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I CLASSIFIED ADS section WEDNESDAY. MAY 3, 1978 ST. PETERSBURG TIMES Draft selections, 2-C State draftees, 4-C Dolphins' draftees, 4-C Daws, Mont profiles, 4-C By RON MARTZ St. Ptr (burg TkmM StaH Writ ar 7 4 X. 1'' QkM'' J1 A TAMPA Seeking to shore up a shaky offense that has plagued them for two seasons, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers spent their entire bankroll of selections in Tuesday's college draft on offensive players.

Grambling quarterback Doug Williams was the Bucs' first-round choice and 17th player taken in the draft. Then, with their two second-round picks, the Bucs took Alabama running back Johnny Davis (30th overall) and Nebraska guard Brett Moritz (44th overall). In the sixth round they selected wide receiver Elijah Marshall of North Carolina State. The Bucs traded away their third through fifth round picks for Dan Medlin, Jeff Winans and Jeris White, respectively, all of whom Btarted last season. Drafting ended shortly after 8 p.m.

with six rounds completed and will resume today at 10 a.m. The Bucs have six picks remaining in the last six rounds one each in the eighth, ninth, 11th and 12th rounds and two in the 10th round. "Anytime you get past round five you just flip a coin and hope," said Bucs' Head Coach John McKay, who as- sumed responsibility for the draft this year with the depar- ture of Vice President of Operations Ron Wolf. "BUT WE FEEL WE'VE had a good draft. Williams was the guy we wanted in the draft and we got him.

In our opinion he was the best quarterback in the draft. We felt we had to have him. We are in our third year of a five-year plan and there's no quarterback coming up next year. We wanted to have a quarterback going into our fifth year." McKay said he felt that "all things being equal, Williams would have gone higher in the draft." When asked what he meant by that McKay replied: "I prefer not to say. You are all intelligent people and you can figure it out for yourselves." But the implication was that were Williams not black, he would have been a much higher selection.

The NFL has traditionally shied away from black quarterbacks. This year many scouts rated Williams as no higher than third in the quarterback crop, placing him behind Pittsburgh's Matt Cavanaugh and Stanford's Guy Benjamin. But the Bucs had Williams ranked on top and he was the first quarterback taken in the draft. Cavanaugh and Benjamin were selected late in the second round, Cavanaugh by New England (50th overall) and Benjamin by Miami (51st overall). The 6-foot-4, 214-pound Williams passed for more than 8,400 yards in his four years at Grambling, including 3,286 last year.

Williams' 93 touchdown passes in his career is an NCAA record. He also holds the record for most yards per completion 18.2. More than one-third of his touchdown passes were longer than 42 yards. "HE'S THE COMPLETE quarterback," said Grambling Coach Eddie Robinson. "He's got the size, the arm, but more importantly, he's got the intelligence." Bucs' majority owner Hugh Culverhouse said he anticipates no problems in signing Williams, whose agent is Jimmy Walsh, the same man who negotiated multi-million dollar contracts for Joe Namath.

However, Williams' contract should be considerably less. The addition of Williams gives the Bucs six quarterbacks on their roster. The others are Mike Boryla, Gary Huff, Randy Hedberg, Jeb Blount and recent free agent acquisition Brian Sikorski. While McKay would not say what he would do with all of them, he pointed out that he would not go into training camp with six and hinted at a possible trade involving quarterbacks. "We would like to think people would be interested (in a quarterback)," said McKay, "but it's hard to say now." McKay also said it would be difficult for Williams to come in and start immediately.

"I wouldn't say that because I would be saying Boryla and Huff can't do it, but before they got hurt we got every indication that they could AP Grambling QB Doug Williams gets the news he's first-round draft choice of Tampa Bay. A long-awaited day for Grambling SPORTS EDITOR KIEjCT tulIGll stage for reading pass defenses. "Doug is a said the fabled coach. "He is extremely well-liked, but he also demands execution from his teammates. Doug Williams has every tool, including a sharp mind.

