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4D NFL DRAFT DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE. ROCHESTER. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29. 1987 BUFFALO BILLS DRAFT PICKS Conlan selection strong one for player and team Pick Player Pot. Collegt Ht.

Wt. Comment 8 Shane Conlan LB Penn St. 6-3 228 Second-rated OLB in draft 29 Nate Odomes CB Wisconsin 5-9 186 Bench presses 400 pounds 33 Roland Mitchell OB Texas Tech 5-1 180 One of top DBs in Southwest 60 Dave Brandon LB Memphis St. 6-4 224 Had 10 QB sacks last fall 78 Jamie Mueller RB Benedictine 6-2 229 Avg. 7.7 yards per carry 108 Leon Seals DL Jackson St.

6-4 249 Finished with 31 career sacks 171 Kerry Porter RB Washington St. 6-1 205 Rushed for 921 yds in '86 209 Bruce Mesner DL Maryland 6-5 279 First team AII-ACC 227 Keith McKeller TE Jacksonville St. 6-6 230 26 receptions for 449 yards their draft board. His box office appeal as a local product is a bonus for a franchise trying to improve its image. "I never really gave that a thought to be honest with you," said Buffalo General Manager Bill Polian.

"But it's a nice bonus." Levy indicated before the draft Buffalo would be emphasizing defense. He kept his word. Five of the team's first six selections were defensive players. The Bills made two second-round selections they hope will shore up their secondary. They traded up with Tampa Bay in the second round so they could choose cornerback Nate Odomes of Wisconsin, a 5-9, 186-pounder who benches 400 pounds and finished second to Purdue's Rod Woodson in the sprints at the Big Ten track championships.

WITH THEIR other second-round choice, the Bills took cornerback Roland Mitchell, a 5-11, 180-pounder from Texas Tech, who also excelled in track. He finished fourth in the NCAAs with a high jump of 7-4 last spring. In the third round, Buffalo chose David Brandon, a blitzing linebacker from Memphis State, and fullback Jamie Mueller, who averaged 7.7 yards per carry in his four years at Benedictine (Kan.) College, an NAIA Division II school. They made their third deal of the day with Washington in the fourth round, enabling them to choose Jackson State defensive end Leon Seals, known as the "Dr. of Sack." Source of dau Dcmocral and Chronic uary that earned the mythical national championship for the Nittany Lions.

Penn State Coach Joe Paterno called him the best ever to play the position for the Lions, a lofty compliment considering the school is known as "Linebacker The thing I like most about him is that he's a mean, nasty player who's not afraid to tattoo people," said Bills defensive coordinator Walt Corey. Added Buffalo player personnel director Norm Pollom: "He's the kind of guy who can come in and help mold our team together. Look for him to make an immediate impact I'm tickled to death to get him." CONLAN IS expected to replace veteran Buffalo outside linebacker Lucius Sanford, who struggled last fall after offseason back surgery. The Bills chose Conlan because he was the top-rated linebacker remaining on "A million things were going through my mind," said Conlan, who was being badgered by well-meaning friends and relatives at his parents' house. They keep asking me if I'm nervous and I say, And they say, 'Oh yeah, you are CONLAN WENT upstairs with his brothers and father to get away from it all when he heard the roar downstairs.

"He will fit right into what we do," said Bills Coach Marv Levy. "He has the background and character. He's at the position we need help; he's at the unit we need help." Conlan, a 6-foot-3, 228-pounder, was rated as the second-best outside linebacker in the draft behind Bennett He finished tied for second in career tackles (274) at Penn State and concluded his career with two interceptions in a Fiesta Bowl victory against Miami last Jan- NFL DRAFT FIRST R0UHD BJLLSJI0TES Odomes improved in college days by facing Jets' Toon By Scott Pitoniak Democrat and Chronicle Buffalo Bills' second-round pick Nate Odomes was coveted by several teams, including the New York Giants and Washington Redskins. It's easy to understand why. The cornerback from Wisconsin has bench pressed 400 pounds and has been clocked at 4.3 seconds in the 40-yard dash.

