Football Drills and Football Coaching News

The Miami Dolphins pick OT Jake Long as their first round Draft-pick…

Rams pick Virginia DE Chris Long with No. 2 pick

The Atlanta Falcons select Boston College’s QB Matt Ryan with their #3 pick

Arkansas RB Darren McFadden #4 Draft Pick by Oakland Raiders

Kansas City Chiefs select LSU’s DT Glenn Dorsey with their No. 5 Pick

New York Jets decide to pick Ohio State’s DE Vernon Gholston (Pick #6)

The New Orleans Saints take with their #7 Pick (acquired from the 49ers via New England Patriots) DT Sedrick Ellis from Southern Cal

The Ravens trade their #8 pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars, who select Florida’s DE Derrick Harvey

Cincinnati Bengals Pick No. 9: Southern Cal’s LB Keith Rivers
Keith Rivers is the second Defender out of Southern Cal after DT Sedrick Ellis picked in the first round

The Patriots, now on #10, select OLB Jerod Mayo out of Tennessee

Buffalo Bills: CB Leodis McKelvin from Troy

Pick #12: Denver Broncos: Boise State’s OT Ryan Clady

Carolina Panthers take RB Jonathan Stewart (Oregon)

Pick #14: Chicago Bears select OT Chris Williams (Vanderbilt)

Detroit Lions their #15 Pick to the Kansas City Chiefs who select Virginia’s OG Branden Albert

The Arizona Cardinals use their #16 to select Tennessee’s CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie

#17: Boston College’s OT Gosder Cherilus by Detroit Lions,
2nd Player from Boston College (after Matt Ryan) in the first round

Houston Texans trade their No. 18 pick to the Baltimore Ravens who select Delaware’s QB Joe Flacco

Philadelphia Eagles trade their pick No. 19 to the Carolina Panthers who select OT Jeff Otah from Pittsburgh

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers select CB Aqib Talib from Kansas with their pick #20

The Washington Redskins opt to trade their #21 pick to the Atlanta Falcons who pick OT Sam Baker from USC

Pick #22 Felix Jones from Arkansas goes to the Dallas Cowboys. Felix Jones is the second RB out of Arkansas being picked in the first round (Darren McFadden went to Oakland as pick #4)

The Pittsburgh Steelers take RB Rashard Mendenhall from Illinois with their No. 23 pick

Draft Pick #24 RB Chris Johnson from East Carolina goes to the Tennessee Titans

The Seattle Seahawks selected to trade their pick No. 25 to the Dallas Cowboys who pick South Florida’s CB Mike Jenkins

The Houston Texans select Virginia Tech’s OT Duane Brown with their #26 pick

No. 27 pick CB Antoine Cason from Arizona goes to the San Diego Chargers

The Seattle Seahawks pick USC’s DE Lawrence Jackson with their #28 pick

The San Francisco 49ers take North Carolina’s DE Kentwan Balmer with their #29 pick

The Green Bay Packers trade their pick #30 to the NY Jets who take Purdue’s TE Dustin Keller

And with pick #31 Miami’s Safety Kenny Phillips the New York Giants close out the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft

read my sum-up of the following rounds in the coming days…