He has a average (2.8 out of a possible 4.0). "He'll make it, make it big." You have to believe just one thing, the color of his skin, kept the 22-year-old Williams from being the very first player selected in the NFL flesh market. There remains that stigma, the barrier between all black QBs and greatness. "I have talked a great deal with Shack Harris," Williams said, using the nickname that buddies call San Diego Chargers quarterback James Harris. "Shack is from Monroe, which is just a few miles from the Grambling campus.

It was natural since he is an ex-Grambling quarterback and I was the current Robinson said the Harris-Williams relationship has been a boon to the younger guy. "James Harris only had me and my coaches," Robinson said, "but Williams had me, my coaches and James Harris. One more good head to learn from." WILLIAMS THREW 93 touchdown passes in four Grambling seasons, a powerful figure even in the Pop Warner League. He completed 48 per cent of his throws, 484 for 1,009, and gained 8,411 yards. The competition was not Notre Dame, Oklahoma or Southern California, but the competitors toughness should be realized by the NFL prospects that come from the league in which Robinson's Tigers play.

TAMPA essional football continues to thirst for him, that first black quarterback to be wholly recognized as "great." From deep in Louisiana, at Eddie Robinson's remarkable blood 'n bones factory, the nominees keep coming. And with Doug Williams, the coach at Grambling thinks the chance for greatness is taller than ever before. "We've had a lot of boys with great arms, Williams among the strongest of them," Robinson said, "but he has that added blessing of marvelous timing. He can throw long, medium or short and is consistently able to put the football where he wants it." Tuesday bustled around the office of Robinson, the 36-season coach of Grambling's Tigers who has more than once been called "the black Bear Bryant." Williams was there. So were nine other seniors who Robinson figured had chances to be chosen by National Football League teams.

"Williams is the type of guy you would want for a son," Robinson said, fielding one of the battery of telephone calls from reporters. "He has the type of character a coach looks for. First one out to practice, last one to leave. A kid who goes to church and goes to class without being told to. A young fellow who has his values in the proper perspective." IT WAS 27 minutes since the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had used their first-round pick on the 6-foot-4 Grambling quarterback.

The joy was evident, both in Eddie Robinson's coaching headquarters and in John McKay's. "You're the guy we wanted," Bucs offensive coordinator Joe Gibbs told Williams by telephone, "and this is the place for you. We're tremendously excited about getting you down to Florida and starting to work." Gibbs promised Tampa Bay's newest quarterback that another deep-threat wide receiver would be obtained to match up with Morris Owens. "If we don't get him in the draft, we have a deal we know we can make for a good wide receiver." Cheers had gone up in the coach's office at Grambling when the telephone call came from Buccaneer offices that, as promised in Sunday's St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Bay was putting its chips on Williams to become that first great black quarterback.

"This is a dream come true for said Robinson, who has won 265 games in his three-dozen seasons at the small, predominantly-black college. "We had James Harris and he was drafted in the eighth round, far lower than I thought he was worth. Then we had Matthew Reed, but the first thing the Buffalo Bills did was to hand him two playbooks one for quarterback and one for tight end. Doug Williams is the first to get the great stamp of the NFL first round strictly as a quarterback, not just as a fine black athlete who can wind up playing some other position." ROBINSON SAID Williams is ahead of Harris at the same point in his life, the moment of the pro draft. Mostly it is that gift of timing, along with a superior talent at this do it" McKAY ADDED THAT Boryla 's rehabilitation from knee surgery has not been as smooth as expected.

Davis, the Bucs' first pick in the second round, was used at Alabama primarily as a fullback. At 6-1, 230 pounds, he was recognized more for his blocking than running but gained 931 yards for Bear Bryant last season. McKay said he plans to use Davis as a blocking back. Don Hardeman, See BUCS, S-C See MIZELL. S-C 3 RD syirpirisos: OsnnropbeOu 11 sti, Clhainidllleir Sird fit Unttad Fraaa art ar national 9 (.

