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Bradberry puts
NFL in its place
R amsey Bradberry played free
safety on the A&M football
team for four years. Now, less
than a week before the National
Football League draft, Bradberry has
put the game he loves into perspec
tive.
Bradberry isn't too concerned
with all this pro football stuff.
But don't be mistaken. He wants
to play in the NFL. It's just that other
things are a little more important to
Bradberry, who received his degree
in industrial engineering last sum
mer.
"The NFL is a way to make a
lump sum of money in a short
amount of time," Bradberry said.
"Then I can go on and work four or
five or ten years for somebody, and
then it's always been a dream of
mine to start my own business."
Bradberry's chances of making a
professional football team are slim to
be quite honest. A player who
doesn't start for his college team isn't
likely to make an impact in the NFL.
When UCLA transfer Patrick
Bates stepped up last year, it made
Bradberry all but obsolete. He
doesn't spend his time thinking
about what could have been though.
"It's a team game, and we have
our roles," Bradberry said. "I had
mine. I just did the best I could, and
the coaches went with who they
thought was best."
One thing that does make Brad
berry attractive to NFL scouts is his
speed. He ran a 4.32 during a train
ing session for pro scouts last month
at A&M's Netum Steed Laboratory.
"The biggest asset I have is my
speed and quickness," Bradberry
said. "The name of the game in the
NFL is speed. Whether I strictly play
special teams or if I'm a backup, it
makes no difference to me."
As a backup to Bates and a mem
ber of the special teams last season,
Bradberry had 10 tackles, including
two against Baylor. The numbers
aren't too impressive when com
pared to some of the top players ex
pected to go in the draft and even to
some of his Aggie teammates.
But Bradberry is in the record
books.
Against Southern Methodist in
1989, Bradberry returned an intercep
tion 89 yards for a touchdown. It's
the fifth longest interception return
in A&M history.
"That interception was my fond
est memory of playing football here,"
he said. "It made me part of A&M
history."
Even with his interception, pro
fessional scouts don't give Bradberry
much of a chance to make it. At 6-
foot-2 and 181 pounds, he just isn't
quite big enough for the NFL.
But playing in the NFL for a long
time has never concerned him.
"It's been a goal of mine to play
in the NFL, but not to make a career
of it," he said. "It's a chance to get
financially stable."
Bradberry may not have the abili
ty to become an All-Pro defensive
back in NFL, but he has his name in
the Aggie record book.
And, oh yeah, he's got a degree.
Aggies take twinbill from Bears
Granger, Harrison
hold Baylor down
with 17 strikeouts
The Battalion News Services
WACO - The Aggie baseball team needed two wins
Monday in their rain-delayed series on the road against
Baylor, and they delivered.
Strong pitching perfomances by Jeff Granger and Bri
an Harrison led Texas A&M to 3-1 and 1-0 victories over
the Bears at Ferrell Field.
In the opener. Granger rebounded from his recent
slump with a one-hit performance and 11 strikeouts. He
gave up a run in the second inning when Ray Hammond
drove in Emile Sevadjian.
The Aggies came back in the fourth inning with an
Granger
Harrison
RBI groundout by Rob Trimble, which scored Mike
Hickey to tie the game at one. In the seventh, Scott Smith
and John Curl scored to give the Aggies the win.
Granger dueled with Baylor pitcher Brian Carpenter,
w 7 ho threw a six-hitter with three strikeouts. Carpenter
dropped to 7-4 while Granger improved to 5-3.
Harrison (5-3) shined in the nightcap with a six-hit
shutout in seven and tw'o-thirds innings of work. Nix
came along for the save, allowing no hits in the final in
ning and one-third.
Baylor's Frank Foltyn was losing pitcher and fell to 2-
5 for the season. He worked five innings and allowed
one run off seven hits.
David Elsbernd pitched the last four innings and
gave up only three hits.
The Aggies affirmed their second place spot in the
Southwest Conference race with the sweep and elevated
to 30-15 for the season and 15-11 in league play. The
Bears fell to 24-22 and 12-15 in SWC play.
The series between the two was postponed after rains
pelted Ferrell Field Friday and Saturday. The finale of
the series will take place tomorrow in Waco at 1 p.m.
Baylor took two of three games from the Aggies
when the two met earlier this season at Olsen Field.
A&M's game with Sam Houston State scheduled for
today at Olsen Field will be made up Wednesday at 5
p.m. in College Station.
John David Crow
Times
Have
Changed
By Scott Wudel
The Battalion
''Tilings are so different now than when 1 ivas com
ing out. There's no such thing as agents or lawyers, or
accountants and CPA's, that dealt with things on our
level at that particular time."
- John David Crow
1957 Heisman Trophy Winner
John David Crow has seen a lot of things change
in the last 35 years. Mankind has entered the final
frontier and walked on the moon. The Berlin Wall
has fallen, signaling the demise of communism.
Color televisions have found a place in almost ev
ery home in America. And professional sports stars
are making millions of dollars to chase their boy
hood dreams - a far cry from the first contract Crow
signed in 1958.
"The fact that I got a $1,000 bonus and a $15,000
contract if I made the team is pretty indicative of
the difference of the degree of hype and the publici
ty and promotional value of the No. 1 draft choice,"
Crow said.
Crow is the only Aggie to be picked as high as
No. 2. Rice quarterback King Hill was the only
player selected before him in the 1958 draft. Both
players were taken by the Chicago Cardinals, the
last team to have the top two picks until this year,
w r hen the Indianapolis Colts make the first two se
lections on April 26.
The top pick in the 1992 draft can expect to
make well over a million dollars in his first season
and in seasons to come. Former A&M linebacker
Quentin Coryatt could be selected as high as No. 2
this Sunday when the NFL's six-houi' media event
is splattered across the television screen.
Analysts have been talking about the draft for
months. Sportswriters have typed thousands of
words speculating on what teams will take which
A&M Sports Information
John David Crow, a former Aggie running back and Heisman Trophy winner, was picked second
in the 1958 NFL Draft by the Chicago Cardinals. Crow is now the Athletic Director at Texas A&M.
players at what times. Teams have interviewed
hundreds of collegiate stars to see if they fit into
their future gameplan.
NFL life was much simpler four decades ago.
"It wasn't near the hype that it is now," Crow
explained. "I knew they were going to draft me be
fore the draft came out and where I was going to
go. They were pretty committed to drafting me.
"There were 12 professional teams at the time,
and the Cardinals were about the only team we got
on TV down here. Television wasn't as big as it is
now ... it wasn't near as b>ig a thing as it is now."
Thirty years ago, football was little more than
just a game. For the athletes lucky enough to play
the game beyond their college years, it was a means
of supporting themselves and their families.
"I had a wife and a son, and I knew that was a
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