Colts reunite Luck with key college target Fleener

Stanford tight end chosen in Round 2; Indy adds weapons.

Andrew Luck and Coby Fleener will be playing together again in the NFL.

Less than 24 hours after selecting the Stanford quarterback with the No. 1 overall choice, the Colts jumped at the chance to take Luck’s college teammate.

While the Luck pick was no surprise, Fleener’s availability Friday night at No. 34 overall was.

“I can’t tell you how excited I am and what it means to have him at quarterback,” the tight end said.

Later in the night, the Colts drafted another tight end: Clemson’s Dwayne Allen in the third round. Allen won the John Mackey Award as college football’s top tight end. Fleener and Allen were generally considered the two best players at their position in the draft. flash across the TV screen as Cincinnati’s selection. Sanu later was chosen 83rd overall by the Bengals

The last time the Ravens waited until the second round to make their initial pick in the draft, they selected a linebacker from a big-name school with a reputation for harassing opposing quarterbacks.

General manager Ozzie Newsome did it again Friday, choosing Alabama outside linebacker Courtney Upshaw with the 35th overall pick. The Ravens are counting on the 6-foot-2, 272-pounder to serve as a bookend to sack specialist Terrell Suggs, the reigning NFL defensive player of the year. Upshaw had 9½ sacks last year for the NCAA national champions.

The Rams drafted cornerback Janoris Jenkins, who finished his college career at North Alabama after getting dismissed from Florida.

The 5-9, 190-pounder was a three-year starter for the Gators who transferred after multiple runins with the law related to marijuana. Some mock drafts had Jenkins possibly going in the first round, but he dropped to the second day due to character issues. nerback Casey Hayward in the third round.

Hayward, who starred at Perry High School, had 15 interceptions in four seasons with the Commodores.

Cowboys first-round draft pick Morris Claiborne told reporters he blew off the Wonderlic test at the NFL scouting combine, resulting in what has been reported as a single-digit score.

The former LSU defensive back, selected sixth overall Thursday, said he didn’t take the test seriously.

“I mean, I looked on the test and wasn’t nothing on the test that came with football, so I pretty much blew the test off,” Claiborne said.

The Broncos selected a quarterback for Peyton Manning to mentor, taking Brock Osweiler from Arizona State in the second round.

The 6-foot-7 Osweiler is a raw but talented quarterback who threw for 4,036 yards and 26 TDS last season. He could be the heir apparent when Manning calls it a career.

Oregon running back Lamichael James, the nation’s leading rusher in 2010, went to San Francisco 61st overall. ... The Giants finished the second round by selecting LSU receiver Rueben Randle, the last of 26 players invited to the draft to be chosen.