NFL draft: Rams take Oregon tight end Terrance | College News

After trading their first-round decide the earlier evening, the Rams on Friday chosen Oregon tight end Terrance Ferguson within the second spherical with the forty sixth general decide.

The Rams drafted Ferguson to bolster a place group that features veteran Tyler Higbee, Colby Parkinson and Davis Allen.

The Rams went into the draft with out a second-round decide. They acquired the forty sixth decide, a seventh-round decide and a 2026 first-round decide in a commerce with the Atlanta Falcons.

The Rams nonetheless have picks within the third and fourth rounds, three within the sixth and one within the seventh.

“I think I bring a lot of things, versatility being the biggest,” Ferguson advised reporters during a videoconference from his household’s home in Denver. “Being able to stretch the field and create mismatches with linebackers or safeties but also being able to put my nose on somebody. … Ability to line up anywhere and make an impact however I need to.”

Ferguson mentioned his youthful brother was a “diehard” fan of the Detroit Lions, for whom Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford performed for 12 seasons earlier than the Rams acquired him in 2021.

“He loves Matt Stafford and has loved him his whole life,” Ferguson mentioned, “so just being able to play with a guy like that who has a lot of experience, won a Super Bowl and is super obviously detailed and has super talent, I can’t wait to be able to catch passes from him.”

His brother is equally excited.

“That’s the first thing he said to me, he said I get to play with the GOAT.”

Sean McVay offers pep speak to first responders

Rams coach Sean McVay is accustomed to inspiring gamers on the sector and within the staff’s assembly rooms and locker rooms.

On Friday, because the Rams ready for the second evening of the draft, McVay used his oratory abilities earlier than one other assemblage of execs.

About 150 first responders who have been concerned in operations during the Palisades and Eaton fires in January have been available on the Los Angeles Fire Department Air Operations headquarters in Van Nuys, the place the Rams are conducting the draft.

Team president Kevin Demoff and McVay addressed the group that was made up of attendees from a number of fire and law enforcement businesses in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

A gaggle of Rams gamers that included quarterback Matthew Stafford, receiver Puka Nacua, edge rusher Jared Verse, defensive linemen Kobie Turner and Braden Fiske, Higbee and operating backs Kyren Williams and Blake Corum mingled and posed for photographs with the gang.

Corum echoed McVay, describing the primary responders as true heroes.

“Coach McVay is a very inspirational person,” Corum mentioned. “Hearing him talk [Friday] about how inspirational the first responders are… was wonderful. But being here was even better.”

LAFD Capt. Erik Scott, the division’s public data officer, praised the Rams for his or her neighborhood outreach and reduction efforts.

“We strive to be leaders in our own professions and sections,” Scott mentioned, “and to see true leaders of other arenas inspire a group of people like that was really impressive.”