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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, APR. 9, 1976
Page 7
hree Aggies picked so far in draft
ir,”thepi
1 an intenfl Associated Press
ast yeardO Y ORK — Running backs
at( (1 the opening round of the
re worlvjna! Football League draft
60 firms day an d Leroy and Dewey
•eworksi in ’ Oklahoma’s All-American
memhe i^'act, Roth were picked by the
luntarily, isionist Tampa Bay Buc-
nt of N f K-
Elkton w) Selmon was the draft’s No.
n output® 011 ’ then Tampa reunited the
3perce er l) y selecting Dewey as the
ove He c R°' ce of the draft’s second
h the It er Tampa opened the' draft by
stryhast ^ Leroy, Seattl f’, the
^■expansion clu b, picked
er defensive lineman, Steve
v,. .aus of Notre Dame. Then the
the in eis t<)0 k over ’ wRR ;l half-dozen
-.i r- chosen through the remain-
' ,,hlm Jhe lirst round
noi g the quality rushers picked
kb were Chuck Muncie of
went to New Or
is Joe Washington,
Diego; Mike Pruitt
hie, drafted by Cleveland;
Bean of Texas A&M, who
Ho Atlanta, and Lawrence
i said, al. ,er
•v
kl\ were (
"ornia, who
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ted by San
Gaines of Wyoming, picked by De
troit. All of them went in the draft’s
first 16 selections.
Two-time Heisman Trophy win
ner Archie Griffin of Ohio State was
the sixth and final running back cho
sen in the first round, drafted by
Cincinnati. He was the 24th player
selected.
Tampa Bay chose Selmon quickly,
then introduced the huge Oklahoma
tackle, complete with a Buccaneers’
uniform shirt equipped with his
name and the number 1 to indicate
his draft position.
‘Being chosen No. 1 has to be the
highlight of my college career, ’ said
Selmon. “Playing for an expansion
team will be a good experience.
There’s a lot of work involved, but
that’s what life is all about.”
Tampa Coach John McKay of
Tampa said Selmon will “be the cor
nerstone of our defensive line for
many years to come.”
While Tampa was celebrating the
Selmon selection, Seattle used al
most all of its 15-minute allotment
before making Niehaus the draft s
No. 2 pick.
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es mint^p Dallas, known for its surprise
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tary, Ic ,,,1 draft, outdid itself Tbursday,
1, he siting unheralded 5-foot-11 cor
ut e\er'ja C k Aaron Kyle of Wyoming in
mmon f lr b round.
neverafjyhs the first time in the 16-year
edatsr jry of the franchise the Cowboys
iwhocajHd a defensive back as their
merits. fchoice.
he announcement of Kyle posed
immediate question: “Who is
111, we re delighted to have
arid he has the ability to start for
the first year, said Cowboy
.chiTom Landry. “I watched films
Spig m the East-West, Blue-Grey,
a ' Senior Bowl games and didn’t
him back off from anybody. He
: ? n ‘"y weighs 180 pounds or so but he
( ! ne ;. attack you.”
1 " jHp, who is from Detroit, Mich.,
/er t°qi || le t 0 p tackier on a team that
2-9 last year.
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INC1NNATI — Tony Perez
dent s]'F in four runs and comeback
it wit .‘Her Gary Nolan won his first sca
le prose® )ener ' n seven years, propel-
,admits|R ie world champion Cincinnati
s an jds to an 11-5 victory over the
uston Astros in the National
| ( ague opener Thursday.
\n all-time regular-season crowd
‘ "j’j 1 52,949 turned out, and the Reds
a;•!. •'ded with mid-season form,
' 111 itering six Houston pitchers for 15
‘ l> '| l | l i sBPerez had a two-run double, a
' n , 11 , afficoring groundout and a bases-
walk:
j S ‘l"" Nolan’s run-scoring single helped
cl>erijj Reds get oH to a 3-0 lead in the
gSHP^ond inning. Dave Concepcion’s
igle drove in the first run and Pete
;ed Wise who had three hits, capped the
F0i" ins w bh a trijile that scored No-
rax 11
The Reds, runaway winners of the
National League West Division
pennant last year, buried the Astros
in the sixth with a five-run outburst.
The big inning came after Houston
had narrowed the score to 6-4 on
consecutive homers by Cesar
Cedeno and Bob Watson.
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“We feel we have an excellent
football player,” said Seattle Coach
Jack Patera. “He was our top-rated
pick. He moves very quickly off the
ball with excellent pursuit.”
New Orleans took almost as long
as Seattle before going for Muncie,
who was regarded as the nation’s
best running back by most pro ob
servers. Then San Diego followed
with another running back, choosing
Washington, a teammate of Sel-
mon’s at Oklahoma.
New England then used the first
of its three opening round choices to
draft defensive back Mike Haynes of
Arizona State. The Patriots’ other
first-round choices were center Pete
Brock from Colorado and defensive
back Tim Fox of Ohio State.
