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4 Section 3 Chicago Tribune, Sunday, May 1, 1977 NFL draft Tuesday: Can poor strike gold? 4 I '1 4 it I i i I I i- liJ 'I i A Steve Pisarkiewlcz TommKramer Wilson Whitley Tony Dorsett Mike Cobb Ricky Bell Top players available for NFL draft are leery of Butler's potentially troublesome knees. WILSON FAUMINA, defensive tackle, San Jose State, 6-5, 275. A native of Samoa and cinch first-' rounder. EDDIE EDWARDS, defensive end, Miami, 6-4, 242. Outstanding pass rusher and perhaps the fastest of the defensive linemen.

GARY JETER, defensive end, USC, 6-4, 250. Rates with Edwards. WILSON WHITLEY, defensive tackle, Houston, 6-3, 265. Lombardi Award winner as outstanding college lineman. WARREN BRYANT, offensive tackle, 250.

Will go among first six, probably right after Powell. RICKY BELL, running back, USC, 6-2, 218. Following the fine tradition of USC tailbacks, Bell is wanted by former coach John McKay of Tampa Bay. TONY DORSETT, running back, Pitt, 5-11, 192. Heisman Trophy winner who some scouts say will be better pro than Bell.

Seattle fans, turned on by the Bears' Walter Payton last year, want Dorsett. MARVIN POWELL, offensive tackle, USC, 6-5, 270. Scouts peg Powell as a 10-year player, perhaps a better long-term investment for Tampa or Seattle than the superstar runners. MIKE BUTLER, defensive tackle, Kansas, 6-5, 265. Most often mentioned among bunch of defensive linemen.

Cincinnati wants defensive linemen, but STEVE PISARKIEWICZ. "quarterback, Missouri, 6-2, 205. Somebody always takes a quarterback in the first round. TOMMY KRAMER, quarterback, Rice, 6-2, 190. If It's not Pisarkiewicz, it might be Kramer.

MIKE COBB, tight end, Michigan State, 6-5, 243. Scouts say he blocks so well he could play tackle. Sidelined towards season end with knee injury that didn't require surgery. ROBERT JACKSON, middle linebacker, Texas 6-2, 228. Rated first in middle.

JOE CAMPBELL, defensive end, Maryland, 6-6, 255. Scouts says he will "make someone happy." BOB BRUDZINSKI. linebacker, Ohio State, 6-4, 224. Played end. Has ability to make By Don Pierson SAVED BY A Judge, here conies the draft.

It is the only slave auction in the world eagerly awaited by the public, the press, and the slaves themselves. In the great American tradition of sharing the wealth, the National Football League gives its poor a chance to get rich Tuesday and Wednesday. It rarelv happens, of course. Poor like Buffalo and Philadelphia trade away their futures to rich ones like Cincinnati and the Bengals end up with three choices in the first round. POWERFUL Pittsburgh and Cincinnati each have 18 picks in the new 12-found draft created by collective bar-gaining, passed by NFL players, chal-feriged by a few disgruntled lawyers, and currently pronounced legal by.

U.S. District Judge Earl Larson, who will hear more arguments in July. By then, Ricky Bell and Tony Dorsett presumably will be trotting through training camps somewhere as the exclusive property of the teams that grab them Tuesday. Tampa Bay Coach John McKay Saims he will take Bell, who played for McKay at USC. Seattle is expected to Dorsett, the Heisman Trophy win-cr from Pittsburgh.

The problem of who will block for them will be the subject of debate for years to come, but glamor sells tickets. AFTER THOSE two superstars, the names in the draft are unfamiliar, but the talent is outstanding. Linemen like Marvin Powell, Warren Bryant, Mike Butler, Phillip Dokes, and Wilson Whitley probably will survive the league longer than Bell or Dorsett. "It's a good crop, but I've never seen a bad one," says Jim Finks, general manager of the Bears. "There is more quality and depth on the defensive "line and at running back.

