SamBradford, the 2008 winneroftheHeismanTrophy, wasselectedfirstoverallintheU.S. NationalFootballLeague (NFL) draftbytheSt. LouisRamsThursday.
Bradford, fromOklahoma, southcentralUnitedStates, istheeighthquarterbacksince 2001 selectedatopthedraft, accordingtoanAssociatedPressstory.
TheSt. Louis-basedRamswas 1-15 lastseasonandscoredaleague-low 175 points. TheRamscutincumbentquarterbackMarcBulgerintheoffseason.
Bradford'sselectionopenedthefirstNFLdrafttobegininprime-timeatRadioCityMusicHallinNewYork. Anhourbeforethedraft, headmittedthathewasnervous. "Thebutterfliesareflyingaroundrightnow," hesaid.
SamBradford.
Bradfordappearedinonlythreegamesin 2009, hisjunioryear, beforearightshouldersurgery. HisrecoveryhasbeensocompletethattheRamsdidn'thesitatetomakehimthefuturefaceofthefranchise.
HewasimmediatelyfollowedThursdaynightbydefensivetackleNdamukongSuhofNebraska, theAPPlayeroftheYear, andDTGeraldMcCoy, Bradford'steammatewiththeSooners.
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