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BYU's Sione Takitaki thrilled to be selected in 3rd round by Browns. Here's the 'funny' place he was when he got the call

Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

PROVO — Former BYU linebacker Sione Takitaki's journey to the National Football League has been a bumpy one.

But Friday, he arrived.

The Cleveland Browns selected Takitaki in the third round — the 80th overall pick — and he became the latest Cougar linebacker to be selected on Day 2 of the draft, one year after former Cougar Fred Warner was taken in the third round by the San Francisco 49ers and five years after another former Cougar, Kyle Van Noy, was picked in the second round by the Detroit Lions.