"It gives me some options I can weigh and choose whether I'm gonna play basketball or football.
"I think I could do some things for 'em," said Williams. Still, Williams had never been contacted by anyone from the NFL until Schottenheimer called Monday. But his speed drew the interest of football scouts, who saw him as a cornerback. Williams hasn't played football since he was a freshman in Macon, Ga. Rubley went to the Los Angeles Rams in the ninth (228th) and offensive lineman Jerry Ostroski to the Chiefs in the 10th (271st).Īlso selected were Central Oklahoma tight end Derek Ware by the Cardinals (seventh, 175th) Northeastern State running back Derrick Moore by the Atlanta Falcons (eighth, 216th) and former OU defensive lineman Marcus Lowe of Baylor by the Cleveland Browns (10th, 260th). Tight end Fallon Wacasey went to the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round (149th), quarterback T.J. Three Tulsa players were selected Monday, a day after TU linebacker Tracy Scroggins (second round) was the first Oklahoman to go.
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After a slow start - linebacker Joe Bowden was the only OU player selected Sunday, in the fifth round - four Sooners were picked in the sixth round: offensive tackle Brian Brauninger to the Phoenix Cardinals (147th overall), tailback Mike Gaddis to the Minnesota Vikings (152nd), defensive tackle Stacey Dillard to the New York Giants (153rd) and free safety Terry Ray to the Atlanta Falcons (158th).įour more Sooners went in later rounds: defensive back Jason Belser to the Indianapolis Colts (eight round, 197th) defensive lineman Corey Mayfield to the San Francisco 49ers (10th, 269th) offensive tackle Brandon Houston to the Philadelphia Eagles (12th, 326th) and linebacker Chris Wilson to the Chicago Bears (12th, 331st). However, nine Oklahoma Sooners received the call. " Ironically, Williams was the lone Cowboy selected - none of the players off OSU's 0-10-1 football team were taken in the 12 rounds of the draft. "I told my brother to tell 'em I'm not here," he related. " Williams was sleeping a little after 3 p.m. "I've had some things happen in my life, but this takes the cake. "I'm still shocked," said Williams, who concluded his OSU basketball career in March. " And so Williams was drafted in a sport he hasn't played in more than seven years. We talked with (OSU basketball coach) Eddie Sutton, and Eddie said he's the fastest player he's ever seen from baseline to baseline. He reiterated the guy had tremendous foot speed. "Carl and I got back and talked to (Kansas coach) Roy Williams. "He said, 'What about Corey Williams at Oklahoma State? This is the fastest player I have ever seen on a basketball court,' " Schottenheimer recalled. Schottenheimer and Chief president Carl Peterson recently ran into CBS basketball analyst Billy Packer. Schottenheimer used his 12th-round pick in the National Football League draft Monday on Oklahoma State's Williams, the longest of long shots - a basketball player who last donned shoulder pads in ninth grade. Corey Williams was asleep when the Kansas City Chiefs called, but Chief coach Marty Schottenheimer wasn't asleep when he received a tip from a most unlikely source.
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