It took a few hours on the final day of the NFL draft for A.J. McCarron, Aaron Murray and Zach Mettenberger to finally hear their names called. It took much longer, but Missouri defensive end Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to enter the draft, heard his in the seventh and final round. There was applause at Radio City Music Hall from the slim crowd on hand. ''Every team that passed me, I was thinking how I'm going to sack their quarterback.'' The star quarterbacks of the SEC went earlier, but will be long shots to become early starters in the pros.
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