By The Related Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It’s Day 2 of the NFL draft! Will Levis has lastly come off the board after being picked inside the second spherical by the Tennessee Titans. The standout Kentucky quarterback was crucial title on the board when the second spherical kicked off from Kansas Metropolis’s Union Station.
Bryce Younger went first basic to the Carolina Panthers adopted by C.J. Stroud to the Houston Texans for a 1-2 quarterback combo on the excessive of the draft Thursday. The second spherical could also be seen on NFL Community and ESPN. Observe for keep updates from Related Press reporters all through the nation (all cases EST).
TOP TIGHT END PROSPECTS GO QUICKLY IN ROUND 2
The excessive prospects at tight end have gone quickly inside the second spherical of the NFL draft after hanging spherical longer than anticipated on opening night time time.
Detroit has taken Iowa’s Sam LaPorta with the third select of the second spherical at No. 34 basic. Michael Mayer of Notre Dame was the next option to Las Vegas. The Raiders traded up 4 spots with Indianapolis to get Mayer.
Mayer and LaPorta have been getting some first-round consideration along with Dalton Kincaid of Utah. Kincaid went to twenty fifth basic to Buffalo.
LEVIS TAKEN IN SECOND ROUND BY TITANS
The Tennessee Titans have chosen Levis inside the second spherical of the NFL draft with the thirty third basic select.
The Kentucky QB projected as a first-round select nevertheless wasn’t chosen on opening night time time.
He sat uncomfortably among the many many prospects on the draft as all 31 first-round picks acquired right here and went with out his title referred to as. Levis left Kansas Metropolis sooner than the second spherical began.
The 6-foot-4 Levis has prototypical measurement for an NFL quarterback with a strong arm. Accuracy and decision-making have been inconsistent, notably in his final school season.
PICK OFF THE OLD BLOCK: STEELERS GET JOEY PORTER JR.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have drafted former Penn State cornerback Joey Porter Jr. with the first select inside the second spherical of the NFL draft.
Porter is the son of former Pittsburgh linebacker Joey Porter. The elder Porter was a four-time Professional Bowler who acquired a Tremendous Bowl with the Steelers.
The youthful Porter was projected as a first-round select nevertheless didn’t get chosen on opening night time time. Steelers followers on the draft in Kansas Metropolis have been chanting, “Jo-ey, Jo-ey” when the Steelers have been on the clock.
LEVIS LEAVES KANSAS CITY
Levis didn’t stick spherical to hearken to his title referred to as with the thirty third basic select by the Titans.
He was anticipated to go inside the excessive 15 with some draft analysts projecting him among the many many excessive 5. Levis sat uncomfortably inside the inexperienced room, usually squirming in entrance of the TV cameras, as he watched three quarterbacks picked inside the first 4 alternate options: Younger to the Panthers, Stroud to the Texans and Anthony Richardson to the Indianapolis Colts.
CHIEFS OWNER SAYS NFL DRAFT IS A SHOWCASE FOR KC
The proprietor of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs believes the NFL Draft has been a spectacular showcase for his or her hometown.
Clark Hunt, the son of Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt, added Friday that he’s “heard nothing however compliments from league personnel in regards to the job the town has finished,” AP’s Dave Skretta research.
The draft is being held at Union Station, the place the Chiefs celebrated their latest Tremendous Bowl triumph in February. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce began the draft Thursday night time time by bringing the Lombardi Trophy onto the stage to hype up a crowd of about 125,000.
MAHOMES TO RAIDERS PICK: TAKE IT EASY ON ME
Mahomes tweeted at new Las Vegas cross rusher Tyree Wilson to “take it simple on me” when the Raiders play the Chiefs this season.
The Raiders drafted Wilson seventh basic Thursday out of Texas Tech, the place Mahomes starred sooner than important the Chiefs to 2 Supers Bowl titles.
“Pat is from the identical space I’m from,” Wilson acknowledged Friday on the Raiders’ facility in Henderson, Nevada. “I do know his household, and it’s ironic that me and him each went to Texas Tech, and now we’re in the identical division. So it’s going to be loads of competitors and pleasure for Texas Tech and East Texas.”
RAIN DAMPENS NFL DRAFT
Showers started inside the Kansas Metropolis area with the second and third rounds of the NFL Draft approaching, dampening the festive spirit that acquired right here with Thursday’s first spherical at Union Station.
Nonetheless, a whole lot of followers descended on the downtown area for the second straight night time time to take in the scene. Many headed for the NFL Draft Expertise and the little cowl it supplied in an in another case open expanse of grass.