Odomes finished second to Purdue's Rod Woodson the best all-around athlete in the draft in the sprints at the Big Ten track championships. Still, despite his impressive credentials, some are worried that at 5-foot-9, Odomes is too short to cover many of the skyscrapers playing wide receiver in the NFL these days. The fear is Odomes will suffer the same problems that have beset current Bills corner Rodney Bellinger. "He's an inch taller than Rodney Bellinger and considerably faster than Rodney or any corner we had on the board this year," counters Bills' Coach Marv Levy. "Also, you find most corners over six feet are too tall.

Very few corners over six feet make it because they don't have a low center of gravity to change positions quickly." Added Buffalo defensive coordinator Walt Corey: "He's not tall, but he plays tall. He looks like a miniature linebacker. I like a guy who can run and hit people. You can always find room for a guy like that on your football team." Odomes has experience against tall receivers. For two seasons, he had to cover former teammate Al Toon every day in practice.

"My first two years he pretty much broke me in," Odomes said of the New York Jets All-Pro. "I learned a lot from just covering him day in and day out Al is an out-of-this-world type of athlete. There's no such thing as shutting him down. "We're pretty good friends, and when I go against him, it will be two friends going against each other. He knows I won't back down.

And he surely won't back down. It will be a pretty good contest" One scout's appraisal of Odomes football skills: "He's a nasty little pest." Roland Mitchell, the Bills other second-round draft choice, also plays comer. And like Odomes, he, too, excels in track and field. Last spring, the Texas Tech star finished fourth in the NCAA track championships with a high jump of 7-4. That leaping ability comes in handy on the football field.

"Say, for instance if you have a lead blocker coming out with a running back, you want to go over the top of him, instead of trying to go head on with him That kind of brightens up the game," said Mitchell. Extra points One of the raps against Bills linebacker Shane Conlan is that his legs are too skinny. "It's true that I have skinny legs, but I've worked them (with weights) for four years and they don't do anything," Penn State's All-American said. "They stay the same size, but they've never given me any trouble." The Bills made three trades in the first four rounds yesterday Fourth-round pick Leon Seals, a 6-4, 249-pound defensive end from Jackson (Miss.) State, is known as "Dr. of Sack." He had 31 sacks during his three years of varsity football, including 10 last season.

"He's the best I've ever seen at getting to the passer," said GramblingCoach Eddie Robinson. "He possesses an uncanny knack for being around the ball. That kid has the skills and nastiness to make the other guy sit up and take notice." Jackson State also produced Bills wide receiver Chris Burkett and former-and current NFL standouts Coy Bacon, Verlon Biggs, Robert Brazile and Ben McGec. NFL team Player Pos. College Ht.

Wt. 1. Tampa Bay Vinny Testaverde QB Miami 6-5 218 2. Indianapolis Cornelius Bennett LB Alabama 6-2 235 3. Houston Alonzo Highsmith FB Miami 6-1 235 4.

Green Bay Brent Fullwood RB Auburn 5-11 209 5. Cleveland Mike Junkin LB Duke 6-3 230 6. St. Louis Kelly Stouffer QB Colorado St. 6-3 212 7.

Detroit Reggie Rogers DE Washington 6-6 266 8. Buffalo Shane Conlan LB Penn St. 6-3 228 9. Philadelphia Jerome Brown DT Miami 6-3 288 10. Pittsburgh Rod Woodson DB Purdue 6-0 193 11.

New Orleans Shawn Knight DT Brlgham Young 6-6 285 12. Dallas Danny Noonan DT Nebraska 6-3 282 13. Atlanta Chris Miller QB Oregon 6-1 191 14. Minnesota D.J. Dozier RB Penn St.

6-0 203 15. L.A. Raiders John Clay OT Missouri 6-5 298 16. Miami John Bosa DE Boston College 6-4 267 17. Cincinnati Jason Buck DE Brigham Young 6-5 260 18.

Seattle Tony Woods LB Pittsburgh 6-2 243 19. Kansas City Paul Palmer RB Temple 5-9 184 20. Houston Haywood Jeffries WR N.C. State 6-2 194 21. N.Y.Jets Roger Vick FB Texas 6-3 218 22.

