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Posted on Thu, Apr 22, 2010 : 6:28 a.m.

NFL draft is tonight, Tigers rally to beat Angels

By Dave Birkett

Sam Bradford is nervous, very nervous. He must know how little talent the St. Louis Rams have on offense.

Ndamukong Suh has Honolulu blue shoes, and maybe a suit to match.

And one NFL front-office executive thinks Brandon Graham will be an impact player in the NFL.

Bradford, Suh, Graham and 29 other players will find out their future homes (until they get cut, traded or leave in free agency) when the three-day NFL draft kicks off with Round 1 tonight. Bradford is the draft's likely top pick, Suh should go No. 2 to the Lions, while Graham is ticketed somewhere for the middle of the round, possibly as high as No. 10 to Jacksonville.

There's a million mock drafts out there, none better than this one by Bill Simmons. As for Graham, the Chicago Tribune has him going 29th to the Jets, Sports Illustrated's Peter King predicts 15th to the Broncos, and Joe Namath's peeps say 19th to the Falcons.

More NFL links: • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Ben Roethlisberger is suspended for the first six games of the 2010 season. • New York Times: A Pennsylvania state trooper who worked for Roethlisberger and was with him the night he allegedly assaulted a college coed can no longer work for the quarterback. • NFL.com: Could Big Ben be a Raider? • CBSSports.com: Could Donovan Warren go undrafted?

MLB • MLive.com: The Tigers beat the Angels with a ninth-inning rally. • Chicago Tribune: Carlos Zambrano has been banished to the bullpen.

Elsewhere • Globe and Mail: Red Wings defenseman Nick Lidstrom isn't contemplating retirement just yet. • San Antonio Express-News: Mark Cuban hates the Spurs.

Dave Birkett covers University of Michigan football for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached by phone at 734-623-2552 or by e-mail at davidbirkett@annarbor.com. Follow him on Twitter @davebirkett.