He is an eighth-round pick from Ohio State who is scheduled to make $400,000 this year and $500,000 in 1994.

Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers, he was only an eighth-round pick, the 219th player selected in the '93 draft.

The right-hander, an eighth-round pick by Houston in 1993, was 1-1 with a 2.70 earned run average in 25 relief appearances.

"When you're an eighth-round pick, you have to work three times as hard just to get noticed," Clay said.

Defensive end Council Rudolph was traded to the Dolphins in return for an eighth-round pick.

Burnett was an eighth-round pick of the New York Mets in the 1995 amateur draft.

The determining factor was probably that Graham, an eighth-round pick in 1992, was more consistent the whole preseason.

Solomon Wilcots, the free safety, was an eighth-round pick last season.

On the other hand, Jessie Armstead was an eighth-round pick in 1993 and became a star through sheer determination.

Graham was the team's eighth-round pick out of Ohio State in 1992.