First-round NFL draft selections 1. Houston, Earl Campbell, rb, Texas 2. Kansas City, Art Still, de, Kentucky 3. New Orleans, Wes Chandler, wr, Florida 4. New York Jets, Chris Ward, Ohio State 5.

Buffalo, Terry Miller, rb, Oklahoma State 6. Green Bay, James Lofton, wr, Stanford 7. San Francisco, Ken MacAfee, te, Notre Dame 8. Cincinnati, Ross Browner, dt. Notre Dame 9.

Seattle, Keith Simpson, db, Memphis State 10. New York Giants, Gordon King, Stanford 11. Detroit. Luther Bradtey, db. Notre Dame 1 2.

Cleveland, Clay Matthews, lb. Southern California 1 3. Atlanta, Mike Kenn, t. Michigan 14. San Diego.

John Jefferson, wr, Arizona State 15. St. Louis. Steve Little, k-p, Arkansas 16. Cincinnati, Blair Bush, c.

Washington 1 7. Tampa Bay, Douglas Williams, qb, Grambling 18. New England, Bob Cryder, Alabama 19. St. Louis, Ken Greene, db.

Washington State 20. Los Angeles Elvis Peacock rb Oklahoma 21. Minnesota.RandyHolloway.de, Pittsburgh 22. Pittsburgh, Ron Johnson, db. Eastern Michigan 23.

Cleveland, Ozzie Newsome. wr, Alabama 24. San Francisco, Dan Buru. lb, Long Beach State 25. Baltimore, Reese McCall, te.

Auburn 26. Green Bay, John Anderson, lb, Michigan 27. Denver. Don Latimer, dt. Miami (Fla.) 28.

Dallas. Larry Bethea, dt. Michigan State The New York Jeta, picking fourth, quickly snapped up tackle Chris Ward of Ohio State, Buffalo grabbed running back Terry Miller of Oklahoma State and Green Bay took wide receiver James Lofton of Stanford. San Francisco, choosing seventh, made tight end Ken MacAfee the first of the three Notre Dame players drafted in the first round. Cincinnati, on a pick from Philadelphia, took defensive end Rosa Browner of Notre Dame as the next choice and Detroit drafted Irish defensive back Luther Bradley as the 11th pick on the first round.

Pittsburgh made defensive end Willie Fry its second round pick and the fourth Notre Dame player selected in the first SO choices. SEATTLE NAMED defensive back Keith Simpson of Memphis State, the New York Giants took Stanford tackle Gordon King and, after Bradley's selection, Cleveland chose Southern California linebacker Clay Matthews. Atlanta picked 6-7 Michigan tackle Mike Kenn, San Diego chose wide receiver John Jefferson of Arizona State and St Louis took kicker Steve Little of Arkansas, the first kicker to be taken on the first round since Oakland took Ray Guy from Southern Mississippi in 1973. NEW YORK Heisman Trophy winner Earl Campbell became Houston Oiler and richer and National Football League clubs quickly pounced on the stars of national champion Notre Dame Tuesday when the NFL mainly followed form on the first day of its annual college player draft After Houston, which obtained the first choice last week in a trade with Tampa Bay, went through the formality of picking Campbell, the NCAA rushing and scoring leader, and Kansas City, as anticipated, took 6-foot-7, 240- pound Art Still, a defensive tackle from Kentucky, the clubs fell into form with their first round draft selections. New Orleans took wide receiver Wea Chandler of Florida.

"Getting Wee Chandler is going to help us in two areas the receiver corps and the kicking game," effused Saints' head coach Dick Nolan. "He can fill two slots for us. He's a great athlete." CHANDLER, the versatile offensive star from New Smyrna Beach who toppled a bagful of career records during his tenure at Florida, would have been the No. 1 pick in the draft had not the Bay Bucs swapped their top-of-I the-heap spot with Houston for unheralded tight end Jimmie Gilea and a few draft choices. AP Sm DRAFT, S-C Campbell, now an Oiler, gives the 'Hook 'em Horns' sign..