The stage erected in entrance of the observe station is roofed, as are the seats immediately in entrance of it. However lots of the crowd, which figures to be far decrease than on opening night time time, should address the intermittent rain anticipated all by means of the second and third rounds.
JOEY PORTER JR. TO FATHER’S TEAM?
Former Penn State cornerback Joey Porter Jr. is among the many many excessive remaining prospects going into the second spherical of the NFL draft.
The son of former Pittsburgh linebacker Joey Porter was a first-rounder in plenty of mock drafts, along with by The Related Press.
The Steelers have the first select of the second spherical at No. 32 basic.
LEVIS TO THE COLTS?
Colts proprietor Jim Irsay raised eyebrows on Twitter hours sooner than the start of the second spherical of the NFL draft by asking followers if the group should take Levis for a Joe Montana-Steve Younger QB combo.
Irsay requested the question after Indianapolis took Richardson with the fourth basic select. The Colts have the fourth select inside the second spherical, the thirty fifth basic.
Montana and Younger are every Professional Soccer Corridor of Famers who acquired Tremendous Bowls in San Francisco. Younger was Montana’s backup sooner than altering him.
WHO ARE THE BEST PLAYERS AVAILABLE?
Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker is one different intriguing prospect nonetheless on the board after being bypassed on a wild Thursday night time time that featured a variety of gorgeous swaps, two working backs chosen among the many many excessive dozen picks and a late run on a thin class of intensive receivers.
Different players anticipated to go inside the second spherical embrace tight ends Michael Mayer (Notre Dame) and Luke Musgrave (Oregon State), cornerbacks Brian Department (Alabama), Porter Jr. (Penn State) and Kelee Ringo (Georgia), and guard O’Cyrus Torrence (Florida).
WHO’S ON THE CLOCK IN THE SECOND ROUND?
The Steelers, Arizona Cardinals and Detroit Lions have the first three picks in Spherical 2.
The Los Angeles Rams (thirty sixth basic) and Miami Dolphins (51st) bounce into movement in Spherical 2 after being spectators on Thursday night time time. The Rams traded away their first-round select and the Dolphins have been punished by the league for tampering.
The Denver Broncos (67th) and Cleveland Browns (74th) ought to await the third spherical, barring a commerce to maneuver up.
DRAFT PICKS SO FAR
AP School Soccer Author Ralph Russo breaks down all 31 first-round picks, along with Alabama defensive type out Jalen Carter, who was as quickly as projected to be the first basic select and went ninth to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Carter’s stock dropped after pleading no contest to 2 misdemeanors (reckless driving and racing) and being sentenced to a 12 months of probation and group service in March on prices related to an automobile accident that killed a Georgia teammate and soccer staffer.
Younger, Stroud, Alabama linebacker Will Anderson Jr. (Texans), Richardson and Illinois cornerback Devon Witherspoon (Seattle Seahawks) have been the best 5 alternate options, whereas Kansas State defensive end Felix Anudike-Uzomah was the ultimate participant picked inside the first spherical by the Tremendous Bowl champions Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
BIJAN ROBINSON, BACK WHERE HE STARTED
Robinson knew all regarding the Atlanta Falcons – and their Soiled Birds nickname – prolonged sooner than there was any hint he could sometime be picked by the group inside the first spherical of the NFL draft.
Robinson, a neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona, carried out for the Tucson Falcons as his first group in youth soccer. He posted photographs on his Twitter account of him holding his No. 1 Falcons jersey on Thursday night time time and sporting his No. 8 Tuscon Falcons jersey.
“We stole each slogan from the Falcons. We have been the Soiled Birds,” Robinson acknowledged all through first data conference on the Falcons’ comply with facility on Friday. “That was my first staff. It’s simply loopy that now we’re right here as a result of I wore No. 8 the primary yr and wore No. 1 the yr after.”
STELLERS FIRST ROUNDER HONORS GEORGIA TEAMMATE
Steelers first-round select Broderick Jones began his NFL career by honoring former Georgia teammate Devin Willock.
Jones, a 6-foot-3, 310-pound offensive type out taken 14th basic by the Steelers, will placed on No. 77 in Pittsburgh. That’s the amount Willock wore all through his time with the Bulldogs.
“I simply wished to point out my respects by taking that quantity and letting (Willock) dwell by means of me,” Jones acknowledged.
Willock and Georgia recruiting staffer Chandler LeCroy died in a car accident in January, shortly after the Bulldogs acquired their second straight nationwide title. Willock started every recreation at correct guard for Georgia remaining season. Georgia defensive type out Jalen Carter, taken ninth basic by the Eagles on Thursday, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor prices of reckless driving and racing related to the wreck.
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