But there is )io position that doesn't have a couple top prospects." Cinidi Cinadi Cobb best pick for Bears? mm 1 II' Offensive linemen are in abundance, according to scouts who have been grading films a month longer than usual and say they fear "paralysis from analysis." There is the usual bunch of wide receivers, defensive backs, and linebackers, but not much depth at quarterback or tight end, two places the Bears might shop if assured of the veritable phenom. "THERE ARE eight defensive line, men worthy of first-round selection," says Cincinnati's defensive line coach Chuck Studley. But there is no consensus No. lineman such as Lee Roy Sel-mon. The top players by position: 1 DEFENSIVE TACKLES Mike Butler, Kansas; Phillip Dokes, Oklahoma State; Wilson Faumina, San Jose State; Wilson Whitley, Houston; Mike Fultz, Nebraska; A.

J. Duhe, LSU: Edgar Fields, Texas A M. DEFENSIVE ENDS-Joe Campbell, Maryland; Gary Jeter, USC; Eddie Edwards, Miami; Dennis Boyd, Oregon State; Duncan McColl, Stanford; Tank' Marshall, Texas RUNNING BACKS Tony Dorsett, Pitt; Ricky Bell, USC; Rob Lytle, Michigan; Laverne Smith, Kansas; George Franklin, Texas Pete Johnson, Ohio State; Tim Wilson, Marylarid; Robin Earl, Washington; Tony Reed, Colo-rado; Horace Ivory, Oklahoma; Scott Dierking, Purdue; Greg Boykin, Northwestern. OFFENSIVE TACKLES Marvin Pow-ell, USC; Warren Bryant, Kentucky; Morris Towns, Boston College; Mickey Marvin, Tennessee; Brad Benson, Penn State. OFFENSIVE GUARDS-Ted Albrecht, California; Steve Schindler, Boston College; Tom Lynch, Boston College; Don-nie Hickman, USC; Ed Fulton, Maryland; George Reihner, Penn State.

CORNERBACKS Gary Green, Bay-lor; Raymond Clayborn, Texas; Mike Spirey, Colorado; Walt Williams, New Mexico State. SAFETIES Nolan Cromwell, Kansas; Jerry Anderson, Oklahoma; Lester Hayes, Texas A Keith King, Colorado State; Clint Strozier, USC. OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS Bob Brud-zinski, Ohio State; Bob Watts, Boston College; Robin Cole, New Mexico; David Lewis, USC; Ray Phillips, MIDDLE LINEBACKERS Robert Jackson, Texas Terry Beeson, Kansas; Kurt Allerman, Penn State; Marvin Hull, Mississippi State; Calvin O'Neal, Michigan; Scott Studwell, Illinois. TIGHT ENDS-Mike Cobb, Michigan State; Rick Walker, UCLA; Don Has-selbeck, Colorado; Jim Corbett, Pitt; Mike Harris, Kansas State; Andre Samuels, Bethune-Cookman; Don Boston College; Scott Levenhagen, Western Illinois; Ron Egloff, Wisconsin. QUARTERBACKS Steve Pisarkie-wicz, Missouri; Vince Ferragamo, Nebraska; Tommy Kramer, Rice; Glenn Carano, Nevada-Las Vegas; Vince Evans, USC; Randy Dean, Northwestern; Mike Cordova, Stanford.

1 CENTERS Bob Rush, Memphis State; R. C. Thielemann, Arkansas; John Yarno, Idaho. WIDE RECEIVERS Jim Smith, Michigan; Randy Burke, Kentucky; Johnny Perkins, Abilene Christian; Larry Seivers, Tennessee; Wesley Walker, UCLA; Tony Hill, Stanford; Shelton Diggs, USC; Stanley Morgan, Tennessee. PUNTERS Tom Sk lad any, Ohio State; Joel Parker, Appalachian State.

PLACEKICKERS Neil O'Donoghue, Auburn; Ove Johansson, Abilene Christian; Allan Leavit, Georgia; Rafeal Sep-tien, Southwest Louisiana; Dan Beaver, Illinois; Carson Long, Pitt. BASKETBALL CAMP AND CLINIC CAPT. CHICAGO BULLS NBA ALL STAR By Don Pierson TIGHT END Is "a priority," says Jim Finks, the first Bears' official to acknowledge the 10-year absence of Mike Ditka. Mike Cobb of Michigan State, the consensus best tight end in Tuesday's NFL draft, probably will be available when the Bears pick 15th on the first round. But will the Bears take him? It depends on whether they think Cobb is a "better person" than four or five players at various other positions.

