A week Away From the NFL Draft 2009
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With the 32nd pick of the 2009 NFL selection draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers take .... ANDY NATALIE"
"Thank you Mr Goodell and you Mr Rooney, I thought for sure that bag of chips was going to go before me"
And then I woke up!
So for the 74th time the NFL will conduct its Player Selection Meeting. As has been the case in recent years, the Draft will be held in NYC at Radio City Music Hall.
There will be the usual 7 rounds between Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26, 2009. It will be aired this year again on ESPN television.
Rounds 1 and 2 will be from 4pm ET to 10pm ET on Saturday.
Round 1: 10 minutes per selection. Round 2: Seven minutes per selection. Rounds 3 through 7: Five minutes per selection.
The following players that will be at the draft, for sure, at Radio City on Saturday: Texas Tech WR MICHAEL CRABTREE, Wake Forest LB AARON CURRY, USC LB BRIAN CUSHING, Kansas State QB JOSH FREEMAN, Virginia T EUGENE MONROE, Mississippi T MICHAEL OHER, Texas DE BRIAN ORAKPO, Baylor T JASON SMITH and Georgia QB MATTHEW STAFFORD. All of whom are expecting to go very high in the selection. According to one report, having 9 wanna be's there is one of the higher amount of prospects in attendance.
Scouts Inc rates the Top 32 as follows:
1. Aaron Curry OLB Wake Forest 97
2. Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech 97
3. Jason Smith OT Baylor 96
4. Brian Orakpo DE Texas 96
5. Eugene Monroe OT Virginia 96
6. Aaron Maybin DE Penn State 95
7. B.J. Raji DT Boston Coll. 95
8. Matthew Stafford QB Georgia 95
9. Mark Sanchez QB USC 94
10. Jeremy Maclin WR Missouri 94
11. Malcolm Jenkins CB Ohio State 94
12. Brandon Pettigrew TE Oklahoma State 94
13. Knowshon Moreno RB Georgia 94
14. Andre Smith OT Alabama 94
15. Robert Ayers DE Tennessee 94
16. Percy Harvin WR Florida 92
17. Everette Brown DE Florida State 93
18. Clay Matthews OLB USC 93
19. Tyson Jackson DE LSU 92
20. Peria Jerry DT Mississippi 92
21. Chris Wells RB Ohio State 92
22. Brian Cushing OLB USC 92
23. Hakeem Nicks WR N. Carolina 92
24. Rey Maualuga ILB USC 92
25. Michael Oher OT Mississippi 91
26. Darrius Heyward-Bey WR Maryland 91
27. Vontae Davis CB Illinois 91
28. Donald Brown RB Connecticut 91
29. James Laurinaitis ILB Ohio State 90
30. Louis Delmas S W. Michigan 90
31. Darius Butler CB Connecticut 90
32. Eben Britton OT Arizona 90
1st Round Order as of Sat 4/18
No doubt will change. For example the Philadelphia Eagles already have a pending deal for their 28th(1st) pick.
Detroit
St Louis
KC
Seattle
Cleveland
Oakland
Jacksonville
Green Bay
San Francisco
Buffalo
Denver
Washington
New Orleans
Houston
San Diego
NY Jets
Chicago
Tampa Bay
Detroit (via Dallas)
Philadelphia
Minnesota
New England
Atlanta
Miami
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Philadelphia (via Carolina)
NY Giants
Tennessee
Arizona
PITTSBURGH
By: Andy Natalie
Profootball-fans.com Staff Writer