He told teams with high draft picks that it would take a first-year signing bonus of $4.95 million to secure his client.

Smart use of their resulting high draft choices, whose salaries are kept relatively low by a pay scale, did not take long to produce benefits.

The higher draft of the Zuari River allows bigger barges to be constructed in this facility.

For all those high draft picks symbolize the investment in the Jets' future and the amount of study it took to find them.

This group obviously has more experience and with a number of high draft picks.

"I almost felt bad for him," said Hasty, "because he didn't have many high draft picks playing for him."

Many players and observers think the job is Brown's to lose since he is the higher draft pick; Brown strongly disagrees.

Their management decided to use the high draft picks that came with their misery and build that way.

The Lions drew attention in recent years for using their highest draft picks to select wide receivers.

In 1989, the Minnesota Vikings sent five players and several high draft picks to Dallas for him.