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RAMS AGREE TO TERMS WITH

12 ROOKIE FREE AGENTS

 

ST. LOUIS — On the heels of the 2008 NFL Draft= , the St. Louis Rams have agreed to terms with 12 rookie free agents, the team announced today.  The players are:

 

Name         &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;  Position        Height            Weight           College            &= nbsp;         Hometown

Yvenson<= /span> Bernard       RB            &= nbsp;      5-8                  204            =      Oregon State        &nbs= p;    Boca Raton, Fla.

Vernon<= /span> Bryant            DT            &= nbsp;      6-2            =       285            =      Hampton      = ;            &n= bsp; Courtland, Va.

Matt Caddell           &nbs= p;  WR            &= nbsp;     6-0            =       187            =      Alabama     &nb= sp;            =   McCalla, Ala.

Vincent Hall            = ;    LB            &= nbsp;      5-11            = ;    238            =      Virginia Tech          &n= bsp;  Chesapeake, Va.

Rodney Hardeway    DE      &n= bsp;           6-3            =       230            =      Louisiana-Lafayette  Tyler, Texas

Joshua Hyman    = ;       WR            &= nbsp;     5-11            = ;    191            =      Virginia Tech            = ; Chesapeake, Va.

Doug Jones           &nbs= p;   TE            &= nbsp;      6-4            =       275            =      Cincinnati     &n= bsp;             Erlanger, Ky.

Marc Magro            =    SLB            =     6-3            =       240            =      West Virginia    &nb= sp;        Morgantown, W.Va.

Brandon McAnderson    FB         =           5-11            = ;    238            =      Kansas     &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;    Lawrence, Kan.

Justin McKinney   &n= bsp;    CB            &= nbsp;     5-10            = ;    188            =      Kansas State        &nbs= p;    Sanford, Fla.

Stephen Sene           OT            &= nbsp;      6-5            =       326            =      Liberty      = ;            &n= bsp;     Columbia, S.C.

Joshua Thompson    NT            &= nbsp;      6-0            =       301            =      Auburn           &nb= sp;            Statesboro, Ga.

 

Bernard totaled 3= ,862 career rushing yards, second in school history.  His 38 rushing touchd= owns rank third on Oregon State’s all-t= ime record list, while his 242 points scored rank fourth in school history. He = also owns three of OSU’s top 10 single-season rushing performances.

 

Bryant started nine games in 2007, collecting a career-high 47 tackles (11 solo) while adding 3.0 sacks.

 

Caddell finished second = on the team in receptions (40) and receiving yards (475) in 2007, adding two touchdowns.

 

Hall recorded 404 tackles at Virginia Tech while becoming only the ninth player in school his= tory to lead the team in tackles twice in a career. =

 

<= span style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:black'>Hardeway led the Sun Belt Conference with 7.0 sacks in 2007.

 

Hyman= finished fourth on the team in 2007 with 26 receptions for 343 yards and one touchdown.

 

Jones played tight end and fullback over the last four seasons for Cincinnati.  Jones finished his ca= reer at Cincinnati with 50 catches for 452 yards with four touchdowns.

 

<= span style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:black'>Magro started all 13 games for the Mountaineers in 2007, totaling 83 tackles and tying for the team-lead with = 8.0 sacks. 

 

<= span style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:black'>McAnderson rushed for 1,125 yards with 16 tou= chdowns last season for the Jayhawks.=

 

= McKinney finished his career at Kansas State with 157 tackles and six interceptions.  He also returned 20 kickoffs = for 444 yards (22.2-yard average) with one touchdown.  In 2007, McKinney led the = Wildcats with 74 tackles.

 

<= span style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:black'>Sene started for three seasons at left tackle for Liberty, earning = Big South All-Conference honors in the last two seasons.  Sene began his career at the U= niversity of South Carolina b= efore transferring.

 

Thompson played i= n 49 games, starting 26 consecutive games to end his career.  While at Auburn, Thompson = recorded 138 tackles, and one sack.  Last season, he led the Tigers with 67 tac= kles.