Draft Day 2

The second day of the draft included the second and third rounds. There were plenty of story lines heading into day two: When will Jimmy Clausen and Colt McCoy get picked? How many Nose Tackles would be taken? Would a team take a chance on OT Bruce Campbell? Which Alabama player would get picked first and Would Ben Tate get taken today?

Most experts were astonished that Jimmy Clausen was not picked in the first round. Going into the second round everyone thought that within the first ten picks that Jimmy and Colt would be taken, such was not the case. Jimmy ended up going 48th to the Carolina Panthers, while Colt waited until the third round when the Cleveland Browns came calling at the 85th pick.

The Second Round started off with the Rams selecting a future left tackle to protect Sam Bradford in Rodger Saffold/ Indiana. But it was offensive lineman who dominated the second round, as the nose tackles were selected left and right. A total of six taken in the first twenty-five picks. The Buccaneers got things started off with the third pick and took Brian Price from UCLA. Price joins Gerald McCoy(3rd overall selection) on the front-lines for the Bucs. Other nose tackles taken in this round were Torell Troup (9th pick to Buffalo) from Central Florida, Oakland at number 12 took Lamar Houston/Texas, two picks later the Giants ended up picking Linval Joseph/ East Carolina, with the 24th pick Green Bay took Mike Neal/Purdue, and the last one taken was Terrance Cody/Alabama.

Coming into the second day most people had Terrance Cody pegged as the first player from Alabama to be taken, that was until the Kansas City Chiefs took Javier Arenas/CB with the 18th pick in the second round. Terrance would be taken seven picks later at number 25. At number 26 the Houston Texans selected Ben Tate/RB from Auburn, who could quite possibly be the biggest steal of the second round of the draft, with his open field running skills, able to catch the ball out of the back field and his vision is what could make him a special player.

Bruce Campbell OT/Maryland was on some mock drafts as a first round pick, has yet received a call yet from a team. Expect him to be taken early on day 3.