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WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
2007 NFL DRAFT FACTS
WHAT:72nd Annual National Football League Player
Selection Meeting
WHERE:
Radio City Music Hall, 1260 6th Avenue, New York City
(Between 50th and 51st Streets).
WHEN:
Noon ET, Saturday, April 28 (Rounds 1-3).
11:00 AM ET, Sunday, April 29 (Rounds 4-7).
The first three rounds will conclude on Saturday by approximately 10:00 PM ET.The draft will resume on Sunday at 11:00 AM ET for the final four rounds, ending at approximately 6:00 PM ET.
DRAFTING:
Representatives of the 32 NFL clubs by telephone communication with their general managers, coaches and scouts.
ROUNDS:
Seven Rounds Rounds 1 through 3 on Saturday, April 28;
and Rounds 4 through 7 on Sunday, April 29.
There will be 255 selections, including 32 compensatory choices that have been awarded to 16 teams which suffered a net loss of certain quality unrestricted free agents last year.
TIME LIMITS:
Round 1:15 minutes each team.
Round 2:10 minutes each team.
Rounds 3 through 7: Five minutes each team.
PLAYERS AT DRAFT:
The following players will be at the draft at Radio City on Saturday: Clemson DE GAINES ADAMS, Georgia Tech WR CALVIN JOHNSON, Oklahoma RB ADRIAN PETERSON, Notre Dame QB BRADY QUINN and LSU QB JA MARCUS RUSSELL.
TELEVISION:
NFL Network , ESPN/ESPN2 will televise the draft both days.
BLACK COLLEGE PLAYERS IN THE DRAFT:
There were three black college players selected in the 2006 Draft:
QB Tarvaris Jackson, Alabama State
(2nd round to Minnesota, 64th overall)
DE Jason Hatcher, Grambling State
(3rd round to Dallas, 92nd overall)
S Antoine Bethea, Howard
(6th round to Indianapolis, 207th overall)
The two first-day selections in 2006 matched the two taken on the first day of the 2005 Draft (Bethune-Cookman DB Nick Collins to Green Bay and Howard DB Ron Bartell to St. Louis, both in the second round). There were six black college players taken overall in the 2005 Draft.
The three black college players taken last year was the second lowest number since the league began drafting black college players in the late 1950s. The two black college players taken in the 2004 Draft was the lowest number ever.
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