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Time: 04-28-2012 21:22 User: rtaylor2 PubDate: 04-29-2012 Zone: KY Edition: 1 Page Name: C10 Color: CyanMagentaYellowBlack C10 | SUNDAY,APRIL 29, 2012 | THE COURIER-JOURNAL SPORTS | courier-journal.com/sports KY NFL DRAFT Colts takeHarnish as Mr.Irrelevant By Michael Marot toplayforhisfavoriteNFL be an Indianapolis Colt be- tion and ended the draft by Associated Press teamandpotentiallytobea causethat’sbeenmyfavor- taking another quarter- backup for Andrew Luck. ite team all the way back in Harnish. It was the INDIANAPOLIS — Mr. First,he’llmakethetrip through,” he told local re- first time since 1967 that a Irrelevant suddenly has a to Disneyland, appear in porters on aconference non-expansion team had whole new meaning for the Irrelevant Week pa- call shortly after the selec- the first and last picks in Chandler Harnish. rade in Newport Beach, tion was announced. the draft and only the third The Northern Illinois Calif., and put his Colts li- For the Colts and the time in league history. quarterback who was tak- cense plate back on his car. NFL, it was ahistoric first. Neither of the previous en with the 253rd and final Hey,it’sOK—he’sanIndi- Indianapolis opened teams, Houston in 2002 pick of the draft Saturday ana native. the draft by taking Luck, and Philadelphia in 1949, didn’tjust get atitle and a “I’mhappytobewanted the Stanford quarterback, chose aquarterback with vacation. He got achance by ateam and I’m happy to withtheNo.1overallselec- both picks. Winston Guy said he was “on the verge of falling asleep” beforeSeattle picked him at No. 181. THE TENNESSEAN TEAM SELECTIONS Fourth Round land through Denver and Tampa Florida. 191. Cincinnati, Dan Herron, 222. Dallas,Caleb McSurdy, lb, Wait ends for 96. St. Louis,Chris Givens,wr, Bay), Jared Crick, de,Nebraska. 160. Cleveland (from Denver), rb,Ohio State. Montana. Wake Forest. 127. N.Y. Giants,Andrien Robin- Ryan Miller,ot, Colorado. Detroit Forfeited 223. Detroit (from Philadelphia 97. Miami (from Indianapolis son, te,Cincinnati. 161. Houston, Randy Bullock, k, 192. Atlanta, Charles Mitchell, through New England and Minne- through San Francisco), Lamar 128. x-Minnesota, Rhett Ellison, Texas A&M. db,Mississippi State. sota), Travis Lewis,lb, Oklahoma. Miller,rb, Miami. te,Southern Cal. 162. New Orleans,Corey White, 193. Washington (from Pitts- 224.New England (from N.Y. Jets twoUKstars 98. Baltimore (from Minnesota), 129. x-Oakland, Miles Burris,lb, db,Samford. burgh), TomCompton, ot, South through Green Bay), Alfonzo Den- Gino Gradkowski,g,Delaware. San Diego State. 163. Green Bay (from Green Bay Dakota. nard, db,Nebraska. 99. Houston (from Tampa Bay 130. x-Baltimore,Christian through New England), Terrell 194. Philadelphia (from Denver), 225. Seattle (from Oakland), J.R. through Philadelphia), Ben Jones, Thompson, db,South Carolina Manning, lb,N.C. State. Marvin McNutt, wr,Iowa. Sweezy, ot, N.C. State. backer of the Year by the c, Georgia. State. 164. Atlanta (from Baltimore), 195. Houston, Nick Mondek, ot, 226. San Diego,David Molk, c, Guy,Trevathan 100. Cleveland, Travis Benjamin, 131. x-N.Y.Giants,Brandon Mos- Jonathan Massaquoi,de, Troy. Purdue. Michigan. College Football Perfor- wr,Miami. ley, ot, Auburn. 