San Francisco Harris Barton OT N. Carolina 6-4 273 23. New England Bruce Armstrong OG Louisville 6-3 274 24. San Diego Rod Bernstine TE Texas 6-2 235 25. San Francisco Terrence Flagler RB Clemson 5-11 199 26.

Chicago Jim Harbaugh QB Michigan 6-3 207 27. Denver Ricky Nattiel WR Florida 5-9 179 28. N.Y. Giants Mark Ingram WR Michigan St. 5-10 188 FROM PAGE 1D April's first -pick debacle, when the Bills, in no need of a running back, drafted running back Ronnie Harmon of Iowa instead of the player who probably could have helped them more, Syracuse linebacker Tim Green.

This time there was no last-minute bungling. Only shrewd maneuvering. THE BILLS STARTED the morning with the third pick overall. The minute after the Indianapolis Colts made University of Alabama linebacker Cornelius Bennett the second choice, Buffalo's helmet phone began ringing off the hook. Five NFL teams made trade offers.

The Bills liked Houston's package the best, and dealt their first-round pick in exchange for the Oilers' eighth pick in the first and second rounds. The Bills were gambling that either Mike Junkin, a linebacker from Duke, or Conlan still would be available by the time they picked. Cleveland worked a deal with San Diego, and selected Junkin with the fifth pick. Perspiration time had arrived for both the Bills and Conlan. Browns claim that linebacker Junkin better than Conlan FROM PAGE 1D first at tackle, Schottenheimer said.

The deal with San Diego was contingent upon Junkin still being available when the fifth pick arrived, Schottenheimer said. Junkin played middle linebacker at Duke but will play Banks' left outside slot, Schottenheimer said. Junkin said he was not overly concerned about the transition from inside to outside linebacker. "AT DUKE, I lined up over the center some and did some standing up," he said by telephone. "Pass rushing is mostly a desire to get to the quarterback.

There's technique involved, and I'm sure they'll help me with that." He said he played middle linebacker in college because he was needed there most. "In college, the game is basically a running game, and our defense is set up to stop the run," Junkin said. "The inside 'backer does that I've got a lot of work to do, but I feel confident that I can do it." Banks, usually a brilliant player, nonetheless caused the Browns several headaches during the five years since they made the Southern California product their No. 1 pick in the 1982 draft HE REFUSED TO be traded to Buffalo two seasons ago, forcing the Browns to give up an extra first-round draft pick in their acquisition of the supplemental draft rights to quarterback Bernie Kosar. Banks also missed the Browns' last two Schwedes to Miami in the second round FROM PAGE 1D geon (5-feet-ll, 238 pounds).

"I can't believe I was picked by the team I wanted to go to," said Schwedes, the Orangemen's all-time leading receiver and punt returner. "I was starting to get down when the end of the second round got near. I was getting nervous." Schwedes, who set Syracuse receiving records with 139 catches for 2,111 yards and 16 touchdowns, can't wait to catch passes from All-Pro quarterback Dan Marino and pick the brains of the Marks Brothers receivers Clayton and Duper. "It's unbelievable," he said. "I'll be IStWW'i nsuno by mmm NEW YORK Round-by-round selections in yesterday's NFL college draft (positions listed are those projected by the drafting teams, not necessarily those played in college): ROUND TWO 29.

Buffalo, from Tampa Bay. Nate Odomes, db, Wisconsin. 30, Washington, from Indianapolis. Brian Davis, db, Nebraska. 31.

Atlanta, from Green Bay. Kenny Flowers, rb, Clemson. 32, Cleveland, from San Diego, Gregg Rakoczy, Miami, Fla. 33, Buffalo, Roland Mitchell, db. Texas Tech.

34, St. Louis, Tim McDonald, db. Southern Caifornia. 35, Kansas City, from Houston, Christian Okoye. rb, Azusa Pacific.

36, Tampa Bay, from Detroit, through Houston and Buffalo, Ricky Reynolds, db, Washington State. 37, San Francisco, from Philadelphia, Jeff Bregel, og, Southern California 38, Pittsburgh, Delton Hall, db, Clemson. 39, Dallas, Ron Francis, db, Baylor. 40, New Orleans, Lonzell Hill, wr, Washington. 41, Green Bay, from Atlanta, Johnny Holland, lb, Texas 42, New York Jets, from Los Angeles Raiders, Alex Gordon, lb, Cincinnati.

