The Latest on the NFL draft (all times Eastern) :
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Latest on the NFL draft (all times Eastern) : 10 p.m. The New Orleans Saints trade up to select Tennessee running back Alvin Kamara and offensive linemen finally start to hear their names called as the third round opens. No. 65 Cleveland: Larry Ogunjobi, DT, 6-3,305, Charlotte No. 66 San Francisco: Ahkello Witherspoon, CB, 6-3,198, Colorado No. 67 New Orleans: Alvin Kamara, RB, 5-10,214, Tennessee. The Saints traded up to get this pick from San Francisco. Kamara’s versatility could make him an ideal fit for the Saints’ offense. No. 68 Jacksonville: Dawuane Smoot, DE, 6-3,264, Illinois No. 69 Los Angeles Rams: Cooper Kupp, WR, 6-2,204, Eastern Washington No. 70 Minnesota: Pat Elflein, C, 6-3,303, Ohio State. Does this start a run on offensive linemen? Only seven offensive linemen were selected in first two rounds. No. 71 Los Angeles Chargers: Dan Feeney, OG, 6-4,305, Indiana No. 72 Tennessee: Taywan Taylor, WR, 5-11,203, Western Kentucky. The Titans trade up to get this pick from New England. ___ 9: 38 p.m. No 60 Dallas: Chidobe Awuzie, CB, 6-0,202, Colorado No. 61 Green Bay: Josh Jones, S, 6-1,220, North Carolina State No. 62 Pittsburgh: JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR, 6-1,215, Southern California. Caught 10 touchdown passes each of last two years at USC. No. 63 Buffalo: Dion Dawkins, OG, 6-4,314, Temple. Bills traded up to get this pick from Atlanta. No. 64 Carolina: Taylor Moton, OT/OG, 6-5,319, Western Michigan. Moton is the final selection of the second round. ___ 9: 20 p.m. No. 53 Detroit: Teez Tabor, CB, 6-0,199, Florida. Second Gators cornerback taken in the second round. A disappointing 40-yard dash caused his stock to drop. No. 54 Miami: Raekwon McMillan, LB, 6-2,240, Ohio State. Led the Buckeyes in tackles the last two seasons and a team leader. No. 55 New York Giants: Dalvin Tomlinson, DT, 6-2,310, Alabama. The seventh Alabama player selected. No. 56 Oakland: Obi Melifonwu, S, 6-4,224, Connecticut. The 17th defensive back taken in the first two rounds. No. 57 Houston: Zach Cunningham, LB, 6-3,234, Vanderbilt. No. 58 Seattle: Ethan Pocic, C, 6-6,310, LSU. No. 59 Kansas City: Tanoh Kpassagnon, DE, 6-7,289, Villanova. The Villanova guy gets a huge ovation from the Philadelphia crowd. ___ 8: 50 p.m. The Cleveland Browns’ quest for a franchise quarterback has brought them to Notre Dame’s DeShone Kizer. After passing on quarterbacks in the first round, Cleveland selected Kizer with the No. 52 overall pick. The 6-foot-4,233-pound Kizer struggled last season for the Fighting Irish, but the Browns are intrigued with his size, arm and upside. The Browns have started 26 quarterbacks since 1999, when they returned as an expansion team. On Thursday, Sashi Brown, the team’s head of football operations, said the team didn’t want to « force » picking a quarterback and would wait for the right moment to grab one. Kizer might not be their future, but he at least gives the Browns another option along with Brock Osweiler, Cody Kessler and Kevin Hogan. The second round of the NFL draft started with a flurry of trades and a couple of defensive back teammates from Washington being selected. ___ 8: 49 p.m. No. 49 Washington: Ryan Anderson, OLB, 6-2,253, Alabama. No. 50 Tampa Bay: Justin Evans, S, 6-0,228, Texas A&M. No. 51 Denver: DeMarcus Walker, DE, 6-3,280, Florida State. Tenacious pass rusher had 16 sacks last season and joins Von Miller with the Broncos. No. 52 Cleveland: DeShone Kizer, QB, 6-4,233, Notre Dame. The first quarterback taken in the second round as the Browns waited it out and still got a prospect with big upside ___ 8: 45 p.m. No. 43 Philadelphia: Sidney Jones, CB, 6-0,186, Washington. Three Huskies DBs in 11 picks. Jones tore his Achilles’ at pro day workout. No. 44 Los Angeles Rams: Gerald Everett, TE, 6-6,239, South Alabama. No. 45 Chicago: Adam Shaheen, TE, 6-6,278, Ashland. Baby Gronk is from a Division II school. No. 46 Indianapolis: Quincy Wilson, CB, 6-1,211 Florida. No. 47 Baltimore: Tyus Bowser, OLB, 6-2,247, Houston No. 48 Cincinnati: Joe Mixon, RB, 6-2,230, Oklahoma. The Bengals have never been a shy about bringing in players with troubled pasts and they grabbed this draft’s biggest red flag. Mixon might have been the most talented running back in the draft, but he was suspended for his freshman season after punching a woman on video. He reached a plea deal to misdemeanor assault charges. ___ 8: 38 p.m. Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon is headed to Cincinnati, which added to its reputation for taking chances on players with off-field problems. The Bengals traded down in the second round, then took the 5-foot-10 running back with the 48th overall pick Friday. Mixon was one of the top running backs in the draft, but dropped because he was suspended his freshman season for punching a woman and breaking bones in her face. Cincinnati needed a running back after Rex Burkhead left for New England. Plus, Giovani Bernard is recovering from a torn ACL, raising doubts about depth at the position. ___ 8: 04 p.m. The Minnesota Vikings were eager enough to start drafting after sitting out the first round that they traded up seven spots for Florida State running back Dalvin Cook with the 41st pick. The Vikings sent one of their fourth-round selections, No. 128 overall, to Cincinnati in order to slide up in the second round. The 5-foot-11,213-pound Cook was a first team Associated Press All-American last season as a junior and totaled 38 touchdowns over the last two years for the Seminoles. Though the Vikings signed Latavius Murray in free agency, Cook has now been targeted as the long-term replacement for Adrian Peterson. He’s the third running back taken this year, after LSU’s Leonard Fournette and Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey went in the first round. ___ 8: 01 p.m. No. 38 Los Angeles Chargers: Forrest Lamp, OL, 6-4,309, Western Kentucky. Tackle who might move inside in the pros, but he graded out as well as any linemen in the draft. No. 39 New York Jets: Marcus Maye, S, 6-0,210, Florida. Two picks and two safeties for the Jets. No. 40 Carolina: Curtis Samuel, WR/RB, 6-0,205, Ohio State. Panthers add versatile Samuel to Christian McCaffrey, who they took in Round 1. No. 41 Minnesota: Dalvin Cook, RB, 5-10,210, Florida State. Character question dragged Cook down, but the Vikings got a potential star to replace Adrian Peterson. No. 42 New Orleans: Marcus Williams, S, 6-1,202, Utah. ___ 7: 42 p.m. Latest picks from the NFL draft: No. 33 Green Bay (from Cleveland) : Kevin King, CB, 6-3,203, Washington. One of the tallest corners in the draft. Big question is top-end speed. No. 34 Jacksonville (from Seattle through San Francisco) : Cam Robinson, OT, 6-6,322, Alabama. The All-American has all the measurable. Needs more consistent footwork. No. 35 Seattle (from Jacksonville) : Malik McDowell, DT, 6-6,295, Michigan State. Inconsistent play and some injuries as a junior kept him out of the first round. Freaky athlete. No. 36 Arizona (from Chicago) : Budda Baker, S, 5-10,195, Washington.
