Teammates

Johnny Knox never got a chance to play with Danieal Manning at Abilene Christian University. But perhaps now, in the NFL, with the Chicago Bears selecting Knox in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL draft Sunday, he'll get that chance with Manning on Sundays. Manning, a second-round selection by the Bears in 2006 and a three-year letterman for the Wildcats, has already played three seasons for Chicago and emerged as the Bears top kickoff return man in mid-season last year. He scored his first NFL touchdown on a Thursday Night Football matchup against the New Orleans Saints on an 83-yard kickoff return to open the game. Knox, a two-year letterman for ACU, will try and bolster a wide receiving corps that hasn't had many star wideouts since Curtis Conway in the late 90's. Knox could be catching passes from the newly acquired Jay Cutler, who was a Pro Bowl quarterback for the Denver Broncos last season.

Stay tuned to see if Bernard Scott, Billy Malone or Joseph Thompson are drafted. If the remaining trio of NFL hopefuls is left out of the draft, likely they will get a shot at an NFL mini-camp or they may sign as preferred free agents following the draft.

Also, Wildcats fans, the ACU softball team will be competing for the LSC title in Abilene. ACU defeated Central Oklahoma to win the south site of the opening round of the tournament; Angelo State won the north site of the tournament and the two teams will meet at Poly Wells Field Friday at 5 p.m. for the first game of a best-of-three series to determine the champion. Click here to see loads of photos from the weekend and see the results of the south site portion of the LSC Softball tournament.

More Notes:
• ACU's men's golf team squeaked into its third-straight Regional Tournament and Mike Campbell and the Wildcats will be headed to Allendale, Mich. May 4-6.
• Keith Null, West Texas A&M's quarterback was selected in the sixth round (196th overall) by the St. Louis Rams marking the second LSC player taken in the draft