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NFL teams bolster rosters on second day of draft
Oilers pick up
speedy Longhorn
receiver Jones
HOUSTON
(A P) — The
Houston Oilers,
who stocked up
on linebackers
and defensive
linemen in the
first day of the
NFL draft, Tues
day added speedy
Texas wide receiver Tony Jones, a three-
sport performer for the Longhorns.
Jones, who caught 30 passes as a senior
and 42 as a junior, was chosen in the sixth
round by the Oilers, who hope Jones will fit
into their new run-and-shoot offense.
“That’s my type of offense; I’m built for
it,” said Jones, 5-7, 140. “If I had to pick a
team, it would be the Oilers.
“They’ve got small receivers and they
spread it out and like to go for the big play.”
Jones also could be tried as a return spe-
dalist, along with former Baylor receiver
Gerald McNeil, acquired by the Oilers
through Plan B.
Jones played on the Longhorn basketball
team as a junior and also ran track as a ju
nior.
He had times of 10.16 in the 100 meters
and 20.2 in the 200 meters.
Jones is still recovering from a collarbone
fracture suffered in post-season all-star
play.
Kentucky running back Andy Murray
was the Oilers’ seventh round pick.
Murray, 6-1, 241, is regarded as a pre
mier blocking back with superior strength
for inside rushes, which would fit the Oil
ers' super back position in the run-and-
shoot.
Northern Illinois defensive back Brett
Tucker went to the Oilers in the eight
round and they took Mississippi wide re
ceiver Pat Coleman in the ninth round.
The Oilers fulfilled their defensive needs
in Sunday’s opening day of the draft.
Houston linebacker Lamar Lathon was
the Oilers’ first round selection in Sunday’s
first day of the draft and they followed up
by taking Notre Dame defensive tackle Jeff
Mm in the second round and defensive end
Willis Peguese of Miami in the third round.
Their fourth round pick was Eric Still, a
guard from Tennessee, and they chose Mi
ami linebacker Richard Newbill in the fifth
round.
New Oilers coach Jack Pardee, changing
the Oilers to a 4-3 defensive alignment,
wants the Oilers to become better pass rush
ers this season.
Although Aim had only one sack in his
career at Notre Dame, Oilers scout Glen
Cumbee said the statistic is misleading.
“People doubted his passing rushing abi
lities,” Cumbee said. “Notre Dame has 422
passes thrown against them and as a team
nad 22 sacks.
“They are a read type defense — control
and read on the line of scrimmage. Jeff
could have been more productive in an
other kind of system.”
Aim, 6-6, 274, said he was happy to be
coming to a team where he could demon
strate his pass rushing skills.
“My role at Notre Dames was stopping
the run, but I think I can be effective rush
ing the quarterback too,” Aim said.
“I’m looking forward to the chance.”
Cowboys take some defensive chances
after Day 1 offensive moves emphasis
vs,
ly-
after bolstering their offense with early
round draft choices, moved on to lesser-
known territory Monday, picking up some
tackles and backs.
Defensive back Kenneth Gant from Al
bany State, Ga. was taken by the Cowboys in
the ninth round. Gant was second team all-
Southern Athletic Conference last year and
tied for third in the SAC on interceptions,
with five.
Dallas also picked linebacker Dave
Harper from Humboldt State in the 11th
round, followed by Notre Dame cornerback
Battalion file photos by J-Janner
Texas A&M’s Mike Jones was taken by Minnesota in the second round.
Arkansas running back James Rouse
was the No. 200 overall selection in
the NFL draft, taken by the Chicago
Bears in the eighth round Monday.
Stan Smagala. The Cowboys favored the
quickness of Smagala, who found a home in
tne defensive backfield after orginally be-
ingrecruited as a tailback.
The Cowboys, seeking more talent to
help rescue them from the dismal depths of
the NFL cellar, had earlier targeted offen
sive players.
“I can’t say we’ve found all the offensive
help we need,” said team spokeman David
Pelletier at Valley Ranch. “You just try to
pick the best guy who’s there.”
In the first round, the Cowboys picked
Emmitt Smith, who smashed all of Florida’s
running records with a slashing inside run
ning style that produced numerous breaka
way touchdowns. Smith exhibited a 4.39
speed in workouts.
Also favored for his speed was Auburn
wide receiver Alexander Wright, who was
taken in the second round.
