pro Bowl center Kevin Glover. Terms- of the contract weren't disclosed, but it was believed to be a two-year pact worth $3.4 million. The Lions also continued adding to their defense. They selected Alabama de- fensive back Brad Ford inthe fourth round and took Central State defensive tackle Kerwin Waldroup in the fifth round. Of the five college players the Lions drafted, four were defensive players. Saturday, the Lions drafted Texas A&M linebacker Reggie Brown and Penn State offensive guard Jeff Hartings in the first round. 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