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Sports Sail By Richard Mayers Sport* Editor USC's George Rogers was (hp firct nlavap **? UV |/&UJ ViA VHUO^Il 111 yesterday's National Football League collegiate draft, as he was picked by the New Orleans Saints in the first round. "I'm really too excited to say anything," Rogers said offoi* Viio mm ? mhv? iuo ovitvuun was announced in New York City. o^:: wr m MHk Heisman Trophy wim yesterday's National Fc pound tailback was pici worst record in the NFL i Scott hi) Ka By Jim < St off V Carolina's Willie Scott mav attention as Heisman Trophy Scott made a big enough impr selected in the first round of th< The Kansas City Chiefs mad in the draft and the first tighi Scott in the first round. "WE FELT when our turn c Les Miller, the Kansas City p< everything you look for in productive career at South Cz athlete but a great person an< Willie Scott was there.'' Scott was not entirely sur^ Chiefs. "I kinda knew what > before he flew to Kansas Tuesday. "Right before they and said; 'We got about two < so just be cool and wait beside I did." SCOTT IS going to a squad i year and has a gaping hole at 1 Tony Samuels started for t waived after just five games f< Former Giant Al Dixon star but caught only seven passes ? "He certainly has the capac Marv Levy said. "We believe start nut hp'll havp a (front, sh Levy was impressed with although he indicated the 6-5 strength was his blocking. "IN THE four films I watch to him and he caught all 11, i term difficult catches. He's Levy said. Tight end has been a weak i r reu nruanas reureu 11 years the man who could fill "ou spokesman said. Scott said he is excited to b 3 wmmmm nts i "I'm certainly going to give my best every time on the field. I feel real good about playing for New Orleans." THE SAINTS were a constant source of frustration and embarrassment for their supporters last season. Fans went to games with paper bags over their heads, ler George Rogers was thi >otbaH League's collegiate ked by the New Orleans Si n 1980. ? jirsinsas i 2orbett Writer ' not have received as much r winner George Rogers, but ession on pro scouts to also be 5 NFL draft yesterday. le Scott the i4th player chosen t end taken when they tabbed :ame we had no other choice," ersonai director said. "He fits a tight end. He had a very irolina and is not only a great i leader. We were very happy >rised by his selection by the vas going on," Scott said just City for a press conference made the decision they called ir three players left right now, i 1 ? A I 41 I A. uie leiepnuue. /vnu mai s wnai who recorded an 8-8 record last :ight end. he Chiefs at tight end but was or disciplinary reasons, ted most of the rest of the year ind has since been waived. :ity to start," Chief Head Coach everyone must earn the right to otatit." Scott's pass catching ability, , 240-pound Newberry native's ed of him, 11 balls were thrown ncluding four of which I would going to be a good reciever," spot for Kansas City ever since ago. Chief officials feel Scott is r most crying need," a club >e going to Kansas City to help % seie< dubbing the team the New Orleans "Aints." "Maybe they'll watch the games this year," Rogers : j SttlU. The Saints finished the season with a 1-15 mark in 1980, the worst record in the league. Their rushing game was statistically last in the W ^EH|^^Kk:- |^B # If JLl^^ ^fifr1* :^m,. m ^;vJ|Bap| 9 number one pick in draft. The 6-2. 220lints, who owned the rouna City C "We felt when ou no other choice. you look for in a \ very productive Carolina and is not hut a great lead happy Willie Scott the Chiefs continue buiidinj similar to Carolina. They'r program." You just gotta go make it better." SCOTT WILL be joining quarterback Steve Fuller, ar to working with the former 1 two years and it would be nic passes." Scott will be joining a tc oriented "Wing-T" offense Levy's term at Kansas Cit> emergence of Fuller as the ; turned less conservative on o to a .500 record in 1980. SCOTT WAS the second re end taken in the first round. Kansas wide reciever Davi i ii ? Aii i-i uuuiue anu me iuiii piCK over, Scott will have to make ar said all indications point tc right away. "I don't know il just) They said I have a lot t season. That's a lot right thei Scott, who will graduate c Education, was slightly ann< according tn AraHpmir* AH\/i White. "Today, it (the draft) has to leave to