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Monday, April 17, 2000

NFL draft validates
UH program

Adrian Klemm, Jeff Ulbrich
and Kaulana Noa are the first
'Bows chosen in six years

NFL DRAFT

By Pat Bigold
Star-Bulletin

Three-for-four.

That's what University of Hawaii head coach June Jones said would help his program's visibility and that's what happened in the National Football League draft over the weekend.

The Rainbows' three most eligible players were scooped up in the first four rounds.

They are the first Rainbows to be drafted in the past six years, another benchmark in the amazing turnaround story of a program that was once the NCAA's doormat.

Left tackle Adrian Klemm was taken by the New England Patriots as the 15th pick of the second round; linebacker Jeff Ulbrich was drafted with the 24th pick of the third round by the San Francisco 49ers; and guard Kaulana Noa went as the 10th pick of the fourth round yesterday to the Super Bowl champion St. Louis Rams.

Klemm was the 46th pick overall, Ulbrich was the 86th pick and Noa was 104th.

Meanwhile, former Farrington High star Josh White, the University of California's starting fullback the past three seasons, received a late-morning call from the 49ers inviting him to sign as a free agent.

Only four fullbacks were taken in the NFL draft, and the 49ers are in the market for a backup to Fred Beasley. Only Terry Jackson returns as a candidate for the No. 2 spot.

Klemm said he wasn't too disappointed at not being the first Rainbow ever to be taken in the first round of the NFL draft, even though CBS SportsLine on Thursday had him as the 25th best player on the board.

He said the idea of having a chance to protect Drew Bledsoe was exciting enough.

"I went out there (Foxborough) a few weeks ago, and they said that if for any reason, I slipped down, that they would select me," said Klemm from his home in Indianapolis.

"They called me and said turn on your TV. I was just overwhelmed with joy," said Klemm, who was the Patriots' first pick in the draft.

"I don't know if I will have a chance to start but I know I will compete," he said.

Klemm will go to a three-day camp with the Patriots in Foxborough, Mass., from April 28-30.

Patriots head coach Bill Belichick , not known for picking offensive linemen so high, said he considers Klemm to be "a very athletic player, having been a college tight end and tackle."

Another thing that attracted the Patriots might have been Klemm's speed: 4.98 seconds in the 40-yard dash.

Belichick said the fact that Jones ran the run-and-shoot made Klemm "relatively an accomplished pass-blocker."

Klemm said he feels good that he's filling a position the Patriots badly needed to fill -- a position formerly filled by Bruce Armstrong.

But Belichick said he thinks that Klemm has some position flexibility, hinting that he might also be tried out at guard.

"I think he could play a couple of different positions for us," Belichick said. "His main position was left tackle in college but I'm not sure that's where he'll play for us. We spent a lot of time with Adrian when we brought him in last week and he's a very personable and intelligent young man. He had two workouts in Indianapolis we attended. He pulled his hamstring in the first one but we were there last week and this kid's a pretty good athlete."

Ulbrich, who set the Hawaii record for tackles, went to the 49ers via trade. San Francisco gave Seattle its fourth- and fifth-round picks in exchange for the Seahawks' third-round spot.

Noa, the first Big Island player to be drafted into the NFL, said he was excited to be picked by the Rams.

"Got to get ME a ring now," said Noa, who received his call at 5:15 a.m. "The Rams know how to win and they know how it feels."

Noa spent the day at the home of his Honokaa High School coach, Rick Sakata.

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FOOTBALL

NFL Team-by-Team Draft

Arizona: 1, Thomas Jones, rb, Virginia (7); 2, Raynoch Thompson, lb, Tennessee (41); 3, Darwin Walker, dt, Tennessee (71); 4, David Barrett, db, Arkansas (102); 5, Mao Tosi, dt, Idaho (136); 5, Jay Tant, te, Northwestern (164); 6, Jabari Issa, dt, Washington (176); 7, Sekou Sanyika, lb, California (215).

Atlanta: 2, Travis Claridge, ot, Southern California (37); 3, Mark Simoneau, lb, Kansas State (67); 4, Michael Thompson, ot, Tennessee State (100); 5, Anthony Midget, db, Virginia Tech (134); 6, Mareno Philyaw, wr, Troy State (172); 7, Darrick Vaughn, db, Southwest Texas State (211).

Baltimore: 1, Jamal Lewis, rb, Tennessee (5); 1, Travis Taylor, wr, Florida (10); 3, Chris Redman, qb, Louisville (75); 5, Richard Mercier, g, Miami (148); 6, Adalius Thomas, de, Southern Mississippi (186); 6, Cedric Woodard, dt, Texas (191).