"We have four of five we'd take in a minute and of course that doesn't include players like Ricky Bell or Tony Dorsett, who will be gone," said Finks, who usually lives by his standing promise to take "the best athlete available." "Can I change that?" Finks asked. "It may sound corny, but we want the best person available, the guy with skills, character, disposition, and intelligence to help us. Some good athletes don't have all those qualities." COBB IS endorsed by Michigan State people despite a suspension during the Spartans' recruiting troubles. But the Bears have not raved about him. They have raved less over other top tight ends Don Hasselbeck of Colorado and Rick Walker of UCLA.

Pitt's Jim Corbett has been mentioned, but not as a first-rounder. The tight end everyone wants is Ken MacAfee, a lunior at' Notre Dame. Too bad the NFL doesn't believe in hardship cases. Whether the Bears can wait for a tight end is problematical. Finks claims he would go into the season satisfied with the current roster of Greg Latta, Bob Parsons, Doug Kingsriter, Bob Bruer, or Leanell Jones.

IT IS MORE logical that Finks will seek a trade. Finks said Los Angeles has approached him about Bob Klein, an outstanding player who says he is retiring because of business interests that pay him twice his salary. Houston has offered Mack Alston, a good blocker with poor hands who played out his option. Oakland has Ted Kwalick on the bench behind Dave Casper, but has not shown interest in unloading him. "There aren't many tight ends available who are better than who we have," said Finks.

FINKS SAID he anticipates no trade Involving, his top two picks in the draft. Cleveland has not pursued interest in dealing quarterback Mike Phipps. Philadelphia has offered quarterback Mike Boryla, but Finks is lukewarm, saying Boryla has only slightly more experience than incumbent Bob Avellini. Houston, reportedly seeking a fortune for Dan Pasto-rini, has not discussed a deal with Finks. SO WILL A tight end be the No.

1 choice Tuesday? The Bears have rated collegians from 1 to more than 300, an exercise Finks admits is "kidding ourselves." But he "fully intends" to follow that order on the first round, it could, be Cobb, but it could be one of the many pass rushers available such as Maryland's Joe Campbell, or LSU's A. J. Duhe. Finks and Coach Jack Pardee and every coach alive would love another rusher in the Wally Chambers mold. It' could be a comerback like Baylor's Gary Green to add to the team's thinnest area.

It could be a linebacker like Ohio State's Bob Brud-zinski to lend depth where only two healthy veterans showed up last weekend Waymond Bryant and Don could be a big running back "because you never get enough of those," Finks says. It probably won't be a wide receiver, offensive lineman, quarterback, safety, or placekicker. Because of confusion over some past trades, Finks is still not sure whether he has 9 or 10 picks in the 12 rounds, but hopes to have four in the, first three rounds. Only two teams drafting ahead of the Bears would seem to need tight ends Cincinnati and Houston. The Bengals draft third and eighth, and prefer defensive linemen figuring they can wait until their third first-round choice No.

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Tampa Bay 2. Seattle 3. Cincinnati from Buffalo in Sherman White trade 4. New York Jets I. New York Giants 6.

Atlanta 7. New Orleans 8. Cincinnati from Philadelphia In Bill Bergey trade I. Green Bay II. Kansas City 11.

Houston 12. Buffalo from Detroit in J. D. Hill trade 13. Miami 14.

Dallas from San Diego in Clint Longley trade 15. Chicago IS. New England from San Francisco in Jim Plunkelt trade 17. Cleveland IS. Denver It.

St. Louis from Washington in Dave Buts trade 20. Pittsburgh 22. Cincinnati 23. Los Angeles 24.

San Diego from Dallas in Clint Longley trade 25. New England 28. Baltimore 27. Minnesota 28. Green Bay from Oakland in lei Hendricks trade Detroit, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington, and Oakland do aot have first-round picks.

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