But the Giants discovered Cox in the weeks before this year's N.F.L. draft and made him their final selection, which was the second-to-last pick of the draft.
Eventually the St . LouisRams decided Sam provided too much value to pass him up and they took him with the eighth-to-last pick of the draft.
And yet, despite his obscure and uneven football pedigree, the Giants, with their last pick of the 2013 draft, chose Cox, someone they had showed almost no interest in during the weeks leading to the draft.
The week will honor Ozougwu, the 254th and last pick of the 2011 NFL draft, who was selected by theHouston Texans.
With my daughter, Stacy, and son-in-law, Kyle Howard, I attended the welcoming party for Mr. Irrelevant, Cheta Ozougwu, the 254th and last pick of the 2011 NFL draft, who will play for the Houston Texans.
With the last pick of the eighth round of the 1986 NFL Draft and 221st overall selection, the Bears drafted Douglass.
Dickau was drafted with the last pick of the round, 28th over all, by the Sacramento Kings, who traded his rights to Atlanta for a future first-round choice.
In the 1985 draft, the Blazers selected point guard Terry Porter with the last pick of the first round.
With their second pick on the night and the second-to-last pick of the first round of the draft, the Dodgers took Kyle Funkhouser, a right-handed pitcher from Louisville, 35th overall.
The Dodgers also had the second-to-last pick of the first day of the draft, and they used it to again bolster their pitching corps, taking Virginia right-hander Josh Sborz.
