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The NFL notebook …
RALEIGH ó Another defensive player from North Carolina State was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round of the NFL draft.
Safety DaJuan Morgan became the first North Carolina-based player picked Sunday during the second day of the two-day draft when he was taken by Kansas City with the 82nd pick.
Coincidentally, the Chiefs also had the 82nd pick last year and spent it on N.C. State defensive lineman Tank Tyler, who started 11 of the 12 games he played.
Morgan was one of two N.C. State players taken during Day 2. Defensive lineman DeMario Pressley was taken in the fifth round by the New Orleans Saints with the 144th pick.
Two Wake Forest players were drafted. Defensive end Jeremy Thompson was drafted in the fourth round by the Green Bay Packers with the 102nd pick, and receiver Kenny Moore went to the Detroit Lions one round later with the 136th pick.
Center Steve Justice was picked in the sixth round by the Indianapolis Colts with the 201st pick and will join another player with significant ties to the state. The Colts’ starting center, Jeff Saturday, is in his 10th pro season out of North Carolina.
One pick after the Packers picked Thompson, Winston-Salem State defensive lineman William Hayes was snatched up by the Tennessee Titans. The Titans had previously picked East Carolina running back Chris Johnson in the first round, one of two players from North Carolina’s colleges taken in the opening round.
WOODHEAD SIGNEDOMAHA, Neb. ó Chadron State running back Danny Woodhead, the NCAA’s career rushing leader, signed a free-agent deal with the New York Jets on Sunday night, according to his agent.
Chris Gittings said he and Woodhead thought the Jets were a good fit after teams passed on the 5-foot-71/2 running back during the draft, mostly because of his size.
Woodhead ran for 7,962 yards in four seasons for Division II Chadron State in western Nebraska.
PACMAN TRADE
IRVING, Texas ó The NFL formally approved Tennessee’s trade of suspended cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.
“I think for Adam’s sake it’s a very good first step,” Jones’ agent Manny Arora said. “We still have to get through the NFL commissioner’s office. I think once we do that we can breathe a sigh of relief and get back to playing football.”
Jones must still be reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
Dallas gave the Titans a fourth-round pick in this year’s draft and a sixth-rounder next year for Jones. The Cowboys would get back a fourth-rounder in 2009 if Pacman isn’t reinstated, or a fifth-rounder if he returns then gets punished again.
The Titans and Cowboys agreed to terms Saturday. The Cowboys are braced for the players association to quibble over the contract, but Jerry Jones said Saturday that can’t block the trade.