The next pick belonged to the
New York Jets and home team an
ticipation buzzed through the
packed gallery where fans watched
the draft procedure.
One group of fans offered some
unsolicited advice to the Jets, hold
ing up a sign that said: “Jets Don’t
Blow It. Take Todd In The 1st.”
The reference was to Alabama
quarterback Richard Todd, and
when NFL Commissioner Pete
Rozelle announced that the Jets had,
indeed, drafted the Alabama signal
caller, the fans roared their ap
proval.
Todd said that the Jets told him he
had been recommended to them by
their long-time quarterback, Joe
Namath.
Todd was the only quarterback
selected in the first round.
Then Cleveland picked Pruitt and
Chicago grabbed tackle Dennis Lick
from Wisconsin. After Bean went to
Atlanta, Detroit selected Grambling
defensive back James Hunter. Cin
cinnati then picked wide receiver
Billy Brooks, the third Oklahoma
Tom Landry and the Cowboys are
my team,” Kyle said. “Besides my
mother likes ’em. She watches all the
time when they play on television.”
The Cowboys, who also need
depth at running back and
linebacker, took Kyle as their top
pick because of the uncertainty of
veteran Mel Renfro’s career.
“I have every reason to believe
Mel will come back and have another
good year for us but Kyle will give us
the depth we need at the position,”
Landry said. “He’s not big but those
people some times tend to make bet
ter cornerbacks. He’s fast and a good
competitor.”
Landry said Kyle has 4.6 speed in
the 40 and added, “He’s as good a
cornerback as I saw last year in the
colleges.”
Cowboy super sleuth Gil Brandt
said Kyle was rated in Dallas’ top 10
players so the club was actually get
ting a bonus in the 27th position.
“I’d put him in the class of Randy
White first round pick in 1975,”
Brandt said. “There’s no question in
my mind Kyle can play.”
Bubba Bean picked up
by Atlanta in first round
Associated Press
Running back Bubba Bean of
Texas A&M was picked as the
ninth player in Thursday’s Na
tional Football League draft —
the first Southwest Conference
player to be selected.
But although Atlanta chose the
hard-running Bean over Heis
man Trophy winner Archie Grif
fin, the most prolific rusher in
Texas A&M history was not the
first Texan chosen.
That honor went to Joe Wash
ington of Oklahoma. The All-
American from Port Arthur,
Tex., was picked fourth by San
Diego.
The 10th player selected was
defensive back James Hunter of
Silsbee, Tex., and Grambling
who went to Atlanta.
The second round saw two
I&WiS
more Texas Aggies selected: de
fensive back Pat Thomas by Los
Angeles and offensive guard
Glenn Bujnoch by Cincinnati.
Other Texans to go as high as
the second round included tight
end David Hill of Texas A&I to
Detroit; Charles Philyaw, a Texas
Southern defensive end to Oak
land; and tight end Mike Barber
of White Oak, Tex., to the Hous
ton Oilers.
“I didn’t think I’d go that
high, said the elated Bean from
Kirbyville, Tex. “It really didn’t
matter which team drafted me. ”
Atlanta said picking Bean over
Griffin was a “tough decision.”
“Pro football is my dream,”
said the 6-foot-3 Hunter, who can
run a 4.4 in the 40. “I was most
willing to go to Detroit.”
WP-J. Richard, J. Sosa
player selected among the first 11
draft picks.
The next two choices came from
Colorado, with the Patriots taking
Brock and the New York Giants
going for a sleeper in defensive and
Troy Archer. Two guards went next.
Kansas City taking Ron Walters of
Iowa and Denver going for Tony
Classic of Virginia.
Detroit then took the first round’s
fifth running back in Gaines. Miami
owned tow of the next three picks
and went for linebackers, choosing
Larry Gordon of Arizona State and
Kim Bokamper of San Jose State.
Those picks sandwiched Buffalo’s
selection of defensive back Mario
Clark of Oregon.
Baltimore then chose defensive
tackle Ken Novak of Purdue, and
after New England took Fox, St.
Louis went for Mike Dawson, a de
fensive tackle from Arizona. Green
Bay then took the third Colorado
player to go in the opening round,
tackle Mark Koncar. Then Cincin
nati took Griffin and Minnesota went
for defensive tackle James White of
Oklahoma State.
Los Angeles selected linebacker
Kevin McLain of Colorado State and
Dallas picked defensive back Aaron
Kyle of Wyoming. Super Bowl
champion Pittsburgh completed the
first round by choosing tight end Be
nnie Cunningham of Clemson.
The opening round took 3 hours,
37 minutes, compared to last year’s
2:05. The selections were evenly di
vided, with 14 offensive players and
14 defensive players chosen. The Big
Eight Conference had seven players
picked and there were six players
chosen from the Big Ten.
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