43. Miami, Rick Graf, lb, Wisconsin. 44, Minnesota, Ray Berry, lb, Baylor. 45, Seattle, Dave Wyman, lb, Stanford. 46, Houston, from Kansas City, Walter Johnson, lb, Louisiana Tech.

47, Los Angeles Rams, Donald Evans, de, Winston-Salem State. 48, Washington, from New York Jets, through Los Angeles Raiders, Wally Kleine. ot, Notre Dame. 49, Cincinnati, Eric Thomas, db Tulane. 50.

Tampa Bay, from San Francisco, Winston Moss, lb, Miami, Fla. 51, Tampa Bay, from New England, Don Smith, qb-rb. Mississippi State. 52, Los Angeles Raiders, from Washington, Bruce Wilkerson, ot, Tennessee 53. San Diego, from Cleveland, Louis Brock db.

Southern California. 54, Chicago. Ron Morris, wr, SMU. 55. New York Giants, from Denver, Adrian White, db, Florida.

56, Miami, from New York Giants, through St Louis, Scott Schwedes, wr, Syracuse. ROUND THREE 57. Tampa Bay. Mark Carrier, wr, Nicholls State. 58, Indianapolis.

Chris Gambol, ot, Iowa. 59. San Diego, Karl Wilson, de. LSU 60, Buffalo. Dave Brandon, lb, Memphis State.

61. Green Bay, Dave Croston. ot, Iowa. 62. Sf.

Louis. Robert Await, te, San Diego State. 63, Detroit, Jerry Ball, dt, SMU. 64. Houston, Cody Carlson, qb, Baylor.

65, Philadelphia. Ben Tamburello. c. Auburn. 66, Pittsburgh, Charles Lockett, wr, Long Beach State.

67, New Orleans, Mike Adams, db. Arkansas State 68, Dallas, Jeff Zimmerman, og, Florida 69. Green Bay, from Atlanta, Scott Stephen, lb, Arizona State. 70, St. Louis, from Miami, Colin Scotts, dt.

Hawaii. 71. Green Bay, from Los Angeles Raiders, Frankie Manoa and Washington place-kicker Jeff Jaeger. Later selections included defensive back Stephen Braggs (sixth round, University of Texas) and linebacker Steve Bullitt (eighth round, Texas Manoa was chosen with the Browns' own third-round pick, the 24th in the round. They then traded their choices in the fourth, fifth and 12th rounds to the Los Angeles Rams for the 26th pick in the third round, which was used to obtain Jaeger.

The defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants figured they needed help at two spots wide receiver and secondary. They picked up help in both areas. The Giants made Michigan State's Mark Ingram their No. 1 selection (28th overall), and they selected wide receiver Stephen Baker of Fresno State in the third round. The Giants figure the selection of Miami safety Adrian White in the second round will help cure problems in the secondary.

Last year, they gave up an average of 270.1 yards passing per game. THE GIANTS LEADING receiver in 1986 was All-Pro tight end Mark Bavaro, who had 1,001 yards on 66 catches. Bobby Johnson was the top wide receiver with only 31 catches for 534 yards, and Stacy Robinson was next with 29-for-494. The most talented wideout, Lionel Manuel, spent 13 weeks on injured reserve (knee). It was the second consecutive season in which he missed playing time due to injuries.

"I think it's just coincidence that these players seem to fill our needs," General Manager Geoge Young said. "We look for the best athletes, and these are the ones that happened to be there at the right time." was chosen by the Chicago Bears. Most scouts and draft analysts had predicted Schwedes a second-round choice. "There was a long run on linebackers, then a long run on defensive backs and I said to myself I was going to be a third-rounder," he said. That feeling grew stronger when the Bears and Giants, who both were interested in wide receivers, passed over him.

"I knew St Louis didn't need a receiver and I figured third round for sure," said Schwedes, who by that time was on the telephone with the Dolphins. "But then Coach (Don) Shula got on the phone and said we're not going to take you in the third round. We're going to take you in about two minutes. I knew then that they had made a deal with St. Louis." Tony Leiker, dt, Stanford.

