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04-29-2006, 12:39 PM
Live from the Draft: A surprise No. 1 pick
April 29, 2006
By Eric “Ace” Strauss, Raiderfans.net/Fanpass.net Staff Columnist
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The night before the 2006 NFL Draft, the news was stunning: The Houston Texans would bypass Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush and choose defensive end Mario Williams first overall.
Williams, the consensus top pass-rusher in the draft, played three years at North Carolina State and was regarded as a sort of 1-A pick. Nonetheless, the conventional wisdom was that Bush, the do-it-all running back out of Southern Cal, would be the top pick.
Until, that is, the Texans announced they had a deal in place with Williams, and would make him the top pick.
Williams started all 36 games he played for the Wolf Pack, and racked up 25.5 sacks — five as a freshman, six as a sophomore and a whopping 14.5 as a junior.
Of course, he will have to face comparisons with Bush for the rest of his career, and that make be as challenging as the NFL’s top offensive tackles.
(Sources: ESPN television coverage and NFL Draft Guide 2006, Ourlads’ Scouting Services 2006 Guide to the NFL Draft and 2005 Review, Pro Football Weekly 2006 Draft Preview, Raiders media guides, NFL media information, The Sporting News Complete Pro Football Draft Encyclopedia)
April 29, 2006
By Eric “Ace” Strauss, Raiderfans.net/Fanpass.net Staff Columnist
http://www.fanpass.net/2006_NFL_Draft/williams.jpg
The night before the 2006 NFL Draft, the news was stunning: The Houston Texans would bypass Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush and choose defensive end Mario Williams first overall.
Williams, the consensus top pass-rusher in the draft, played three years at North Carolina State and was regarded as a sort of 1-A pick. Nonetheless, the conventional wisdom was that Bush, the do-it-all running back out of Southern Cal, would be the top pick.
Until, that is, the Texans announced they had a deal in place with Williams, and would make him the top pick.
Williams started all 36 games he played for the Wolf Pack, and racked up 25.5 sacks — five as a freshman, six as a sophomore and a whopping 14.5 as a junior.
Of course, he will have to face comparisons with Bush for the rest of his career, and that make be as challenging as the NFL’s top offensive tackles.
(Sources: ESPN television coverage and NFL Draft Guide 2006, Ourlads’ Scouting Services 2006 Guide to the NFL Draft and 2005 Review, Pro Football Weekly 2006 Draft Preview, Raiders media guides, NFL media information, The Sporting News Complete Pro Football Draft Encyclopedia)