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Porter, Swope Taken on Final Day of NFL Draft
NEW YORK --- Two more
members of the 2012 Texas A&M football team were selected on the
final day of the 2013 NFL Draft on Saturday at Radio City Music Hall.
Senior
linebacker Sean Porter was taken in the fourth round (168th overall) by
the Cincinnati Bengals, and senior wide receiver Ryan Swope was
selected in the sixth round (174th overall) by the Arizona Cardinals.
The
selections of Porter and Swope raised the total number of Aggies in the
2013 NFL Draft to five as they joined teammates Luke Joeckel (No. 2
overall in first round to the Jacksonville Jaguars), Christine Michael
(second round to the Seattle Seahawks) and Damontre Moore (third round
to the New York Giants). It was the most selections by the Aggies since
five were picked in the 2008 NFL Draft.
Porter,
from Schertz, Texas, was a three-year starter at linebacker and
finished his career with 261 tackles in 52 games of action. Porter
compiled 14.5 quarterback sacks and 34.5 tackles for loss during his
career. As a senior, Porter contributed 66 tackles, with 3.5 sacks and
6.5 tackles for loss. He also had a crucial interception against
Alabama when he grabbed an errant A.J. McCarron offering in the Aggies’
29-24 over the then-No. 1-ranked Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Swope,
from Austin, Texas, finished his career as the Aggies’ all-time leader
in catches and receiving yards. In 51 career games, Swope grabbed 252
catches for 3,117 yards and 24 touchdowns. He had 70 or more catches in
each of the past three seasons, and he set the single season records of
89 catches and 1,207 yards as a junior in 2011. He finished his career
with a school record 14 100-yard receiving games. In the single game
records, his career high of 13 catches against Stephen F. Austin 2010
is tied for No. 2 and his career-best 206 yards against Baylor in 2011
ranks No. 5. In that same game against the Bears, Swope set a school
record with four receiving touchdowns.
Several
other members of the 2012 Aggies signed free agent contracts after not
being selected in the draft: senior OL Patrick Lewis (Green Bay
Packers), senior WR Uzoma Nwachukwu (Houston Texans), senior DB Steven
Terrell (Jacksonville Jaguars), senior DL Spencer Nealy (New York
Jets), senior DB/PR Dustin Harris (Dallas Cowboys), senior LB Jonathan
Stewart (St. Louis Rams) and senior DB CJ Jones (Kansas City Chiefs).
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