173, San Diego, Jamie Holland, wr, Ohio State. 174, St. Louis, Tim Peoples, db, Washington. 175, Detroit, Dan Saleaumua, dt, Arizona State. 176, Houston, Robert Banks, lb, Notre Dame.

177, Philadelphia, Brian Williams, ot, Central Michigan. 178, Pittsburgh, Chris Kelley, te, Akron. 179, New Orleans, Gene Atkins, db, Florida 180, Dallas, Kevin Sweeney, qb, Fresno State. 181, Atlanta, Michael Reid, lb, Wisconsin. 182, Miami, Tom Brown, rb, Pitt.

183, Los Angeles Raiders, Bo Jackson, rb. Auburn. 184, Seattle, from Minnesota, Roland Barbay, dt, LSU. 185, Seattle, Derek Tennell, te, UCLA. 186, Kansas City, Doug Hudson, qb, Nicholls State.

187, New York Jets, Gerald Nichols, nt, Florida State. 188, Cincinnati, Chris Thatcher, og. Lafayette. 189, San Francisco, Steve De-Line, pk, Colorado State. 190, Tampa Bay, from New England, Harry Swayne, dl, Rutgers.

191, Green Bay, from Cleveland, Bill Smith, Mississippi. 192, Washington, Johnny Thomas, db, Baylor. 193, Chicago, Archie Harris, ot, William Mary. 194, Denver, Wilbur Strozier, te, Georgia. 195, SI.

Louis, from New York Giants, William Harris, te, Bishop. ROUND EIGHT 196, New York Jets, from Tampa Bay, Eddie Hunter, rb, Virginia Tech. 197, Tampa Bay, from Indianapolis, Stan Mataele, nt, Arizona. 198, Green Bay, Jeff Drost, dt, Iowa. 199, San Diego, Joe MacEsker, ot, Texas-El Paso.

200, Indianapolis, from Buffalo, Chuckie Miller, db, UCLA. 201, St. Louis, Steve Alvord, dl, Washington. 202, Houston, Michel James, wr, Washington State. 203, Detroit, Dennis Gibson, lb, Iowa State.

204, San Diego, from Philadelphia, Ron Brown, lb. Southern Calitornia. 205, Pittsburgh, Charles Buchanan, de. Tennessee State. 206, Dallas, Kevin Gogan, ot, Washington.

207, New Orleans. Toi Cook, db, Stanlord. 208, Atlanta, Curtis Taliaferro, lb, Virginia Tech. 209, Butfalo, from Los Angeles Raiders, Bruce Mesner, dt, Maryland. 210, Miami, Joel Williams, te, Notre Dame.

211, Minnesota, Rick Fenney, rb, Washington. 212, Miami, from Kansas City. Mark Dennis, ot, Illinois. 213, Los Angeles Rams, Michael Stewart, db, Fresno State. 214, New York Jets, Mike Rice, Montana.

215. Cincinnati, Solomon Wilcots, db, Colorado. 216, Seattle, Sammy Garza, qb, Texas-El Paso. 217, San Francisco. David Grayson, lb, Fresno State.

218, Kansas City, from New England, Michael Clemons, rb, William Mary. 219. Washington, Clarence Vaughn, lb, Northern Illinois. 220, Cleveland, Steve Bullitt, lb, Texas 221, Chicago, Paul Migliazzo, lb, Oklahoma. 222, Denver, Dan Morgan, og, Penn State.

223, New York Giants. Rod Jones, te. Washington. ROUND NINE 224, Tampa Bay, Joe Armentrout. rb, Wisconsin.

225, New York Giants, Irom Indianapolis, Stan Parker, ol, Nebraska. 226, San Diego, Thomas Wlleher, rb, Michigan. 227, Buffalo, Keith McKeller, te, Jacksonville State. Source ol data: The Associated Press Kevin Byrne. "But he hasn't made a commitment to this community.

