Sentence examples for became a first draft from inspiring English sources

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Jacobs transferred to Southern Illinois, then became a fourth-round draft pick of the Giants in 2005.

Yet Claxton became a first-round draft pick (No. 20 over all) of the Philadelphia 76ers in 2000.

They re-entered each other's orbit in January 2010 at a New York nightclub, a year after Mr. Beatty became a second-round draft pick of the Giants.

Her younger brother Sean became a first-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Rams and a defensive lineman for 11 N.F.L. seasons.

A hard-throwing all-American pitcher at the University of Tennessee in 1996, Dickey became a first-round draft pick of the Texas Rangers and a starter for the United States Olympic team, along with Kris Benson, Billy Koch, Seth Greisinger and Braden Looper.

Unlike Pierre-Paul, who was a dominant presence in college and became a first-round draft pick in 2010, Williams was quietly effective — he was an all-American honorable mention in his final season — and more of an unknown draft prospect.

Baseball remained in her family after her brother, right-handed pitcher Randy Moffitt, became a first-round draft pick in 1970 out of Long Beach State.

Tony Allen was the last junior-college player who went on to a Division I team and became a first-round N.B.A. draft pick, in 2004.

The Ducks acquired him from Dallas for a conditional draft pick, which became a first-rounder when they advanced to the Western Conference final, and he was a key contributor with 11 goals in 20 regular season games.

Also on the team was Devine, a pitcher who would go on to become a first-round draft pick of the Atlanta Braves and also play for the Oakland Athletics.