165. San Francisco,Darius Flem- 196. Detroit (from New Orleans 227. Miami (from Tennessee), mance Awards, to watch 18 101. Denver (from Jacksonville 132. x-Green Bay, MikeDaniels, ing, lb,Notre Dame. through Miami and San Francis- Rishard Matthews,wr, Nevada. go in 6th round through Tampa Bay), Omar Bol- de,Iowa. 166. Cincinnati (from New co), Jonte Green, db,New Mexico 228. Jacksonville (from Cincin- other outside linebackers den, db,Arizona State. 133. x-Green Bay, Jerron McMil- England), Marvin Jones, wr, State. nati), Jeris Pendleton, dt, Ashland. By Kyle Tucker get drafted ahead of him. 102. Washington, Kirk Cousins, lian, db,Maine. California. 197. New England (from Green 229. Philadelphia (from Atlanta), [email protected] Although he didn’tre- qb,Michigan State. 134. x-Minnesota, Greg Childs, 167. Cincinnati (from N.Y.Gi- Bay), Nate Ebner,db, Ohio State. Bryce Brown, rb,Kansas State. 103. Carolina (from Miami wr,Arkansas. ants), George Iloka, db,Boise 198. Baltimore,Tommy Streeter, 230. Oakland (from Detroit), The Courier-Journal turn multiple phone calls through San Francisco), Frank Al- 135. x-Dallas,Matt Johnson, db, State. wr,Miami. Nate Stupar,lb, Penn State. Sunday,Trevathan shared exander,de, Oklahoma. Eastern Washington. 168. x-Oakland, Juron Criner,wr, 199.San Francisco,Jason Slowey, 231. Pittsburgh, Tony Clemons, 104. Carolina, Joe Adams,wr, Ar- Fifth Round Arizona. ot, Western Oregon. wr,Colorado. Winston Guy had eaten his feelings via Tw itter, kansas. 136. Indianapolis, Josh Chap- 169. x-Baltimore,Asa Jackson, 200. Philadelphia (from New 232. Seattle (from Denver enough pizza. He’d paced writing that his “hard work 105. Buffalo,Nigel Bradham, lb, man, dt, Alabama. db,Cal Poly. England),Brandon Washington, g, through N.Y. Jets), Greg Scruggs, Florida State. 137. Denver (from St. Louis), Ma- 170. x-Indianapolis, Vick Bal- Miami. de,Louisville. and worried. He’d been goes unnoticed.” Just be- 106. Seattle,Robert Turbin, rb, lik Jackson, de,Tennessee. lard, rb,Mississippi State. 201. N.Y. Giants,Matt McCants, 233. Tampa Bay (from Houston), faked out by phone calls fore he was drafted, he Utah State. 138. Detroit (from Minnesota), Sixth Round ot, UAB. DrakeDunsmore,te, Northwest- from his also-anxious fa- tweeted that he was “down 107. Kansas City, Devon Wylie, Tahir Whitehead, lb,Temple. 171. St. Louis,Greg Zuerlein, k, 202. x-N.Y.Jets,Terrance Gana- ern. wr,Fresno State. 139. Minnesota (from Cleve- Missouri Western. way, rb,Baylor. 234. New Orleans,Marcel Jones, ther and well-meaning but motivated.” And right 108. Denver (from N.Y. Jets), Phil- land), Robert Blanton, db,Notre 172. Seattle (from Indianapolis 203. x-N.Y.Jets,Robert Griffin, g, ot, Nebraska. friends. after his selection he wrote ip Blake, c, Baylor. Dame. through Philadelphia), Jeremy Baylor. 235. New England (from Green 109. Pittsburgh (from Oakland 140.Tampa Bay,Najee Goode,lb, Lane,db, Northwestern State. 204. x-Cleveland, Emmanuel Bay), Jeremy Ebert, wr,Northwest- “Every time my phone that others —presumably through Washington), Alameda West Virginia. 173.Washington (from Minneso- Acho,lb, Texas. ern. rang, Ithought it was a NFL ballcarriers —are go- Ta’amu, dt, Washington. 141. Washington,Adam Gettis,g, ta), Alfred Morris,rb, Florida At- 205. x-Cleveland, Billy Winn, dt, 236. Baltimore,DeAngelo Tyson, 110. San Diego,Ladarius Green, Iowa. lantic. Boise St. de,Georgia. team calling. It never was, ing to “feel my pain.” te,Louisiana-Lafayette. 