<img src="http://www.thecfl.net/images/pressman/titone.JPG" width="353" height="260" alt="Johnnie Titone" title="Johnnie Titone" align="right">The CFL Draft starts in two days and the Atlantic City Phantoms still have not announced who they will select with the #1 overall selection. The highest rated prospect in the draft is QB [b7513edb]Johnnie Titone[/b7513edb] from Colorado, but the Phantoms may go a different direction since they selected QB [b7513edb]Colin Sawyer[/b7513edb] at #5 overall last season.

Other possibilities are trading down, or selecting one of the two top offensive tackles available: [b7513edb]Craig VanEck[/b7513edb] from Arizona State or [b7513edb]Al Jordan[/b7513edb] from Notre Dame. Long shots for the #1 selection would be LB [b7513edb]Jorge Leone[/b7513edb] from Michigan or WR [b7513edb]Trent Muir[/b7513edb] from Miami. One interesting fact is that if Titone is picked #1 it will be the first time a quarterback was selected first in the CFL draft.

Past first selections in the CFL draft:
2004 - DE [b7513edb]Scott Flowers[/b7513edb], Harvard - Detroit Vampires
2005 - DT [b7513edb]Jerald Barber[/b7513edb], Michigan - Shreveport Pride
2006 - RB [b7513edb]Burt Liszkiewicz[/b7513edb], UNLV - Seattle Thunderbirds
2007 - RB [b7513edb]Alan Spearman[/b7513edb], Northern Arizona - Hartford Attack

After picking Sawyer last year, I'd think a good move would be to get him some more protection.

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