Wright’s 4.27 speed, run in cleats on a
grass field, “will make him the fastest player
I’ve ever coached,” said coach Jimmy John
son.
Recently timed at 4.45 in the 40-yard
dash, Smagala was described as a gutsy
tackier with great leaping ability and tre
mendous quickness.
Smagala, who teamed with Pat Terrell on
the right side to give the Fighting Irish one
of the country’s fastest cornerback-safety
tandems, was traded in the fifth round
from the Los Angeles Raiders.
“Originally, he was the 13th pick. We
were working with the Raiders at the time
and whoever was behind us went ahead and
drafted,” said Pelletier.
Smagala, a 5-9 185-pounder, showed
well in the combines and could be moved to
safety by the Cowboys.
Gant, who was honorable mention all
conference in 1988, had 55 tackles, three
sacks, a fumble recovery and six passes bro
ken up.
The four-year starter at cornerback fin
ished his Albany State career with 14 inter
ceptions and 15 passes broken up. He at
tended Kathleen High School in Lakeland,
Fla.
See Cowboys/Page 8
Collegiate stars Harris, Rice spurned in late rounds
NEW YORK (AP) — John Friesz, the
Idaho quarterback considered by some
scouts to be a top 10 draft pick, got to be
No. 1 Monday — on the second day of the
1990 draft.
Friesz, selected by the San Diego Charg
ers, was a victim of two things — the influx
of juniors into the draft and the immobility
he showed in postseason all-star games.
That made him the ninth quarterback to go
— behind such unknowns as Craig Kupp of
Pacific Lutheran — and the 137th overall.
“It actually doesn’t surprise me that
much. I’ve never been the first person cho
sen,” said Friesz, who was called at 6:30
a.m. to be told the Chargers were taking
him.
“What bothers me the most is that no
body seems to understand why I wasn’t
picked on Sunday. I don’t understand. My
agent doesn’t understand. I don’t know
what there could be.”
Monday was hodgepodge day at the
draft as teams looked f rom sleepers among
the rejects from rounds one through five. It
was also Bobby Beathard’s time. The new
San Diego general manager, who special
izes in late-round surprises, amassed eight
picks for the sixth and seventh rounds.
But at least one well-known player who
wasn’t selected On the first day decided he
had had enough of the NFL. Major Harris,
the quarterback who led West Virginia
within a victory of the national
championship two years ago, announced
that he would sign with the British Colum
bia Lions of the Canadian Football League.
Harris was eventually drafted by the
Raiders on the 12th — and final — round,
one of 19 quarterbacks taken, five in the
12th round. But that was after he appar
ently had made up his mind.
“When Major didn’t go in the second
round, I turned the television off,” said his
agent, Ed Abram. “I talked with Major after
the draft and he said ‘Let’s do it.’ Both par
ties want to be with each other so the deal
should be done in a few days.”
Another quarterback, Mike Buck of
Maine, went to New Orleans on the sixth
round and the Saints, anticipating the loss
of Bobby Hebert, who has demanded a
trade, went for another, Nebraska’s Gerry
Gdowski two rounds later.
Buck might have been chosen earlier but
for a knee injury that caused him to flunk
some teams’ physicals.
Johnny Bailey, the running back from
Texas A&I who broke Tony Dorsett’s ca
reer rushing record and gained 6,320 yards
in his career, wasn’t selected until the ninth
round, when Chicago took him with the
228th pick of the draft. Going against him
were his size, 5-foot-7, 178 pounds and the
fact that his rushing totals declined each
year after he gained 2,011 yards as a fresh
man.
And Notre Dame quarterback Tony Rice
wasn’t chosen at all.
Then there was Beathard, who made his
reputation as a late-round specialist in 12
years with Washington. On the sixth round
— the one in which he got Mark Rypien for
Washington — Beathard dealt for three ex
tra picks, Dallas’ and choices the Cowboys
had from the Patriots and Giants. He got
Friesz, UCLA center Frank Cornish; Car-
son-Newman defensive back David Pool
and Michigan tight end Derrick Walker.
Then came four more picks for the
Chargers on the seventh — their own, and
one each from Cleveland, Washington and
San Francisco.
Only three underclassmen were drafted
Monday, leaving 20 of the 38 juniors who
opted to leave school to ply their luck as
free agents. Monday’s underclassmen were
Harris, Virginia running back Marcus Wil
son, who went to the Raiders on the sixth
round and Clemson running back Terry
See Draft/Page 8
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