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Texas A&M produced two first-
round picks in Tuesday’s NFL draft,
with running back Roger Vick going
to the New York Jets and tight end
[ Rod Bernstine ticketed to San Diego.
Vick was the 21 st player chosen in
the draft and Bernstine was the
24th. Vick was the Aggies’ leading
rusher in 1986, while Bernstine was
the top tight end receiver in the na
tion.
The Aggies also had a second-
round selection in All-America line
backer Johnny Holland, who was
picked by Green Bay and a third-
round representative as linebacker
Todd Howard went to the Kansas
City Chiefs.
In the fourth round, A&M de
fensive lineman Rod Saddler was
chosen by the St. Louis Cardinals,
and linebacker Larry Kelm will be
headed to the Los Angeles Rams.
A&rM linebacker Steve Bullitt was
drafted in the eighth round by the
Cleveland Browns.
“1 couldn’t really see myself going
in the first round or the top 25 play-
Roger Vick
ers. This really is a special feeling,”
Vick said.
“I’m happy to be going to the Jets.
I think I can go there and help them
out. I was surprised they picked me.
Everybody had been talking about
Minnesota or San Francisco, but I
figured anything can happen in the
draft, and it did.”
Bernstine was delighted that the
Chargers selected him.
“I’m from the Bay area, and going
back to California is a good feeling.
I’ve watched Kellen Winslow play so
many games and catch so many
passes. It’ll be exciting to learn from
him,” Bernstine said.
“I’m excited about going to the
Chargers because they throw the ball
around as much as any team in the
league.”
Baylor jumped into the second-
round picture, sending linebacker
Ray Berry to Minnesota and cor-
nerback Ron Francis to the Dallas
Cowboys.
Texas Tech’s Roland Mitchell, a
cornerback with 4.5 speed, was se
lected by the Buffalo Bills and SMU
wide receiver Ron Morris was picked
by the Chicago Bears, all in the sec
ond round.
Baylor’s strong-armed quar
terback Cody Carlson was a third-
round draft choice by the Houston
Oilers, while SMU noseguard Jerry
Ball went to the Detroit Lions.
Carlson said he felt he was asked
to do a lot of things at Baylor that he
Rod Bernstine
might not have been suited for, but
it made him better prepared for pro
fessional football, he said.
Carlson was picked ahead of All-
SWC quarterback Kevin Murray of
A&M, but Carlson said that wasn’t
one of his goals in the draft.
“There are a lot of other things to
be happy about today. That wasn’t
one of my goals,” Carlson said.
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HOUSTON (AP)— Houston, try
ing to improve on last season’s offen
sive production, chose Miami full
back Alonzo Highsmith and North
Carolina State receiver Haywood
|effires in the first round of the NFL
draft Tuesday.
The Oilers traded their No. 8 pick
in the first round to get Buffalo’s
third choice and grabbed Highs-
mith, expected to solidify the Oilers’
fullback position.
The Oilers gave the Bills one of
their two second-round picks to get
Highsmith.
Louisiana Tech linebacker Walter
|ohnson, 5-11, 218, was the Oilers’
selection in the second round.
Jeffires, 6-2, 198, caught a school
record 14 touchdown passes for the
Wolfpack. He will offer depth for
Ernest Givins and Drew Hill, both 5-
9, the fourth best receiving tandem
in the NFL last season.
“We wanted to get a receiver who
couldn’t qualify as a jockey,” Oiler
Coach Jerry Glanville said.
Jeffires said he’s anxious to fit into
the Oiler receiving corps.
“I’ve seen Givins play, he’s a great
receiver,” Jeffires said. “The other
one (Hill) is aging a little. I hope he
can teach me some things.
“I’m not worried about playing
right away, though. I can wait my
time.”
Fullback was an unsettled position
for the Oilers last season. Four play
ers started at the position and none
had more than five starts.
Highsmith thinks he can fit into
the Oilers’ scheme with his running
and blocking.
“My running style is kind of dis
tinctive, I guess,” Highsmith said.
“One time I’m quick, the next time
I’m powerful. I do a combination of
things.
“My style is not just three yards
and a cloud of dust and that’s it.”
Miami Coach Jimmy Johnson had
three players taken in the first
round, including two of the first
three players selected.
