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SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, April 27, 1993
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Sixteen Big Eight players going to NFL
Six athletes selected in final rounds
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Six more Big Eight Conference athletes were swept up yesterday in the final four rounds of the NFL draft, bringing the conference's total in the two-day, eight-round dispersal to 16.
Nebraska defensive back Tyrone Hughes was taken by New Orleans in the fifth round, the 137th player overall. After having nobody picked in the sixth round, the Big Eight had five draftees in the seventh.
Defensive back Darnell Walker became the first Oklahoma player selected when Atlanta made him the 178th draftae. Two picks later, Cleveland took Nebraska linebacker Travis Hill, which was immediately followed by the Los Angeles Raiders' selection of Colorado linebacker Greg Biekert.
Lance Lewis, Nebraska running back, was Indianapolis' choice in the seventh round. Later in the seventh, the Philadelphia Eagles, who last year lost former Oklahoma tight end Keith
Jackson to free agency, took another
Sooner tight end — Joe Mickey.
There were no Big Eight players taken in the eighth and final round.
As the draft broke down, NFL scouts seemed to be paying close attention to how Big Eight teams finished in last fall's race. Nebraska, which won the title with a 6-1 conference mark, had six players drafted, while Colorado, runner $ \rho $ at 5-1-1, had five.
Kansas, which won four conference games, and Oklahoma, which won three, each had two players drafted. Missouri, which finished 2-5, had one
Three Big Eight players had the distinction of being first-round choices Sunday.
Iowa State, Kansas State and Oklahoma State had nobody taken, although several athletes from those schools could be invited to training camps as free agents.
The Pittsburgh Steelers picked Deon Figures, Colorado defensive back and the Big Eight defensive player of the year, for the 23rd player taken. Right behind him went teammate Leonard Renfro, a defensive lineman, to Philadelphia.
Two picks later it was Kansas defensive tackle Dana Stubblefield's turn, selected by San Francisco with a supplemental first-round pick.
How the Big Eight fared in the NFL draft
These are the 16 players from the Big Eight Conference who were selected in the 1993 NFL draft. Kansas S+ state and Oklahoma State did not have any players drafted.
Position Drafting team
Dana Stubblefield Db
Gilbert Brown DT
KANSAS
San Fransisco Minnesota
John Parella
Derek Brown
Will Shields
Tyrone Hughes
Travis Lance
Lance Lewis
NEBRASKA
DT Buffalo
RB New Orleans
G Kansas City
DB New Orleans
LB Cleveland
RB Indianapolis
Player Position Drafting team
Deon Figures DB Pittsburgh
Leonard Rentro DE Philadelphia
Chad Brown LB Pittsburgh
Ronnie Bradford DB Miami
Griek Bieb LD Los Angeles Raiders
Darnell Walker DB Atlanta
Joey Mickey TE Philadelphia
Source: The Associated Press
Victor Bailey
MIZZOU
MISSOURI
WR Philadelphia
Derek Nolen/KANSAN
Chiefs choices predictable
Kansas City adds offensive linemen to protect Montana
The Associated Press
Kansas City's first choice was an offensive lineman, who was a perfectly logical pick for a team that just acquired 36-year-old quarterback Joe Montana. The Chiefs offensive line gave up 48 backs last season.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Not only were the Kansas City Chiefs the last team to act in the NFL draft, but their pick also was among the most predictable.
In the fourth round Sunday, the Chiefs took Jaime Fields, a 235-pound interior linebacker from Washington.
Will Shields, a 300-pound right guard from Nebraska who won the prestigious Outland Award as the nation's top interior lineman, was the 74th player taken Sunday and the first by Kansas City. The Chiefs did not have a first- or second-round pick.
In the fifth round yesterday, the Chiefs selected Lindsay Knapp, a 276-pound offensive tackle from Notre Dame. Their selection in the sixth round was Darius Turner, a running back from Washington. In the seventh round, the Chiefs selected Danan Hughes, a wide receiver from Iowa.
The Chiefs did not have a selection in the eighth and final round.
Gino Toretta drafted 192nd
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - On the second day of the NFL draft, Gino Torretta sat and waited, weighed down, perhaps, by the recent quarterback history of the Heisman Trophy, the prize he so proudly accepted in December.
Through six rounds and after four other quarterbacks had been selected, the proud owner of the Heisman was still without an NFL home. Finally, in the seventh round, after 191 other college players had been picked, Minnesota decided to take a shot on Torretta. Given the history of Heisman quarterbacks in the pros, it is a long shot at best.
Since 1962, 12 quarterbacks have won the Heisman, the endorsement that in one year, each was the best college player in the nation. Only occasionally, however, did that campus success translate into the pros.
The names of the failures:
Terry Baker of Oregon State,
John Huarte of Notre Dame,
Gary Beban of UCLA, Pat Sullivan of Auburn and Doug Flutie of Boston College. All Heisman winners.
Jayhawks to face Creighton
All were picked in either the first or second rounds of the draft. All were busts.
Softball team needs victories to qualify for regional action
By Mark Button Kansan sportswriter
Irene Lanier / KANSAN
Jayhawk infielder Katie Morgan takes a throw at second base. The Jayhawks must win the remainder of their games, today at Creighton and this weekend at Iowa State, to guarantee a trip to postseason play.
The No. 13 Kansas softball team, Eight 25-11 overall and 11-5 in the Big Eight Conference, is in a must-win situation.
The Jawhawks travel to Creighton today to play a doubleheader. Having lost three of four games to conference rival Oklahoma State, Kansas must win the remainder of its games to have a chance to advance to the Midwest Regional Tournament.