Buffalo: 1, Erik Flowers, de, Arizona State (26); 2, Travares Tillman, s, Georgia Tech (58); 3, Corey Moore, lb, Virginia Tech (89); 4, Avion Black, wr, Tennessee State (121); 5, Sammy Morris, rb, Texas Tech (156); 6, Leif Larson, dt, Texas-El Paso (194); 7, Drew Haddad, wr, Buffalo (233); 7, Deshon Polk, LB, Arizona (251).

Carolina: 1, Rashard Anderson, db, Jackson State (23); 2, Deon Grant, s, Tennessee (57); 3, Leander Jordan, g, Indiana, Pa. (82); 4, Alvin McKinley, dt, Mississippi State (120); 5, Gillis Wilson, dt, Southern (147); 6, Jeno James, ot, Auburn (182); 7, Lester Towns, lb, Washington (221).

Chicago: 1, Brian Urlacher, lb, New Mexico (9); 2, Mike Brown, s, Nebraska (39); 3, Dez White, wr, Georgia Tech (69); 3, Dustin Lyman, te, Wake Forest (87); 4, Reggie Austin, db, Wake Forest (125); 6, Frank Murphy, rb, Kansas State (170); 6, Paul Edinger, pk, Michigan State (174); 7, James Cotton, de, Ohio State (223); 7, Mike Green, db, Northwestern State (254).

Cincinnati: 1, Peter Warrick, wr, Florida State (4); 2, Mark Roman, cb, LSU (34); 3, Ron Dugans, wr, Florida State (66); 4, Curtis Keaton, rb, James Madison (97); 5, Robert Bean, db, Mississippi State (133); 6, Neil Rackers, pk, Illinois (169); 7, Brad St. Louis, te, Southwest Missouri State (210).

Cleveland: 1, Courtney Brown, de, Penn State (1); 2, Dennis Northcutt, wr, Arizona (32); 3, Travis Prentice, rb, Miami, Ohio (63); 3, JaJuan Dawson, wr, Tulane (79); 4, Lewis Sanders, cb, Maryland (95); 4, Aaron Shea, te, Michigan (110); 5, Anthony Malbrough, db, Texas Tech (130); 5, Lamar Chapman, db, Kansas State (146); 6, Spergon Wynn, qb, Southwest Texas State (183); 6, Brad Bedell, g, Colorado (206); 7, Manuia Savea, g, Arizona (207); 7, Eric Chandler, de, Jackson State (209); 7, Rashidi Barnes, db, Colorado (225).

Dallas: 2, Dwayne Goodrich, db, Tennessee (49); 4, Kareem Larrimore, db, West Texas A&M (109); 5, Michael Wiley, wr, Ohio State (144); 6, Mario Edwards, db, Florida State (180); 7, Orantes Grant, lb, Georgia (219).

Denver: 1, Deltha O'Neal, db, California (15); 2, Ian Gold, lb, Michigan (40); 2, Kenoy Kennedy, s, Arkansas (45); 3, Chris Cole, wr, Texas A&M (70); 4, Jerry Johnson, dt, Florida State (101); 4, Cooper Carlisle, ot, Florida (112); 5, Muneer Moore, wr, Richmond (154); 6, Mike Anderson, rb, Utah (189); 7, Jarious Jackson, qb, Notre Dame (214); 7, Leroy Fields, wr, Jackson State (246).

Detroit: 1, Stockar McDougle, ot, Oklahoma (20); 2, Barrett Green, lb, West Virginia (50); 3, Reuben Droughns, rb, Oregon (81); 5, Todd Franz, db, Tulsa (145); 6, Quinton Reese, de, Auburn (181); 7, Alfonso Boone, dt, Mount San Antonio JC (253).

Green Bay: 1, Bubba Franks, te, Miami (14); 2, Chad Clifton, ot, Tennessee (44); 3, Steve Warren, dt, Nebraska (74); 4, Na'il Diggs, lb, Ohio State (98); 4, Anthony Lucas, wr, Arkansas (114); 4, Gary Berry, db, Ohio State (126); 5, Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, de, San Diego State (149); 5, Joey Jamison, kr, Texas Southern (151); 7, Mark Tauscher, ot, Wisconsin (224); 7, Ron Moore, dt, Northwestern Oklahoma (229); 7, Charles Lee, wr, Central Florida (242); 7, Eugene McCaslin, lb, Florida (249); 7, Rondell Mealey, rb, LSU (252).