“I’m really happy that Alonzo was
drafted on the third pick overall,”
Johnson said. “He is as dedicated an
individual as I have been around
and because of that dedication, he
has the ability to be a tremendous
impact on the Oilers’ program.”
Highsmith was a high-school de
fensive end who converted to of
fense with the Hurricane. But he
kept his defensive temperament.
“I still have a defensive attitude,”
Highsmith said. “I still attack people
when I’m blocking.
Highsmith played on pass-
oriented teams quarterbacked by
Bernie Kosar and Vinny Testaverde.
“Most people knew the situation I
was in at Miami and that if given a
chance, 1 could run,” Highsmith
said. “They realized I had the tal
ent.”
’Pokes make Noonan,
Francis top choices
IRVING (AP) — The Dallas Cow
boys shored up their aging defense
by picking massive Nebraska
noseguard Danny Noonan and Bay
lor cornerback Ron Francis in the
NFL draft on Tuesday.
Noonan is a 6-4, 290-pound All-
American who spends six days a
week pumping iron in the weight
room.
“I’m not a finesse player,” Noo
nan said. “I’d just as soon run
through ’em as I would around ’em.
I’m a run over ’em type of player.”
Noonan, who doesn’t have an
agent, is so dedicated to improving
his strength that his wife had to tell
him he was drafted by Dallas. Noo
nan was in the weight room at the
time Dallas picked him 12th in the
first round.
“I work out all the time,” Noonan
said. “I’m happy to be going to Dal
las.”
Player personnel director Gil
Brandt said Noonan stopped by the
Cowboys’ facilities to work out dur
ing a Kodak All-America press trip
in December.
“Noonan was working out while
everybody else was enjoying the fes
tivities. He’s a hard worker and it
takes that kind of player to be suc
cessful his first year in the NFL,”
Brandt said.
Noonan said he didn’t expect to
start the first year.
“Too many things can happen,”
Noonan said. “I’m not that familiar
with the Dallas defense. Of course,
everybody knows Randy White and
John Dutton.”
Noonan is targeted to replace
Dutton, who also is from Nebraska.
“I think, very definitely, Noonan
could be an impact player for us,”
Dallas Coach Tom Landry said. “He
has the size, speed and quickness you
look for in a defensive lineman.”
Noonan could play any position in
the defensive line and be a good pass
rusher, Landry said.
“We believe he will be an excellent
pass rusher,” he said. “He might not
lie an immediate starter, but we
think he will definitely help us next
year.”
Brandt said Noonan reminded
him of Dallas’ All-Pro defensive
tackle White.
“He looks a lot like Randy White
when Randy came out of college in
size, speed and competiveness,”
Brandt said. “He even has the same
kind of personality White has.”
Noonan was particularly tough
against the run at Nebraska where
he was a consensus first team All-Big
Eight Conference and All-American
selection.
He was the highest the Cowboys
have drafted with their own pick
since 1966.
The 5-10, 185-pound Francis,
who intercepted three passes in the
Texas game last year, was the 11th
pick on the second round.
“He has good speed, good aggres
siveness and good coverage ability,”
Landry said. “We rate him very high
as a competitor. He will challenge
for a job in our secondary.”
Brandt said Francis “was very pro
ductive. He also has a 34-inch verti
cal leap. He doesn’t have great size
but we learned our lesson there. We
want competiveness and Francis has
it.”
Francis, who is from LaMarque,
said, “I’m very happy. The Cowboys
have always been my favorite team
since I was growing up in Texas.”
He was switched from running
back to defensive back his junior
year at Baylor.
“We had him as the second-best
defensive back in the draft,” Landry
said.
He said the Cowboys considered
drafting an offensive linemen in the
first two rounds but decided Noo
nan and Francis were too good to
pass up.
“We’re concerned about our of
fensive line,” Landry said. “Any of
you guys (media) who want to try out
for the offensive line, we’ll try you
out.”
The Cowboys got a much-needed
offensive lineman in the third round
by taking 310-pound Jeff Zimmer
man of Florida.
“He moves well for a guy his size,”
Brandt said. “He looks like those
linemen from the Washington
Redskins and Los Angeles Raiders.
He has huge legs and moves like a
big cat.”
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