142. Jacksonville,Brandon Mar- 174. Tampa Bay, Keith Tandy, db, 206. x-Indianapolis, Lavon 237. San Francisco,Cam John- and Iwas getting frustrat- “In this world, they are 111.Chicago,EvanRodriguez, te, shall,lb, Nevada. West Virginia. Brazill, wr,Ohio. son, lb,Virginia. ed,” said Guy,who was the looking for you to fail,” Tre- Temple. 143. Carolina, Josh Norman, db, 175. Minnesota (from Cleve- 207. x-Carolina, Brad Nortman, 238. Kansas City (from New Eng- 112. Arizona, Bobby Massie,ot, Coastal Carolina. land), Blair Walsh, k, Georgia. p, Wisconsin. land), Junior Hemingway, wr, Southeastern Conference’s vathan told the Broncos’ of- Mississippi. 144. Buffalo,Zebrie Sanders,ot, 176.Jacksonville,MikeHarris,db, Seventh Round Michigan. third-leading tackler with ficial website. “Youcan’t 113. Dallas,Kyle Wilber,de, Wake Florida State. Florida State. 208. Indianapolis, Justin An- 239. N.Y. Giants,Markus Kuhn, Forest. 145. Tennessee (from Miami), 177. Arizona (from Washington), derson, g, Georgia. dt, N.C. State. 120stops last season as a be one of those dudes that 114. Seattle (from Philadelphia), Taylor Thompson, te,SMU. Justin Bethel,db, Presbyterian. 209. St. Louis,Aaron Brown, lb, 240. x-Pittsburgh, David Paul- University of Kentucky gives up when times get Jaye Howard, dt, Florida. 146. Kansas City, DeQuan Men- 178. Buffalo,Mark Asper,g,Ore- Hawaii. son, te,Oregon. 115. Tennessee,Coty Sensa- zie,db, Alabama. gon. 210.Minnesota, Audie Cole,lb, 241. x-Green Bay,Andrew Datko, safety. hard.” baugh, db,Clemson. 147. Buffalo (from Seattle), Tank 179. New Orleans (from Miami), N.C. State. ot, Florida State. Despite his credentials, He did end up in aplace 116. Cincinnati, Orson Carder,lb, TCU. Andrew Tiller,g,Syracuse. 211. Tennessee from Cleveland 242. x-N.Y.Jets,Antonio Allen, Guy had waited through that should feel alot like Charles, te,Georgia. 148. Detroit (from Oakland), 180. San Francisco (from Caroli- through Minnesota), Scott Solo- db,South Carolina. 117. San Francisco (from Detroit), Chris Greenwood, db,Albion. na), Trenton Robinson, db,Michi- mon, de,Rice. 243. x-Green Bay, B.J. Coleman, three days and more than home. He’ll be joining for- Joe Looney, g, Wake Forest. 149. San Diego,Johnnie Trout- gan State. 212.Tampa Bay, Michael Smith, qb.Chattanooga. five rounds of the NFL mer Wildcats Wesley 118. Minnesota (from Atlanta man, g, Penn State. 181. Seattle,Winston Guy, db, rb,Utah State. 244.x-N.Y.Jets,Jordan White,wr, through Cleveland), Jarius Wright, 150.St.Louis (from Chicago), Ro- Kentucky. 213.Washington, Richard Craw- Western Michigan. draft without getting the Woodyard, Jacob Tamme wr,Arkansas. kevious Watkins,g,South Caroli- 182. Kansas City, Cyrus Gray, rb, ford, db,SMU. 245. x-Cleveland, Trevin Wade, call he wanted. He began to and Jeremy Jarmon in 119. Washington (from Pitts- na. Texas A&M. 214.Indianapolis (from Jack- db,Arizona. burgh), Keenan Robinson, lb,Tex- 151. Arizona, Senio Kelemete,g, 183.Miami (from San Diego), B.J. sonville through N.Y.Jets), Tim 246. x-Pittsburgh, Terrence Fred- think late Saturday after- Denver. as. Washington. Cunningham, wr,Michigan State. Fugger,lb, Vanderbilt. erick, db,Texas A&M.