Shelton, Crowder opt for NFL draft
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Louisville junior running back Eric Shelton , who ran for 938 yards this season on 146 carries, and Florida linebacker Channing Crowder , a sophomore, will leave school early to enter the NFL Draft while Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart of USC, who could be a high first-round pick, said he remains uncertain whether he will return to the Trojans ...
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It could have been the Candlestick crowds crooning &quot;Deuuuce&quot; instead of those in New Orleans. The 49ers were enamored with Saints running back Deuce McAllister before the 2001 draft, when McAllister went to the Saints with the 23rd overall pick.
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Brown is a second year player from Memphis and has spent the 2004 season on the Steelers&#39; practice squad. He played in two games last year.
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It seemed like a foregone conclusion. Corey Dillon was no longer with the Patriots, so Laurence Maroney would be the team's lead running back, forced to carry a much heavier load than he did as a rookie.
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Cleveland won a coin flip with Tampa Bay on Friday at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis and will pick third overall in April's draft. The Buccaneers will select fourth.
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There are certainly players in the NFL who speak their mind. Some have the cachet to do so. Kickers, in general, do not.
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There are football players, and there are guys who were born to play football. They called him the Minister of Defense, and he defined his position in an amazing career that took him from the University of
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A debate on draft day 2003 was whether the Patriots should have moved up to take Kentucky defensive lineman Dewayne Robertson , who was picked fourth overall by the Jets. After he had a subpar rookie season, the feeling was the Patriots made the right choice, though they took Ty Warren 13th overall that year and he also ...
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Florida's best defensive player won't be around for the Urban Meyer era. Linebacker Channing Crowder said Wednesday he will forgo his final two years of eligibility and enter the NFL draft.
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Now if only the NFL can let players at the other 20 positions on the football field get involved. The league trading deadline was yesterday, and for the first time in five years, there actually were deals made. All three trades were for wide receivers.
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The Ravens will approach personnel decisions with hopes of sustaining this season's success for a number of years rather than sacrificing their future for a run at the Super Bowl next season.
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I said on our pregame show that Jacksonville was no slouch. I knew they would play Indianapolis tough and they surely did. What you have to understand everybody is that this league is about great defenses.
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Coach Tom Coughlin announced the decision Sunday, a day after indicating he would not decide until after this week&#39;s final preseason game.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- The Patriots made out well with a sixth-round draft choice from the University of Michigan. After all, quarterback Tom Brady, the two-time Super Bowl Most Valuable Player, might wind up being the greatest sixth-rounder of all time.
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This time the blitz was on Tully Banta-Cain . The fourth-year linebacker, who is expected to slide into the starting lineup at right outside linebacker because of Junior Seau's season-ending arm injury, was the focus of the media yesterday in the Patriots' locker room. Everyone was curious how Banta-Cain was preparing to transition from reserve to starter.
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Heisman Trophy ballots were mailed Wednesday to 923 voters, who will pick the best player in college football. Voters have until Wednesday, Dec. 8 to submit their ballots.
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Patriots FOXBOROUGH -- One of the messages that rookies often hear when they first arrive at Gillette Stadium is that it doesn't matter when they were drafted. All that counts, coach Bill Belichick says, is how they perform on the field.