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NFL teams pass on Ward
Heisman winner not taken in draft
The Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Although he was one of the most proficient passers in college football history, Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward wasn't picked in the NFL draft.
No team was willing to take a chance on the two-sport Florida State star, also one of the nation's top point guards in basketball and a likely draft pick by the NBA.
"It's a situation he has presented himself," Green Bay general manager Ron Wolf said yesterday. "No one is really sure how important football is to him."
NFL teams had encouraged Ward in recent weeks to let them know whether he was interested in a pro football career.
According to the NFL, Ward is the first Heisman winner to be bypassed in the draft since Army's Pete Dawkins, who was not taken in the 1959 draft.
"If he said football was what he'd wanted to do, he'd have been drafted in the first two rounds," Minnesota Vikings coach Dennis Green said. "He was a great college player."
Ward completed 69.5 percent of his passes for 3,032 yards and 27 touchdowns while throwing just four interceptions last season, when he led the Seminoles to their first national title.
The 6-foot, 182-pound Ward holds several Atlantic Coast Conference records including the highest career completion percentage - 62.3 — and most touchdown passes in a season.
"I've done everything I could possibly do to get drafted by the NFL," Ward said yesterday.
"Now the NBA draft is coming up, and I have a chance to prove myself in that sport. The Lord is going to guide me in the right direction. The NFL has given me the first step to see what my options are."
There also has been speculation that Ward would try to continue playing both sports by signing with a Canadian Football League team and then joining an NBA team after that season ends in November.
But Ward said yesterday that he was
Maumalanga drafted by Giants
The 6-foot-3, 286-pound tackle from Hawthorne, Calif., was the only Jayhawk drafted. He was the 128th overall pick.
Former Kansas defensive tackle Chris Maumalanga was drafted in the fourth round of the NFL draft yesterday by the New York Giants.
rethinking the wisdom of trying to play both pro sports.
"Now I want to concentrate probably on one sport so I can perfect that sport," he said. "A lot of teams are telling me now in the NBA to concentrate on one sport."
Ward was Florida State's starting point guard for four years. He finished as the school's all-time leader in steals and third in assists, despite missing nearly half of the last two seasons because of football.
Blue Jays take a nose dive
Royals' Montgomery gets first save of season
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — David Cone struck out seven and overcame two home runs by Paul Molitor as the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 last night.
Dave Stewart, 2-1, struck out 10 and gave up eight hits in a complete game. He had won six straight decisions since Aug. 26.
Cone, 3-1, gave up eight hits and walked one. Jeff Montgomery, who tied for the league lead with 45 saves last year, pitched the ninth for his first save of the season.
Moltor hit an inside-the-park home run to center in the first inning and hit a drive over the left-field fence in the fourth.
Molitor hit a drive off the wall in center in the first inning, and the ball came down on Brian McRae's foot and skidded along the warning track toward left. Molitor circled the bases for his first homer of the season.
Vince Coleman led off the Royals' first with a single, stole second, took third on a wild pitch and scored when shortstop Alex Gonzalez bobbled McRae's grounder. McRae went to third on Wally Joyner's single and scored on a sacrifice fly by Bob
After Molitor honored in the fourth, the Blue Jays got another run in the sixth when Roberto Alomar walked, Joe Carter singled and John Olerud hit a sacrifice fly.
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McRae tripped in the third and scored when Joyner singled through a drawn-in infield. Hamelin hit a blooper that fell between left fielder Carlos Delgado and third baseman Ed Sprague. Joyner, running on the pitch with two outs, scored all the way from first.
Notes: Molitor's inside-the-park home run was the first against Kansas City since Deion Sanders did it July 17, 1990, in Yankees Stadium. It was the first for the Blue Jays since Alomar did it June 18, 1993, at SkyDome. ... It was the sixth two-homer game of Molitor's career. ... The Blue Jays were 4-8 with a .235 batting average last year against the Royals — their worst marks against any team.
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