go to Kansas to make sure he receives thai ct R NFL. Rogers should offer immediate help to the Saints' offense. The 6-2, 220-pound Heisman Trophy winner led the nation in rushing in 1980 ith 1,781 yards, averaging 161.9 yards per game. He was second nationally in 1979's rushing title with 1,681 yards for the season. ROGERS GAINED 4,958 yards rushing during his career, placing him fourth on the all-time National Collegiate Athletic Association's rushing list. Rogers ended his career at Carolina with 22 consecutive 100-yard games. His best game was a 237-yard effort against Wake Forest in 1978. in v.unuaai, uic oillilUS leading rusher last season was Jimmy Rogers, who gained 366 yards. Chuck Muncie, the saints leading . rusher of the past several years, was traded to the San Diego Chargers late during the 1980 season. "I can't turn it around by myself," Rogers said. "I'm not a one-man team. I play with a team. As an individual I can't do it. It has to be the team that will do it." KUUUKS ADMITS tliS biggest challenge will be "living up to the expectations that I'm the No. 1 pick. I know there will be a lot of pressure. But I can f nir.k "kiefs r turn came we had He fits everything tight end. He had a career at South 1 only a great athlete er. \l\le were very was there." ?Les Miller g. "K.C. is more or less just e on the verge of a winning out there and try to build it and forces with former Clemson id he says he is looking forward riger. "I played against him for e to be on the other side of those jam that employed the ground under the first three years of r. Last year, however, with the ' starting quarterback, the Chiefs ffense and went from 4-12 in 1979 reiver chosen, and the only tight The Cincinnati Bengals drafted A ?l- - 1 vi vcibci as men imuiocr one all. i adjustment to pro football, but ) his contributing to the Chiefs f I'm gonna have a year (to ado learn between now and football -e in itself." >n time with a degree in Health >yed at having to fly out of town ~ ? ,1 A A /"I ?? sui aiiu svssisutm ^oacn tiaroid kind of upset him a little bit. He City and he want s to be in class t degree in May." wmmmmmmmmmmmmm?mammm?mmmmmmmmmmmmiammmmmm only do what I can do.'' gc N< "I don't think I'm an Earl Ti Campbell," Rogers said of ex the Houston Oiler's star All- ha Pro running back. "I may be 8r a little more versatile. I want to receive the ball , m st "/ can't turn it around by myself, j? I'm not a one-man * team. / play with ? a team. As an individual / can't ai do it. It has to be the team that will c> do it." ?! a ?George <> Rogers h ? n hi rather than run it all the r timA "I'm impressed with the way he (current Saints and sc former Oilers Head Football M Coach Bum Phillips > v coached Earl Campbell," to Rogers said. Earl is one of p my heros." (I "I THINK everybody around here is excited about to it," said Ray Goff, USC tti assistant coach who worked n< with the offensive backfield this past year. There were fc some doubts at times hi /~l_l wucuici ?cw uncuiis was p] ;':::*?v:"':v::^ 36^a % v^-V . * v \ :" ! >;$ " ' V- v. : 1 Tight end Willie Scott was < by the Kansas City Chiefs yesterday. Scott was the overall. 4t '? st s ring to take the kid from orth Carolina (Lawrence lylor) or George, but I'm cited for George and tppy for him. I think it's a eat honor." uott I eels mat Rogers will we to adjust his running yle with the Saints. "I think George has got to am to avoid taking the cks he did in college," Goff lid. "George is a punishingrpe runner, he really likes > dish it out. He's got to am how to run out of Hinds, and when to take it nd when not to. Rogers will leave his [>ntract negotiations to his gent, Jt : Mills. Mills was fraterni y brother of Saints wner Jokdi Mecom Jr. at the niversity of Oklahoma, owever, Mecom denies his slationship with Mills will elp him in negotiating ogers' contract. ''That will make ab>lutely no difference," [ecom said in New Orleans jsterday. "He (Mecom) Id me that very emhatically yesterday 4onday)." ROGERS SAID one thing 3*11 do with the money from li' football contract i* huv a sw house for his mother. Rogers also said his new >und wealth scares him. "I we a job now, and it I don't roduce, I can get fired." 5 |i :- 111 5? |yii|$ip. .. * ?iiiM >x fiS SMBS r?0- 0s- Jkx _ *$ : Aftls HH ? "r w J ; ;: *' -yt ; : ' M >** J i first-round selection in the NFL draft held ? 14-th plaver taken