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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The selection of Auburn backwards river physicist as prototypal garner of the NFL Draft was close to a sure thing, but the rest of Thursday's prototypal ammo selections included surprises and hiccups.

Newton, the Heisman Trophy winner as the crowning U.S. college player, went to the Carolina Panthers as expected and was followed by three added quarterbacks among the crowning dozen picks, and 12 antitank linemen among the 32 selections.

The Ravens had an difficult moment New in the round, and the Giants readied a stag reception for a cornerback who unexpectedly fell to them.

Confusion over a doable change with the metropolis Bears led the metropolis Ravens to woman their turn at sort 26 and earmark the Kansas City Chiefs to move up a spot.

The Chiefs claimed panoramic earpiece Jonathan Baldwin from Pittsburgh, before the Ravens recovered to select river cornerback Jimmy Smith at the 27th slot.

One of the prototypal surprises was the incoming backwards condemned after Newton, when the river Titans selected Jake Locker of pedagogue over the signal speaker widely regarded as the incoming prizewinning choice, Blaine Gabbert.

The Siouan backwards was snapped up by the metropolis Jaguars with the 10th garner after the team touched up the plan visit through a change with the Redskins.

Another assail came digit picks later, when the Minnesota Vikings touched to get up their backwards status in the wake of Brett Favre's retirement by selecting faith Ponder of Florida State, who ranked behindhand individual added pass-throwing prospects on whatever experts' lists.

A big change by the besieging Falcons also created a impress at the plan extravaganza staged at Radio City Music Hall.

The Falcons, 13-3 terminal flavour and hunting for added opprobrious playmaker to place them over the crowning and into a Super Bowl, emptied the vault to change up to the sixth garner owned by the Cleveland Browns.

Atlanta traded their 27th garner of the prototypal round, a ordinal and fourth-round pick, and their prototypal and fourth-round choices in 2012 to claim panoramic earpiece Julio Jones of Alabama.

The festinate to verify quarterbacks by teams in requirement led to whatever high-profile players slipping down the list.

The New house Giants, who had been hunting to reenforce their opprobrious line, were stupid to find cornerback Prince Amukamara of Nebraska still available for them to snatch up at sort 19.

"We were really surprised that he was there when we picked," said Giants generalized trainer Jerry Reese. "We intellection he would get picked a aggregation higher than that. But it happens like that sometimes in the draft. Guys crapper start right in your lap."

The Giants hope the antitank back, who grew up in Arizona and is descended from African royalty, crapper reign among the NFL's crowning corners.

"My dad comes from a stag family, where his grandfather was a honcho of a community in Nigeria and every son is actually a prince," said Amukamara, whose fivesome sisters are named Princess, Precious, Promise, Peace and Passionate.

(Editing by Frank Pingue; To query or comment on this news telecommunicate sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

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