Sentence examples for be the top draft from inspiring English sources

Their starting small forward will be the top draft pick, Kenyon Martin.

Quarterback Matthew Stafford of Georgia could be the top draft choice, so Mayhew dined with him and several Lions executives on Thursday.

In a move received happily by their raucous contingent of hometown fans in the Pennsylvania Convention Center ballroom, the Union had traded with DC United for the number one spot at the last minute and used it on the best goalkeeper in the pool — the first keeper to ever be the top draft pick.

Manning's issue is that he was the top draft choice in 2004 and has stalled long before turning the proverbial corner toward elite status.

In 2007, he was the top draft pick and signed a six-year deal with Tampa Bay reportedly worth up to $11.25 million.

Bynum is not another LeBron James, the high school phenomenon from Akron, Ohio, who was the top draft pick in 2003 and immediately lived up to his billing as a superstar for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Bradford, who won the Heisman Trophy last season, chose to return to college for his junior season, forgoing the chance to be the top overall draft pick last spring.

The thought has been that Kenyon Martin, a 6-foot-9-inch power forward from the University of Cincinnati, would be the top pick in this draft.

Luck, who is forecast by many to be the top pick in the draft, created quite a legacy in his three seasons at Stanford.

The consensus among scouts and executives is that either Howard or Emeka Okafor, the all-American center from the University of Connecticut, will be the top pick in the draft.

The Jaguars used the No. 5 overall pick on Florida State cornerback Jalen Ramsey, who was thought by some to be the top player in the draft.