He doesn't like to spend time here." THE BROWNS MADE a trade that gave them a second pick in the third round, and they used the two third-round picks to obtain Penn State fullback Tim (Duper-Clayton) are great receivers." Schwedes was the sixth wide receiver taken, all of who were projected to be picked ahead of him, and the No. 56 pick overall. North Carolina's Haywood Jeffries was the first wide receiver to be selected, going to the Houston Oilers as the 20th player taken. Ricky Nattiel of Florida was taken by the Denver Broncos and Michigan State's Mark Ingram was drafted by the New York Giants to close out the first round. The New Orleans Saints obtained Washington'3 Lonzell Hill, whose father J.D.

Hill was the Buffalo Bills fir pick in 1971, with the 40th pick. Ron Morris of Southern Methodist University became the 54th player drafted when he Philadelphia, David Alexander, og, Tulsa. 122, Pittsburgh, Hardy Nickerson, lb, California. 123, New Orleans, Milton Mack, db, Alcorn State. 124, Dallas, Everett Gay, wr, Texas.

125, Atlanta, Mike Mraz, de, Utah State. 126, St. Louis, from Miami, John Bruno, Penn State. 127, St. Louis, Irom Los Angeles Raiders, Ilia Jarost-chuk, lb, New Hampshire.

128, Kansas City, from Minnesota, through Miami, Kilrlck Taylor, wr, Washington Slate. 129. New York Jets, Kirby Jackson, db, Mississippi State. 130, Cincinnati, Marc Logan, rb. Kentucky.

131, Seattle, Ruben Rodriguez, Arizona. 132, Miami, Irom Kansas City. Chris Conlin, ot, Penn State. 133, Houston, Irom Los Angeles Rams, Spencer Tillman, rb, Oklahoma. 134, San Francisco, Paul Jok'scti, wr, Michigan.

135, Tampa Bay, Irom New England. Henry Rolling, lb, Nevada-Reno. 136, Los Angeles Rams, Irom Cleveland, Scott Mersereau, dt, Southern Connecticut. 137, Tampa Bay, Irom Washington, Tony Mayes, db, Kentucky. 138, Chicago, Will Johnson, lb, Northeast Louisiana.

139, Cincinnati, Irom Denver, Greg Home, Arkansas. 140, New York Giants, Paul O'Connor, og, Miami, Fla. ROUND SIX 141, Pittsburgh, Irom Tampa Bay, Tim Johnson, nt, Penn State. 142, Indianapolis, Freddie Robinson, db, Alabama. 143, Tampa Bay, from San Diego, Steve Bartalo, rb, Colorado Slate.

144, Washington, from Buffalo, Steve Gage, db, Tulsa. 145, Green Bay, Willie Marshall, wr, Temple. 146, St. Louis, Mark Garalczyk, dt, Western Michigan. 147, Houston, Al Smith, lb, Utah State.

148, Detroit, Danny Lockett, lb, Arizona. 149, Philadelphia, Ron Moten, lb, Florida. 150, Pittsburgh, Greg Lloyd, lb, Fort Valley Stale. 151, Dallas. Joe Onosai, ol, Hawaii.

152. New Orleans, Thomas Henley, wr, Stanlord. 153, Atlanta, Paul Kiser, og, Wake Forest. 154, Chicago, Irom Los Angeles Raiders, John Adickes, Baylor. 155, Miami, Lance Sellers, cb, Boise State.

156. Minnesota. Greg Richardson, wr-kr, Alabama. 157, Cincinnati, Sonny Gordon, db, Ohio State. 158, Philadelphia, Irom Seattle, Chris Pike, dt, Tulsa.

159, Houston, Irom Kansas City, Toby Caston, lb. LSU. 160. New York Giants. Irom Los Angeles Rams, Tim Richardson, rb, Pacilic.

161, New York Jets, Tracy Martin, wr, North Dakota. 162. San Francisco, Bob While, lb, Penn State. 163, New England, Gene Taylor, wr, Fresno State. 164, Washington.

Ed Simmons, ot, Eastern Washington. 165, Cleveland, Stephen Braggs. db, Texas. 166. Los Angeles Rams, Irom Chicago, Jon Embree, le, Colorado.

167, Denver, Warren Marshall, rb, James Madison. 168, New York Giants, Doug Riesenberg, ot, California. ROUND SEVEN 169, Tampa Bay, Curt Jarvis, nt, Alabama. 170. Indianapolis.

