MANNING GOES TO COLTS, LEAF TO CHARGERS
NEW YORK (AP) - The Indianapolis Colts finally made one of the
Peyton Manning predictions come true. The second-generation
quarterback who never won the national championship or the
Heisman was selected by the Colts as the No. 1 pick in Saturday's
NFL draft. The San Diego Chargers then took Ryan Leaf, who left
Washington State after his junior season and was considered by
some teams the better long-term prospect. Leaf will replace Stan
Humphries, the Chargers' starter the past five years who is
retiring because of concussions. The other major development in
the first round was the fall of Randy Moss, the 6-foot-5, 210
pound wide receiver from Marshall who had been considered as good
a prospect as the top four. But Moss' personal problems hurt him
-- he committed to Notre Dame but was dropped after an assault
arrest, then kicked out of Florida State after violating
probation by smoking marijuana. He ended up going 21st overall to
Minnesota, where his brother, Eric, signed as a free agent last
December. Manning and Leaf, as expected, were the only
quarterbacks chosen in the first round. There were seven
defensive backs, five defensive linemen, five offensive linemen,
four linebackers, four running backs and three wide receivers.
Selections from the 1998 NFL draft with team, player, projected
position and college:
First Round
1. Indianapolis, Peyton Manning, qb, Tennessee.
2. San Diego (from Arizona), Ryan Leaf, qb, Washington St.
3. Arizona (from San Diego), Andre Wadsworth, de, Florida St.
4. Oakland, Charles Woodson, db, Michigan.
5. Chicago, Curtis Enis, rb, Penn St.
6. St. Louis, Grant Wistrom, de, Nebraska.
7. New Orleans, Kyle Turley, ot, San Diego St.
8. Dallas, Greg Ellis, de, North Carolina.
9. Jacksonville (from Buffalo), Fred Taylor, rb, Florida.
10. Baltimore, Duane Starks, db, Miami.
11. Philadelphia, Tra Thomas, ot, Florida St.
12. Atlanta, Keith Brooking, lb, Georgia Tech.
13. Cincinnati, Takeo Spikes, lb, Auburn.
14. Carolina, Jason Peter, dt, Nebraska.
15. Seattle, Anthony Simmons, lb, Clemson.
16. Tennessee, Kevin Dyson, wr, Utah.
17. Cincinnati (from Washington), Brian Simmons, lb, North
Carolina.
18. New England (from New York Jets), Robert Edwards, rb,
Georgia.
19. Green Bay (from Miami), Vonnie Holliday, dt, North
Carolina.
20. Detroit, Terry Fair, db, Tennessee.
21. Minnesota, Randy Moss, wr, Marshall.
22. New England, Tebucky Jones, db, Syracuse.
23. Oakland (from Tampa Bay), Mo Collins, ot, Florida.
24. New York Giants, Shaun Williams, db, UCLA.
25. Jacksonville, Donovin Darius, db, Syracuse.
26. Pittsburgh, Alan Faneca, g, LSU.
27. Kansas City, Victor Riley, ot, Auburn.
28. San Francisco, R.W. McQuarters, db, Oklahoma St.
29. Miami (from Green Bay), John Avery, rb, Mississippi.
30. Denver, Marcus Nash, wr, Tennessee. |
