Sentence examples for drafted ahead of from inspiring English sources

Morrow, 26, was drafted ahead of Lincecum in 2006.

So Jim Burns of Northwestern was drafted ahead of a star player from Kentucky named Pat Riley.

Six of his brothers had been drafted ahead of him and, in early 1943, it was his turn.

"In the draft, they took seven guys before me," he added, referring to the defensive tackles drafted ahead of him.

Not one of the teenagers who is expected to be drafted ahead of Battier was a consensus national player of the year.

Meanwhile, in painful contrast, Peyton Manning, the quarterback drafted ahead of Leaf, was on his way to becoming a star with the resurgent Indianapolis Colts.

In the 2009 draft, the Chargers, with a worse record, will draft ahead of the Indianapolis Colts, whom they defeated in the first round.

"No matter how good you are, there's always somebody they're drafting ahead of you or they're paying more money to, and they're going to give those guys they have more invested in more of a chance," Woodland said of baseball.

One imagines that Bloomberg's editors had two Tweets pre-drafted ahead of the verdict.

They chose him in the eighth round of the 2003 draft — ahead of Montreal goalie Jaroslav Halak and Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Dustin Byfuglien.

The Texans made the controversial decision to select him with the top pick in the draft ahead of running back Reggie Bush, correctly projecting him as a building block.