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The_Philster
04-20-2003, 09:13 AM
Like one of those MTV shows featuring scantily-clad college coeds and rockers with unfamiliar names, or the dogwoods blossoming precisely one week before the first naïve hopeful tees off at The Masters, it has now become a latter day rite of spring.


Sometime in March, the University of Miami schedules its annual "pro day" workouts, and NFL scouts hasten to the Coral Gables campus, stopwatches at the ready, to peruse the latest contingent of Hurricanes draft wannabes.


It is, just like a bar that offers free buffalo wings and one-buck draft beers during happy hour, a must-stop for guys who earn a paycheck evaluating meat on the hoof. And if the flesh market isn't quite as good as what you might witness during a stopoff at nearby South Beach, when Miami draft prospects work out, there are typically some eye-bulging performances....more (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfldraft/columnist?id=1540867)

The_Philster
04-21-2003, 09:02 PM
April 20, 2003 2:08 p.m. EDT) - The University of Miami, which has had a huge impact in the NFL draft in recent years, will be felt again this year.

The Hurricanes, who have become the biggest supplier of blue-chip talent with 22 first-round picks since 1990, had five of their players chosen in the opening round last spring, with one each going to the Raiders (cornerback Phillip Buchanon) and 49ers (cornerback Mike Rumph). Four more Miami players could go high in the 2003 draft next Saturday and Sunday.

This time, sure first-round selections from Miami are junior wide receiver Andre Johnson, probably headed to Houston as the third overall pick, senior defensive end Jerome McDougle and senior defensive tackle William Joseph.

Another Hurricane regarded highly but with some physical question marks is running back Willis McGahee, coming off major knee surgery....more (http://www.sportserver.com/football/nfl/general/story/861488p-6022670c.html)