Mark Bellini, wr, Brlgham Young. 171, Buffalo, Kerry Porter, rb, Washington State. 172. Green Bay, spring mini-camps, and sat out last preseason because of a contract dispute. Schottenheimer blamed the holdout for the Browns' lack of coordination on defense during the first half of the season.

"His pride will be hurt because we traded him," said Browns' spokesman playing with the best quarterback in the NFL. What I want to do is learn each strength Clayton and Duper have. Then, eventually, in a couple of years, I'll get my shot." In the meantime, Schwedes would like to make an impression on Shula as a special-teams player. At Syracuse, the 5-11, 180-pound senior broke all of Floyd Little's school punt-return records with 82 returns for 876 yards and three scores. Schwedes also showed his ability to return kickoffs when he took one back a record 90 yards in the East-West Shrine game.

"I'd like to think I can help out as soon as possible with kickoff and punt returns," he said. "Eventually, I would like to work my way into receiving, but they Neal. wr, Fort Hays State. 72, Minnesota. Henry Thomas, dl, LSU.

73, Kansas City, Todd Howard, lb, Texas 74, Los Angeles Rams, Clifford Hicks, db, Oregon. 75, New York Jets, Onzy Elam, lb, Tennessee State. 76, Cincinnati, Leonard Bell, db, Indiana. 77, Cincinnati, from Seattle, Skip McClendon, de, Arizona State. 78, Buffalo, from San Francisco, Jamie Mueller, rb, Benedictine.

79, New England, Bob Perryman, rb, Michigan. 80. Cleveland, Tim Manoa, fb, Penn State. 81, Los Angeles Raiders, from Washington, through New England, Steve Smith, rb, Penn State. 82, Cleveland, from Chicago, through Los Angeles Rams, Jeff Jaeger, pk, Washington.

63, Denver, Michael Brooks, lb, LSU. 84, New York Giants, Stephen Baker, wr, Fresno State. ROUND FOUR 85, Tampa Bay, Don Graham, lb, Penn State. 86, Indianapolis, Randy Dixon, ot, Pitt. 87, Tampa Bay, Irom Buffalo, Ron Hall, te, Hawaii.

88, Green Bay, Lorenzo Freeman, dl, Pitt. 89, San Diego, Mark Vlasic, qb, Iowa. 90, St. Louis, Rod Saddler, dl. Texas 91, Los Angeles Rams, Irom Houston, Doug Bartlett, nt, Northern Illinois.

92, Detroit, Garland Rivers, db, Michigan. 93, Philadelphia, Byron Evans, lb, Arizona. 94, Pittsburgh, Thomas Everett, db, Baylor. 95. Dallas, Kelvin Martin, wr, Boston College.

96, New Orleans, Steve Trapilo, og, Boston College. 97, Atlanta, Ralph Van Dyke, ot, Southern Illinois. 98, New England, from Los Angeles Raiders, Rich Gannon, qb-rb. Delaware. 99, Miami, Troy Stradford, wr, Boston College.

100, Minnesota, Reginald Rutland, db, Georgia Tech. 101, Chicago. Irom Los Angeles Rams, Sean Smith, dl. Gambling State. 102, New England, from New York Jets, through Los Angeles Raiders, Derrick Beasley, db.

Winston-Salem State. 103, Cincinnati, Jim Riggs, le, Clemson. 104, Seattle. Mark Moore, db, Oklahoma State. 105.

Houston, Irom Kansas City, Mark Dusbabek, lb, Minnesota. 106. Tampa Bay, Irom San Francisco, Bruce Hill, wr, Arizona State. 107. New England, Tim Jordan, lb, Wisconsin.

108. Butfalo. Irom Washington, Leon Seals, dl, Jackson State. 109, Los Angeles Rams, from Cleveland, Larry Kelm, lb, Texas 110, Los Angeles Raiders, Irom Chicago, Steve Beuerlein, qb, Notre Dame. 111, Denver, Marc Munford, lb, Nebraska.

1 12, New York Giants. Odessa Turner, wr. Northwestern Louisiana. ROUND FIVE 1 13, New England, Irom Tampa Bay. Danny Villa, ol, Arizona State.

