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Sports
2 Ags taken in 2nd round of ’86 NFL draft
Williams unexpectedly lasts until Jets' pick
Toney flying high after selection by Eagles
By Tom Tagliabue
Sports Writer
Seven offensive lineman were
selected in the first round of the
’86 NFL draft Tuesday, but the
one name was surprisingly miss
ing from that list — Texas A&M’s
Doug Williams.
Williams, the Aggies’ All-
Southwest Conference offensive
tackle, was touted as one of the
best lineman in the nation by sev
eral NFL teams. Pittsburgh, Buf
falo, San Diego, Tampa Bay, the
Los Angeles Raiders and the New
York Jets all expressed interest in
drafting Wiliams.
However all those teams
passed on Williams and chose
other lineman in the first round.
But the Jets did not pass a sec
ond time.
New York selected the Aggies’
6-foot-6, 290-pound tackle with
the 22nd pick of the second
round, 49th in the overall draft.
In a telephone interview with
The Battalion Tuesday night,
Williams said he was pleased to be
picked by the Jets, although he
still felt uncertain of his fate.
“I’m really happy I got pick
ed," Williams said, “I think every
thing is going to work out well.
There’s lots of trading going on.
I earns are trading two or three
minutes before they pick. You
don’t know what’s going to hap
pen.”
Williams, who watched the
draft on ESPN with his parents in
his College Station home, said the
Doug Williams
Jets called him several times
Tuesday and told him to report
to New York May 20.
He said he and his agent, Joe
Courtage, have already begun
negotiations with the Jets, but did
not disclose any contract terms.
Williams will compete for the
jets’ starting tackle spot against
veteran Marvin Powell and first-
round pick Mike Haight of Iowa.
ESPN’s Paul Maguire, com
menting during the the network’s
draft coverage, explained why
Williams’ stock may have fallen in
recent weeks.
“I think (Williams) going to the
Senior Bowl hurt him,” Maguire
said. “His forte is drive-blocking.
He was a mainstay on the (Aggie)
of fensive line.”
Williams was rated a 17.4 on
ESPN’s 20 point rating scale. Wil
liams rated a 4.4 of a possible 5.0
in two categories — quickness
and pass blocking — and rated a
4.3 in both strength and run
blocking.
Maguire, however, said he was
surprised Williams was on the
board until the second round was
nearing an end.
Other Aggies who were
drafted and will join Williams in
working for a spot on an NFL
roster are: Anthony Toney (RB),
Philadelphia, second round; Matt
Darwin (C), Philadelphia, fourth
round; Domingo Bryant (DB),
Pittsburgh, sixth round; and
Wayne Asberry (DB), Washing
ton, ninth round.
Darwin was drafted in the fifth
round last year by the Dallas
Cowboys, but never signed a con
tract.
By Charean Williams
Assistant Sports Editor
For Texas A&M running back
Anthony Toney, Tuesday began
with a knock on his Cain Hall
door at 7:05 a.m.
By the time Toney had his eyes
open, Tampa Bay was making Bo
Jackson the No. 1 pick in the
1986 NFL draft.
With Toney lying on his bed
watching ESPN’s coverage of the
draft, NFL Commissioner Pete
Rozelle approached the podium
to announce the No. 5 selection.
“With the No. 5 pick, St. Louis
takes Anthony Bell, linebacker,
Michigan State,” Rozelle an
nounced.
“Your heart raced when you
heard, ‘Anthony,’ didn’t it?”
someone asked.
“No, Lknew I wasn’t going that
early,” Toney laughed.
The phone rang as Kansas City
was nearing its No. 7 pick. But it
wouldn’t be the Chiefs either.
At 10:40 a.m., the phone rang
again — only A&M backfield
Coach Jim Helms calling to check
on the progress of the draft.
“I’ll probably be waiting
around until about the fifth or
sixth round,” Toney told Helms.
A&M backfield partner Roger
Vick came into the room wanting
to hear some news.
“Nothing yet,” Toney an
swered.
Next up were the Philadelphia
Eagles with the No. 10 pick.
Sports Illustrated tabbed To-
Anthony Toney
ney as definitely going to the Ea
gles in the first round. The mag
azine said Toney was new Eagle
Head Coach Buddy Ryan’s “per
sonal choice.”
ESPN began speculating that
the 5-foot-11‘/a Aggie running
back just might be on his way to
Philadelphia.
Fifteen long minutes later, Ro
zelle announced the Eagles’ first-
round choice, “Philadelphia takes
Ohio State running back Keith
Byars.”
Was Toney disappointed?
“I really wasn’t surprised they
took a back like Keith Byars,” To
ney said. “He was a good choice.”
At 12:20 p.m., the phone rang
for the fourth time since the draft
began.
“Yes,” Toney said on the
phone. “Uh huh. OK. Thank
you. Worked out all right. OK.”
Covering the receiver, Toney
turned to teammate Keith Wood-
side with a big smile and whis
pered, “It’s the Eagles.”
Toney, who was the Aggies’
leading rusher last season with
845 yards, was the No. 10 pick in
the second round, the 37th player
selected overall.
“That’s good,” Toney told a
roomful of A&M teammates.
“That’s a lot higher than I
thought. They said if Byars’ foot
heals, they’d put me at tailback.”
While waiting for Eagles’
player personnel director, Lynn
Stiles, to return to the phone, To-
See Toney, page 10
NFL clubs scramble after Bucs pick Jackson No. 1
I NEW YORK (AP) — The Tampa
lay Buccaneers made Bo Jackson
lie No. 1 pick in the NFL draft
luesdav and made it clear they
louldoutbid baseball for him. while
Ither teams tried to outsmart each
Ither with a flurry of trades.
I Jackson, Auburn’s Heisman Tro-
Ihy-winning running back, is con-
Idered one of the best pro football
Irospects ever, and a pretty fair out
fielder, too. The Bucs said they
would match any baseball team, dol
lar for dollar, for his services.
Bucs president Hugh Cul-
verhouse vowed to make him “the
highest-paid draft choice in NFL his
tory.” But Jackson was noncommit
tal. saying he would make no deci
sion before baseball’s June 2-4 draft
of college and high school players.
The second pick behind Jackson
also was a foregone conclusion —
nose guard Tony Casillas of Okla
homa by the Atlanta Falcons. Then
the Houston Oilers took quarterback
Jim Everett of Purdue, perhaps with
an eye toward trading $l-million-a-
year incumbent Warren Moon.
Then came defensive end Jon
Hand, taken by Indianapolis.
Indianapolis’ pick was followed by
the first surprise. St. Louis, which
wanted Hand, took linebacker An
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thony Bell of Michigan State. He
had been projected as a second- or
third-rounder.
Of more immediate concern
Tuesday was the draft pick maneu
vering, particularly among four
NFC teams with Super Bowl ambi
tions for 1986 — the Dallas Cow
boys, New York Giants, San Fran
cisco 49ers and Washington
Redskins.
Dallas’ move had the most imme
diate impact.
They traded up two places with
San Francisco — which ended up
trading downward four times in the
first two rounds — to jump over the
Giants and grab Mike Sherrard of
UCLA, the fastest wide receiver in
the draft.
“We were afraid the Giants would
take him, so we had to do some
thing,” Coach Tom Landry said.
“He was exactly what we wanted.”
The Giants ended up with Notre
Dame defensive end Eric Dorsey
and traded discontented cornerback
Mark Haynes, to Denver, and the
rights to USFL offensive lineman
Gary Zimmerman, to Minnesota.
They wound up with four second-
round picks this year and an additio
nal selection next year
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