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The Dallas Cowboys selected running back Felix Jones with the No. 22 overall pick in the 2008 NFL draft. The next two picks that day were running backs as well -- Rashard Mendenhall to the Steelers and Chris Johnson to the Titans. That year's second-...

Dallas is still haunted by 2008 draft

It has been an ongoing debate in South Florida since the 2008 NFL draft. The Miami Dolphins and former president Bill Parcells held the No. 1 overall pick and took left tackle Jake Long over quarterback Matt Ryan, who went to the Atlanta Falcons a...

The St. Louis Rams finished tied for the NFL lead in sacks with 52 last season. William Hayes collected seven of them while playing on a one-year deal worth $900,000. That was a bargain by NFL standards. 2008 NFL Draft Class Sack Leaders ...

Wide receiver Early Doucet might not feel like a success story following his release from the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday. Doucet struggled with drops and lost playing time last season, after all. Those were negatives, but the bigger picture loo...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Jason Campbell isn't the only Bears player with professional ties to the Bay Area. Starting left guard Chilo Rachal got taken by the 49ers in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft after an All-American college career at USC...

NFC West teams used 2008 second-round draft choices for Donnie Avery (St. Louis), John Carlson (Seattle) and Chilo Rachal (San Francisco). The division landed one other second-rounder that year: Calais Campbell, chosen 50th overall by Arizona. ...

The St. Louis Rams now have two of the first six players from the 2008 NFL draft class after adding Vernon Gholston in a move the team announced Wednesday. Only one of those players, No. 2 overall choice Chris Long, figures to stick around on the ...

Chris Long's new four-year extension with the St. Louis Rams puts him in strong company among top NFL draft choices from the 2008 class. Long joins New England's Jerod Mayo as players among the top 10 choices to re-sign with their drafting teams. ...

While 10 Trojans were selected in the 2008 draft, walk-on receiver Brad Walker saw his career, which was highlighted by being the intended receiver on Reggie Bush's ill-fated lateral against Texas, end.

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Carr was a fifth round pick in the 2008 NFL draft. Welcome to SportsNation! On Friday, one of the newest members of the Dallas Cowboys Brandon Carr stops by to chat about the NFL offseason. On March 14, Carr signed a 5-year, $50.1 million deal ...

AP Photo/Charles Rex ArbogastRyan Wendell has seen his role increase with the Patriots. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- When Fresno State offensive lineman Ryan Wendell wasn't selected in the 2008 NFL Draft, he could have signed with a few different NFL te...

Playing connect-the-dots with prominent Seattle draft choices predating the Seahawks' current leadership, which arrived in 2010: 2003 draft: First-round pick Marcus Trufant accepts a pay reduction. Fourth-rounder Seneca Wallace, the only other pl...

NFC West teams drafted four players in the first round of the 2008 NFL draft. The St. Louis Rams' Chris Long is the only one employed by an NFC West team. Kentwan Balmer, chosen 29th overall by the San Francisco 49ers that year, had been holdin...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Cowboys have agreed to terms with cornerback Orlando Scandrick with a five-year extension worth $27 million with $10 million guaranteed, according to a source. Scandrick, a fifth-round pick in the 2008 NFL draft, has start...

Michael from Seattle asked whether I noticed that the Seahawks had ranked last among NFL teams in Rick Reilly's recent re-drafting of the 2006, 2007 and 2008 first rounds, with cornerback Kelly Jennings going 210 spots later. Mike Sando: Not only ...