Indianapolis: 1, Rob Morris, lb, Brigham Young (28); 2, Marcus Washington, de, Auburn (59); 3, David Macklin, db, Penn State (91); 4, Josh Williams, dt, Michigan (122); 5, Matt Johnson, c, Brigham Young (138); 7, Rob Renes, dt, Michigan (235); 7, Rodregis Brooks, db, Alabama-Birmingham (238).

Jacksonville: 1, R. Jay Soward, wr, Southern California (29); 2, Brad Meester, c, Northern Iowa (60); 3, T.J. Slaughter, lb, Southern Mississippi (92); 4, Joey Chustz, ot, Louisiana Tech (123); 5, Kiwaukee Thomas, db, Georgia Southern (159); 6, Emanuel Smith, wr, Arkansas (196); 7, Erik Olson, db, Colorado State (236); 7, Rob Meier, de, Washington State (241); 7, Shyrone Stith, rb, Virginia Tech (243); 7, Danny Clark, lb, Illinois (245); 7, Mark Baniewicz, ot, Syracuse (247).

Kansas City: 1, Sylvester Morris, wr, Jackson State (21); 2, William Bartee, db, Oklahoma (54); 3, Gregory Wesley, db, Arkansas-Pine Bluff (85); 4, Frank Moreau, rb, Louisville (115); 5, Dante Hall, rb, Texas A&M (153); 5, Pat Dennis, db, Louisiana-Monroe (162); 6, Darnell Alford, ot, Boston College (188); 7, Desmond Kitchings, wr, Furman (208).

Miami: 2, Todd Wade, ot, Mississippi (53); 3, Ben Kelly, db, Colorado (84); 4, Deon Dyer, fb, North Carolina (117); 5, Arturo Freeman, db, South Carolina (152); 6, Earnest Grant, dt, Arkansas-Pine Bluff (167); 7, Jeff Harris, db, Georgia (232).

Minnesota: 1, Chris Hovan, dt, Boston College (25); 2, Fred Robbins, dt, Wake Forest (55); 2, Michael Boireau, de, Miami (56); 3, Doug Chapman, rb, Marshall (88); 4, Antonio Wilson, lb, Texas A&M-Commerce (106); 4, Tyrone Carter, db, Minnesota (118); 5, Troy Walters, wr, Stanford (165); 7, Mike Malano, c, San Diego State (240); 7, Giles Cole, te, Texas A&M Kingsville (244); 7, Lewis Kelly, g, South Carolina State (248).

New England: 2, Adrian Klemm, ot, Hawaii (46); 3, J.R. Redmond, rb, Arizona State (76); 4, Greg Robinson-Randall, ot, Michigan State (127); 5, Dave Stachelski, te, Boise State (141); 5, Jeff Marriott, dt, Missouri (161); 6, Antwan Harris, db, Virginia (188); 6, Tom Brady, qb, Michigan (199); 6, David Nugent, dt, Purdue (201); 7, Casey Tisdale, de, New Mexico (226); 7, Patrick Pass, rb, Georgia (239).

New Orleans: 2, Darren Howard, de, Kansas State (33); 4, Terrelle Smith, rb, Arizona State (96); 5, Tutan Reyes, ot, Mississippi (131); 5, Austin Wheatley, te, Iowa (158); 5, Chad Morton, rb, Southern California; 6, Marc Bulger, qb, West Virginia (168); 6, Michael Hawthorne, db, Purdue (195); 6, Sherrod Gideon, wr, Southern Mississippi (200); 7, Kevin Houser, te, Ohio State (228).

New York Giants: 1, Ron Dayne, rb, Wisconsin (11); 2, Cornelius Griffin, dt, Alabama (42); 3, Ronald Dixon, wr, Lambuth (73); 4, Brandon Short, lb, Penn State (105); 5, Ralph Brown, db, Nebraska (140); 6, Dhani Jones, lb, Michigan (177); 7, Jeremiah Parker, de, California (217).

New York Jets: 1, Shaun Ellis, de, Tennessee (12); 1, John Abraham, lb, South Carolina (13); 1, Chad Pennington, qb, Marshall (18); 1, Anthony Becht, te, West Virginia (27); 3, Laveranues Coles, wr, Florida State (78); 5, Windrell Hayes, wr, Southern California (143); 6, Tony Scott, db, North Carolina State (179); 7, Richard Seals, dt, Utah (218).

