The Midwestern State Mustangs filled their offensive coordinator position as Dean Norsworthy was named to the post by head football coach Bill Maskill.

Norsworthy has spent the last three seasons at Southeastern Oklahoma State where he gained a promotion each season while helping the Savage Storm to three-straight Lone Star Conference North Division titles.

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Chiefs Draft GVSU Defensive Back
By Alan Babbitt
The Holland Sentinel

Brandon Carr's late rise in the NFL Draft culminated in a fifth-round selection Sunday by the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Chiefs picked the 6-foot, 207-pound defensive back from Grand Valley 140th overall. He was the fourth defensive player Kansas City and the third defensive back took during the draft.

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Omon Selected in Sixth Round
NW Sports Information

The Buffalo Bills selected Xavier Omon in the sixth round as the 179th overall pick of the 2008 NFL Draft. Omon is the first Bearcat drafted by the NFL since Dave Tollefson was drafted in the seventh round by the Green Bay Packers in 2006.

He led Division II last season with 2,337 rushing yards and became the second player in Division II history to rush for 7,000 yards during a career.

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Hard Work Might Earn Woodhead Spot on Jets Roster
By Erik Boland
New York Newsday

Seeing the T-shirts around campus, that was when it got downright strange for Danny Woodhead.

"There was a shirt like the 'Got Milk?' ads, but it said, 'Got Wood?"' the NCAA's all-time rushing leader said by telephone earlier this week. "I see stuff like that and say, 'I wouldn't pay for something like that,' but that's just me. It's kind of weird at first but there's something kind of cool about it, actually."

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Bernadeau Drafted by Carolina Panthers
Bentley Sports Information

Bentley All-America senior offensive guard Mackenzy Bernadeau was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round of Sunday's NFL draft. He was the 250th player taken, and one of three offensive linemen selected by the Panthers.

Bernadeau, the first Bentley football player ever drafted by an NFL team, was one of six New England players and one of five Division II athletes chosen in the 2008 draft.

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