114, Indianapolis, Roy Banks, wr. Eastern Illinois. 115. San Diego, Irom Green Bay, Nelson Jones, db. North Carolina State.

116, New England, from San Diego, Tom Gibson, de. Northern Arizona. 117, Washington, from Butfalo, Tim Smith, rb, Texas Tech. 118, SI. Louis.

George Swarn, rb, Miami ol Ohio. 119, Seattle, Irom Detroit, Tommie Agee, rb, Auburn. 120. Chicago, from Houston, through Washington and Los Angeles Raiders, Steve Bryan, de, Oklahoma. 121, 228.

Green Bay, Gregg Harris, og, Wake Forest. 229, St. Louis, Wayne Davis, lb, Alabama. 230, Detroit, Rick Calhoun, rb, Fullerlon Slate. 231, Houston, Wes Neighbors, Alabama.

232, Philadelphia, Ken Lambiolle, qb, William Mary. 233, Pittsburgh, Joey Clinkscales, wr, Tennessee. 234, New Orleans, Scott Leach, lb, Ohio Stale. 235, Dallas, Alvin Blount, rb, Maryland. 236, Atlanta, Terrence Anthony, db, Iowa State.

237, Miami, Tim Pidgeon, lb, Syracuse. 238, Los Angeles Raiders, Scott Eccles, te, Eastern New Mexico. 239. Minnesota, Leonard Jones, db, Texas Tech. 240, Los Angeles Rams, Tracy Ham, rb, Georgia Southern.

241, New York Jets. Ron McLean, de, Fuller-ton Stale. 242, Cincinnati, Craig Raddatz, lb, Wisconsin. 243, Seattle, L. Johnson, lb, Hawaii.

244, Kansas City, Randy Watts, de, Catawba. 245, San Francisco, Jonathan Shelley, db, Mississippi. 246, Tampa Bay, Irom New England, Greg Davis, The Citadel. 247, Indianapolis, Irom Cleveland, Bob Ontko, lb, Penn State. 248, Washington, Alfred Jenkins, rb, Arizona.

249, Chicago, Lakel Heimull, rb, Brigham Young. 250, Denver, Bruce Plummer, db, Mississippi State. 251, New York Giants, Dana Wright, rb, Findlay. ROUND 10 252, Tampa Bay, Mike Simmonds, og, Indiana State. 253, Indianapolis, Chris Goode, db, Alabama.

254, Los Angeles Raiders, from Buffalo. Rob Harrison, rb, Sacramento State. 255, Green Bay, Don Majkowski, qb, Virginia. 256. San Diego, Anthony Anderson, db, Gambling State.

257, St. Louis, Charles Wright, db, Tulsa. 258, Houston, Curtis Duncan, wr, Northwestern. 259, Detroit, Raynard Brown, wr, South Carolina. 260, Philadelphia, Paul Carberry, dt, Oregon Slate.

261, Pittsburgh, Merril Hoge, rb, Idaho State. 262, Dallas, Dale Jones, lb, Tennessee. 263, New Orleans, Robert Clark, wr, North Carolina Central. 264, Atlanta, Jerry Reese, te, Illinois. 265, Los Angeles Raiders, John Gesek, ot.

Sacramento State. 266. Miami. Bobby Taylor, db, Wisconsin. 267, Minnesota, Bob Riley, ot, Indiana.

268, New York Jets, Sid Lewis, db, Penn Stale. 269, Cincinnati. David McClus-key, rb, Georgia. 270, Seattle, Louis Clark, le, Mississippi State. 27 1.

Kansas City, James Evans, rb, Southern U. 272, Los Angeles Rams, David Smith, lb, Northern Arizona. 273. Los Angeles Raiders. Irom San Francisco, through Bulfalo, Jim Ellis, lb, Boise State.

274, San Francisco, Irom New England, through Los Angeles Raiders, John Paye, qb, Stanford. 275, Washington, Ted Wilson, wr, Central Florida. 276, Cleveland, Frank Winters, c. Western Illinois. 277, Chicago, Dick Chapura, dt, Missouri.

278, Denver, Rale Wilkerson, lb, Richmond. 279, New York Giants, Chuck Faucette, lb, Maryland..

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