Oakland: 1, Sebastian Janikowski, pk, Florida State (17); 2, Jerry Porter, wr, West Virginia (47); 4, Junior Ioane, dt, Arizona State (107); 5, Shane Lechler, p, Texas A&M (142); 7, Mondriel Fulcher, te, Miami (227); 7, Cliffton Black, db, Southwest Texas State (231).

Philadelphia: 1, Corey Simon, dt, Florida State (6); 2, Todd Pinkston, wr, Southern Mississippi (36); 2, Bobby Williams, g, Arkansas (61); 4, Gari Scott, wr, Michigan State (99); 6, Thomas Hamner, rb, Minnesota (171); 6, John Frank, de, Utah (178); 6, John Romero, c, California (192).

Pittsburgh: 1, Plaxico Burress, wr, Michigan State (8); 2, Marvel Smith, ot, Arizona State (38); 3, Kendrick Clancy, dt, Mississippi (72); 3, Hank Poteat, db, Pittsburgh (77); 4, Danny Farmer, wr, UCLA (103); 5, Clark Haggans, lb, Colorado State (137); 5, Tee Martin, qb, Tennessee (163); 6, Chris Combs, dt, Duke (173); 6, Jason Gavadza, te, Kent (204).

St. Louis: 1, Trung Canidate, rb, Arizona (31); 2, Jacoby Shepherd, db, Oklahoma State (62); 3, John St. Clair, c, Virginia (94); 4, Kaulana Noa, g, Hawaii (104); 5, Brian Young, dl, Texas-El Paso (139); 6, Matt Bowen, db, Iowa (198); 7, Andrew Kline, g, San Diego State (220).

San Diego: 2, Rogers Beckett, s, Marshall (43); 3, Damion McIntosh, ot, Kansas State (83); 4, Trevor Gaylor, wr, Miami, Ohio (111); 4, Leonardo Carson, de, Auburn (113); 6, Shannon Taylor, lb, Virginia (184); 6, Damen Wheeler, db, Colorado (203); 6, JaJuan Seider, qb, Florida A&M (205); 7, Jason Thomas, g, Hampton (222).

San Francisco: 1, Julian Peterson, lb, Michigan State (16); 1, Ahmad Plummer, db, Ohio State (24); 2, John Engelberger, de, Virginia Tech (35); 2, Jason Webster, db, Texas A&M (48); 3, Giovanni Carmazzi, qb, Hofstra (65); 3, Jeff Ulbrich, lb, Hawaii (86); 4, John Keith, s, Furman (108); 5, Paul Smith, rb, Texas-El Paso (132); 5, John Milem, de, Lenoir-Rhyne (150); 7, Tim Rattay, qb, Louisiana Tech (212); 7, Brian Jennings, te, Arizona State (230).

Seattle: 1, Shaun Alexander, rb, Alabama (19); 1, Chris McIntosh, ot, Wisconsin (22); 2, Ike Charlton, db, Virginia Tech (52); 3, Darrell Jackson, wr, Florida (80); 4, Marcus Bell, lb, Arizona (116); 4, Isaiah Kacyvenski, lb, Harvard (119); 6, James Williams, wr, Marshall (175); 6, Tim Watson, dt, Rowan (185); 6, John Hilliard, dt, Mississippi State (190).

Tampa Bay: 2, Cosey Coleman, g, Tennessee (51); 3, Nate Webster, lb, Miami (90); 5, James Whalen, te, Kentucky (157); 6, David Gibson, db, Southern California (193); 7, Joe Hamilton, qb, Georgia Tech (234).

Tennessee: 1, Keith Bulluck, lb, Syracuse (30); 3, Erron Kinney, te, Florida (68); 3, Byron Frisch, de, Brigham Young (93); 4, Bobby Myers, s, Wisconsin (124); 4, Peter Sirmon, lb, Oregon (128); 5, Aric Morris, db, Michigan State (135); 5, Frank Chamberlin, lb, Boston College (160); 6, Robaire Smith, de, Michigan State (197); 7, Mike Green, rb, Houston (213); 7, Wes Shivers, g, Mississippi State (237).

Washington: 1, LaVar Arrington, lb, Penn State (2); 1, Chris Samuels, ot, Alabama (3); 3, Lloyd Harrison, db, North Carolina State (64); 4, Michael Moore, g, Troy State (129); 5, Quincy Sanders, db, UNLV (155); 6, Todd Husak, qb, Stanford (202); 7, Delbert Cowsette, dt, Maryland (216); 7, Ethan Howell, wr, Oklahoma State (250).

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