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1. Sean Taylor, Miami (FL) 2. Matt Ware, U.C.L.A. 3. Sean Jones, Georgia 4. Stuart Schweigert, Purdue 5. Bob Sanders, Iowa 6. Jason Shivers, Arizona St. 7. Rashad Washington, Kansas St. 8. Will Allen, Ohio St. 9. Madieu Williams, Maryland 10. Brandon Everage, Oklahoma 11. Etric Pruitt, Southern Miss 12. J.R. Reed, South Florida 13. Arnold Parker, Utah 14. Glenn Earl, Notre Dame 15. Dexter Reid, North Carolina 16. Guss Scott, Florida 17. Gibril Wilson, Tennessee 18. Kentrell Curry, Georgia 19. Rashad Baker, Tennessee 20. Deandre Eiland, South Carolina 21. Erik Coleman, Washington St. 22. Jack Hunt, Louisiana St. 23. Quintin Williams, Wake Forest 24. Tony Bua, Arkansas 25. Brett Hudson, Arizona St. 26. Keith Lewis, Oregon 27. Virgil Williams, Washington St. 28. Maurice Sikes, Miami (FL) 29. Daryl Dixon, Florida 30. Kelvin Jones, Southeast Missouri St.
* 5th Round - S Gibril Wilson (6-0, 195lbs, 4.50, University of Tennessee):
Scouting Report: Junior college transfer who earned a starting berth as soon as he arrived at Tennessee. Improving player with a big upside. Wilson has only ordinary size for a safety, but he has the frame to add more muscle. Wilson is an athlete who runs in the 4.45-4.50 area. Faster than most safeties – he has good range. Instinctive and aggressive against the run. Normally tackles well, but needs to breakdown on a more consistent basis. Big hitter. At this point, Wilson is better against the run than the pass. Like most safety prospects, he lacks ideal agility in pass coverage. Not overly instinctive against the pass and needs to work on his pass coverage technique and recognition skills. Excellent work ethic and character. Team leader.
What Ernie Accorsi Had to Say: "Wilson, there were other safeties up there, but he was the fastest. And because of that, our big question with him is, "can he track the ball." Because we can see him as a weak or strong safety. We were not looking for an "in the box," "play close to the line of scrimmage" run defend only safety. That's not what we were looking for. We were looking for someone that can do that but who also had the ability to play free safety and play centerfield. And because of his speed, we picked him. He also played "slot" corner for them, so he has that kind of athletic ability."
What Tom Coughlin Had to Say: "I think that one thing, which is quite obvious, is that we gained - in a number of these picks on the second day - speed and special teams help. Wilson for example is a guy who has a legitimate 4.4 speed, a guy who has amassed a lot of tackles coming out of the safety position in the South East Conference, has excellent special teams ability. However you want to use him as a gunner, however you want to use him on coverage teams, I think that was a big factor."
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1. Terrell Suggs, Arizona St. 2. Jerome McDougle, Miami (FL) 3. Dewayne White, Louisville 4. Michael Haynes, Penn St. 5. Chris Kelsay, Nebraska 6. Tully Banta-Cain, California 7. Cory Redding, Texas 8. Calvin Pace, Wake Forest 9. Tyler Brayton, Colorado 10. Shurron Pierson, South Florida 11. Antwan Peek, Cincinnati 12. Jimmy Wilkerson, Oklahoma 13. Andrew Williams, Miami (FL) 14. Alonzo Jackson, Florida St. 15. Jarret Johnson, Alabama 16. Clint Mitchell, Florida 17. Kindal Moorehead, Alabama 18. Antonio Garay, Boston College 19. Osi Umenyiora, Troy St. 20. Jamaal Green, Miami (FL) 21. Kenny King, Alabama 22. Nick Burley, Fresno St. 23. Bryant McNeal, Clemson 24. Aaron Hunt, Texas Tech 25. Shantee Orr, Michigan 26. Omari Hand, Tennessee 27. Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, San Diego St. 28. Cliff Washburn, The Citadel 29. Ryan Roberts, Notre Dame 30. Melvin Williams, Kansas St. 31. Cornelius Green, Miami (FL) 32. Demoine Adams, Nebraska 33. Dan Rumishek, Michigan 34. Brandon Green, Rice 35. A.C. Collier, Baylor 36. Jake Sprague, Wisconsin 37. Raymond House, Arkansas 38. Demetrin Veal, Tennessee 39. Elton Patterson, Central Florida
* 2nd Round - DE Osi Umenyiora (6-3, 280lbs, 4.7, Troy State):
Scouting Report: Outstanding athlete for his size, but raw. Has a big upside if he can master NFL technique. Has long arms and good size. Strong. Can play the run and the pass. Plays hard. Accrued 16 sacks, 20.5 tackles for a loss, and 43 quarterback hurries his senior season.
What Ernie Accorsi Had to Say: "We wanted this guy so bad that we kind of singled him out. Originally we didn't think we would've been able to get him second round but once we got a tackle he became more important to us and its always been the same two, we just would have had to give up the third. Patience has helped us this year, it's been the opposite of the last two years. In each case, the second and third round, we did not trade up and we got the players we wanted anyway."
What Jerry Reese Had to Say: "Osi is a guy we had targeted. We are trying to bolster up our defensive line, we wanted to get a big guy, a guy with some speed on the outside and this guy really impressed us at his pro workout, this guy can run, this guy can fly off the edge and he's not a little guy, this kids got some size, he's not like an undersized situational pass rusher, this kid can be a full time player. He is a little bit raw, he has a limited background playing football but he has played all over the defensive line for Troy State. He has played nose guard, defensive tackle, the past couple years he has played a true defensive end position, and we felt like he has a big upside...He had sixteen sacks last year. Right now he is probably a better pass rusher than he plays the run at this point but he is going to get some specialized coaching here, (Defensive Line Coach Denny Marcin) is going to make a player out of this kid. Number one, this kid can run. He'll probably be a situational pass rusher for us, I'm not coaching that's Jim's job but I would say that early on he will probably be a situational pass rusher and I think he can grow into a full time player."
What the Osi Umenyiora Had to Say: "Excuse the cliché but that is a dream come true (playing with DE Michael Strahan), he is the best defensive end in the league right now. And just being over there being able to learn from him that is going to be ridiculously beautiful."
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