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Sports 13 THE GAMECOCK Monday, April 25,1988 Green Ba> Former Gamecock wingback Sterling Sharpe sh was the seventh player picked in the first round o jj ?^ov^an'resi8^m^^m"""""4!^! For that special L 3 graduate ja.-j Celebration^ ?Tf K\j^ 7 Baskets -4 jr \ q *' filled with lr i !> chamoairne. 1 I ^ Personalized | lucitc address r MlKn ' ^ books & photo W) 2716 Devine St. 252-1952 Mon.-Fri. 10-5 Sat. 11-4 The Gamecock ITHE GAMECOCK is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and'is published three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the fall and spring semesters and weekly on Wednesdays during both summer sessions, with the exception of university holidays and examination periods. ^^ Opinions expressed in THE GAMEfll COCK are those of the editors and not those of the University of South Carolina. The Doard of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of THE ! GAMECOCK. The Student Media Department is the parent organization of THE GAMECOCK. Change of address forms, subscription I requests and other correspondence should be sent to THE GAMECOCK, Box 85131, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 8.C. 29208. SubscriDtion rates are $18.00 for (1) year, $10.00 per fall or spring semester and $4.00 for both summer sessions. Third class postage paid at Columbia, S.C. THE GAMECOCK is a licenied student j organization of the University of South Carolina and receives funding from student activity fees. t It UnttadWau of the Midland! uf/vxtiA pffwaK T Packers ts - v ' i-?> - . .;. j*i'??vV.^ " ? ould be making moves like this for Green Bay next seasi f Sunday's NFI. Hmft. !! Ipg ^ ^ | jv ^ 1 ike Shar] L D? IKn a IIV rtwin-iiiicu i JJ GREEN BAY, Wis. ? The |C Bay Packcrs listened to last-i ' trade talk Sunday and then s< yiff USC wide receiver Sterling ! with their first-round pick in tl tional Football League draft. Pac^ers were interest Wisconsin offensive tackle ^ Gruber, but when he was tal N. Tampa Bay with the No. 4 sel the versatile Sharpc was still av when Green Bay picked seven i Tom Braatz, the Packer . ; B president of football operatior - ] the choice of the 5-fo H 202-pound Sharpe was an eas; ? we tooK bierung oecause j the top-rated wide receiver tl we had them rated," said Bra "The first round,the way tl seven picks were, there were m f' ' " fensive players than defensiv r-ijuju... defensive players were all gon we picked. So we picked tl player available, and that wa / in8 Sharpe," said Braatz. But before the Packers co nounce the choice, they listc trade offers from four othei jgj and used up nearly all of minutes allotted teams betwet round selections. Sharpe was the second tfifetfiVreceiver taken. Notre I rt* moto Heisman Trophy winner Tim in. Sharpe was chosen sixth by the Los Raiders. tfcDad w Y)ug< youp W :-W R?H ^ V*C;' WL )jH Ht " >&w -, ^ y of North Carolina* pe in firs "You iust want to ff< muuii; ^ o elected care how high it is. You he NaC be haPPy-" ted in Paul <en by ' ection, Packers Coach Lindy Infante s ailable Sharpc should supply immediate h th. for the team's sagging offense, s vice Packers had trouble scoring po is, said this past season. They were 5-9-1 ot-11, "Once this guy gets his hands y one. the football, he's a potential all-i he was way guy, said the nrst-year coa tie way "You can't throw the football i latz. the end zone all the time, you go he first have guys who will catch it and I loreof- it in there." e. The Sharpe caught 56 passes for e when yards with five touchdowns this ic best season. He's also a kick retur s Sterl- another of the Packers' wea areas. uld an- Sharpe returned 20 punts for :ned to yards and brought back 10 kick teams for 231 yards for the Gamecocks the 15 past season. He had an even b< :n first- statistical year as a junior with 74 ches for 1,106 yards and 1 wide touchdowns. )ame's In his career at USC, he made Brown catches for 2,444 yards and Angeles touchdowns. Sharpe played high school foo /as right. what ay for." || * V;' ... over servi i M costs |llit :V . , t he & insta . , . - tx?rs. ! HI cm i - :-y; j V-Uti J. . your . I That . I Worl I a ch( H ch(x: S. : aboi H 1:1.,. riKcn 1 801 k A " ? Irouna > in the first round. You don't i just want to go where you can Sterling Sharpe, jurrricr uurncvi/iA wifigi/Ht/i laid at Glennville, Ga., but his parents iclp live in Chicago. He already has a rhe degree in interdisciplinary studies ints and has done post-graduate work in retailing. on "Green Bay throws the ball a great the- deal and being a receiver, that's what ch. you want to do. You want to have a into chance to go in and do some things to >t to help your team," said Sharpe. :ake "With them throwing the football and me loving to catch it, I think it 862 worked out treat ** past Sharpe Mid he had no idea where ner, he'd be picked in the first round. kest "I'd been told Detroit or Tampa Bay, but I was also told I wouldn't 170 get past Green Bay," he said. offs "I never projected myself to go this that early in the draft. Everybody etter else did. I just wanted to go in the cat- first round. There's just something 10 about being tabbed in the first round. You just want to go in the first : 163 round, you don't care how high it is. 17 You just want to go where you can be happy." tball See "Skarpe," page IS More people choose AT&T any other long distance :e. 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