Kansas will have to rely on the votes of the National Softball Selection Committee, which on May 16th will decide which teams to invite to the all the regional tournaments.
Upon the completion of the season, only the conference champion is guaranteed a spot in the regional tournament.
Kansas is fairly comfortable with its position, however.
The Jayhawks already have played Creighton twice this season, claiming victories in both games.
Senior center fielder Shanna Cole said that she and her teammates were confident going into the Creighton games.
"We're confident," she said. "But not just because we've beaten them twice.
"For the last eight to 10 games, we've been playing real well. We've had great defense and pitching and with the exception of the Oklahoma State series, we've hit the ball well."
After the doubleheader against Creighton, Kansas has a four-game set at Iowa State. The Cyclones are third in the conference with a 7-5 record.
Following Kansas, Iowa State will finish its season with a four-game series at Oklahoma State. The Cowgirls lead the conference with a 14-2 record.
Iowa State coach Deb Kuhn said she was excited to play Kansas.
Kahn said that she realized her team had an opportunity to spoil Oklahoma State's run at the conference title by sweeping four games against the Cowgirls, or claiming the title outright by sweeping both Oklahoma
"The opportunity is there," she said. "But to beat Kansas and Oklahoma State in back-to-back weekend series, we would have to play extremely well."
State and Kansas.
However, Oklahoma State coach Sandy Fischer has not cleared a spot for the conference championship trophy just yet.
From the Cowgirls' standpoint, all they need to do is take three games from Iowa State.
"It's never over until it's over," Fischer said. "I'm not looking past Iowa State."
Hot Detroit conquers Kansas City
Tigers get four runs in the first inning; Gubicza drops to 0-3
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Detroit Tigers earned their sixth straight victory yesterday by beating Kansas City 5-3.
After three lopsided victories, the Tigers scored four runs in the first inning, two on Kirk Gibson's double. Detroit won for the 11th time in 12 games. The Tigers defeated Minnesota 12-4, 17-1 and 16-5 at the Metrodome during the weekend.
Tony Phillips, the leading hitter in the American League, led off the game with a single and Lou Whitaker was hit by a pitch from Mark Gubicza, 0-3.
Travis Fryman followed with a single, and Phillips scored on center fielder Brian McRae's error. Gibson doubled for a 3-0 lead, stole third and scored on a wild pitch.
Tom Bolton 1-0, making his first start since last August, gave up one on four hits in five innings. Mike Henneman relieved to start the ninth with a 5-1 lead. He gave up pinch hitter Chris Gwynn's two-run single.
NOTES:
Kansas City traded pitcher Mike Boddicker to the Milwaukee Brewers yesterday for a player to be
named later.
Boddicker had just come off the disabled list after undergoing knee surgery. Boddicker, in the last year he was diagnosed, said he would retire after the season.
He was put on the 15-day disabled list March 27 and has not pitched in a major league game this year.
Boddicker is 131-111 with a 3.75 ERA in his career. He pitched two seasons for the Royals, going 13-16.
■ Kansas City right fielder Felix Jones will continue playing and exercising his sore left shoulder after an examined by a specialist yesterday.
Jose, acquired in a late-winter trade with St. Louis for Gregg Jefferies, hurt his shoulder eight weeks ago in spring training. A switch hitter, Jose has been unable to bat right-handed. Jose is hiless in six at-bats from the right side.
Kansan sportswriter
By Brady Prauser
Kansas to battle Kansas State
The Kansas State baseball team has played 38 games, but Coach Mike Clark is preparing his队 for a new season when the Wildcats meet No. 12 Kansas at 7 tonight at Hoghund-Maunin Stadium.
With 11 games left in its season, Kansas State is batting Iowa State in the Big Eight Conference standings to determine which of the two teams will be left at home when the postseason conference tournament begins next month at Oklahoma City.
"We're trying to take the pressure off the kids," Clark said. "We've said 'Forget the past, and narrow it down to an 11-same season.'"
The Wildcats are 13-25 overall and in sixth place in the conference with a 4-11 record. Iowa State is seventh in the conference with a 3-13 record.
Both are far behind fifth-place Oklahoma in the standings.
That means all but one Big Eight
team - either the Wildcats or the Cyclones - will advance to the recently expanded six-team conference tournament. Colorado does not have a baseball program.
Clark said the Kansas series would be crucial.
"We're running out of season," he said.
Kansas, however, is on the other end of the spectrum. The Jayhawks are in a battle with Oklahoma State for first place in the conference standings and the No.1 seed in the tournament.
Unlike Big Eight basketball, which crown a regular-season conference champion and a tournament champion, the winner of the baseball tournament is crowned conference champion.
Kansas junior right-hander Chris Corn, 7-2, faces Kansas State senior right-hander Dan Driskill, 3-5, tonight.
The Wildcats have lost six straight, and the Jayhawks lost two of three games at Missouri last weekend.
Big Eight standings
league overall
Oklahoma St. 16 7 27 11
Kansas 13 6 32 10
Missouri 10 8 23 14
Nebraska 9 9 19 18
Oklahoma 8 9 25 17
Kansas St. 4 11 13 25
Iowa St. 3 13 9 21
Tenight's game:
Kansas-Kansas State
7 p.m. at Hogund-Maupin Stadium
"I didn't think we pitched particularly well." said Kansas coach Dave Bingham about his team's performance against the Tigers. "We needed a perfect game defensively the way we pitched."
Kansas and Kansas State will face off again at 3 p.m. tomorrow. Senior left-hander Tom Stewart, 5-3, will pitch for the Jayhawks.
The Wildcats won four of five games against the Jayhawks last season.
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