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Dolphins to make Jake Long draft's top pick
By Jay Glazer
Updated: April 22, 2008, 11:55 AM EST
The first pick of the NFL Draft is no longer a mystery.
Michigan offensive lineman Jake Long and the Miami Dolphins have agreed to terms on a five-year deal, FOXSports.com has learned, and Long is slated to fly into Miami later Tuesday to join his new team.
There has been much speculation recently that the team was setting up a smoke screen in their interest of Long, but apparently it wasn't a ruse.
Long, a 6-7, 315-pound tackle, was a two-time All-American at Michigan and was twice named Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year.
He will be the first offensive lineman to be drafted No. 1 since 1997, when the St. Louis Rams took Ohio State tackle Orlando Pace. It will be the fifth time in league history an offensive lineman has gone No. 1.
Long has insisted he's not consumed with the possibility of going first.
"It doesn't matter to me when I get drafted," he said. "I'll be happy wherever I go and I'm going to do everything I can to have a great career."
With the deal done, the St. Louis Rams are on the clock. The Dolphins have nine total picks in this weekend's draft.
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