BYU linebacker Sione Takitaki was selected in the third round of the NFL draft, No. 80 overall, by the Cleveland Browns on Friday night.
Takitaki was projected by many to go in either the third or fourth round; He was the second player from a Utah school taken on Friday, as Utah safety Marquise Blair went in the second round to the Seattle Seahawks.
“I think I will be a steal,” said before the draft. “People are expecting different things. I think I will go sooner than most people think. … Whichever team takes me, it will be a great day to get to that stage, get things going.