NLL Entry Draft Complete: Jordan Hall taken First Overall
Published on September 1, 2007 under National Lacrosse League (NLL) News Release
The 2007 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft took place on Saturday afternoon at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The to-be-named Boston expansion franchise held the first overall selection heading into the draft, but traded the pick to the New York Titans. The Titans then used the first overall pick to select Jordan Hall, a transition player out of the University of Delaware.
The draft, which contained a heavy amount of trade activity, consisted of six rounds and featured the top lacrosse talent from US college programs as well as Canada's junior lacrosse system. 84 players were selected in all.
For a complete re-cap of the draft, including a re-cap of trade activity, visit NLL.com.
FIRST ROUND
1. New York - Jordan Hall - University of Delaware
2. Philadelphia - Merrick Thomson - University of Albany
3. Boston - Craig Point - Onondoga CC
4. Calgary - Dane Dobbie - Burnaby, BC
5. San Jose - Frank Resetarits - University of Albany
6. Portland - Tyler Codron - Coquitlam, BC
7. San Jose - Tom Johnson - Bellarmine University
8. Rochester - Matt MacLeod - Orangeville, ON
9. Minnesota - Justin Norbraten - Bellarmine University
10. Calgary - Peter McFeteridge - Burnaby, BC
11. Boston - Matt Lyons - Orangeville, ON
12. Chicago - Kevin Ross - Canisius College
13. New York - Mitch Belisle - Cornell University
14. Rochester - Andrew Potter - St. Catharines, ON
SECOND ROUND
15. Edmonton - Steve Hutchins - Whitby, ON
16. Portland - Cory Conway - Stony Brook University
17. New York - Rory Smith - Brampton, ON
18. Minnesota - Brandon Swamp - SUNY Potsdam
19. Chicago - Cory Stringer - Hamilton, ON
20. Boston - Keegan Davidson - Notre Dame de Namur
21. Toronto - Mark Scherman - Notre Dame de Namur University
22. Calgary - Jamie Lincoln - Burnaby, BC
23. Minnesota - Marc Jackson - Whitby, ON
24. Portland - Peter Jacobs - Akwesasne, ON
25. Philadelphia - David Mitchell - Cornell University
26. Colorado - Nathan Sanderson - Rutgers University
27. Minnesota - Chris Courtney - Six Nations, ON
28. Boston - Curtis Ptolemy - Burnaby, BC
THIRD ROUND
29. New York - Rob Smith - University of Delaware
30. Colorado - Dylan Llord - St. Catharines, ON
31. San Jose - Steve Panarelli - Syracuse
32. Boston - Alex Smith - University of Delaware
33. Chicago - Jake Byrne - Johns Hopkins University
34. Edmonton - John Lintz - Coquitlam, BC
35. Toronto - Matt Baker - Orangeville, ON
36. New York - Jamison Koesterer - Johns Hopkins University
37. Philadelphia - Drew Westervelt - UMBC
38. Calgary - Scott DeFransesco - Mississuaga, ON
39. Buffalo - Chris Lalonde - Wallaceburg, ON
40. Colorado - Matt Wilson - Coquitlam, BC
41. Philadelphia - Jim Borell - University of Maryland
42. Arizona - Bryan Safarik - Wingate University
FOURTH ROUND
43. Boston - Greg Downing - Fairfield University
44. Portland - Joel Weber - Whitby, ON
45. Edmonton - Steve Conrad - Clarington, ON
46. San Jose - Tyler Richards - Coquitlam
47. Chicago - Matt Dasinger - Salisbury
48. Edmonton - Dan Hartzell - St. Andrews College
49. Toronto - Tyler Worden - Whitby, ON
50. New York - Ricky Smith
51. Minnesota - Angus Goodleaf - Burnaby, BC
52. Calgary - John McLure - Brampton, ON
53. Arizona - Jamie Pilon - Brampton, ON
54. Colorado - Andrew Spack - Loyola College
54. Toronto - Wes McDonald - Hobart College
56. Arizona - Alan Downey - Mercyhurst College
FIFTH ROUND
57. Boston - Ryan Zordani - University of Denver
58. Portland - Jason Mainer - Orillia, ON
59. New York - Mike Haas - Villanova University
60. Minnesota - Brad Favero - Canisius College
61. Chicago - Ben Van Every - Six Nations, ON
62. Edmonton - Calvin Craig - Coquitlam, BC
63. Toronto - Wes McFarlane - Roanoke College
64. San Jose - Trevor Scott - Victoria, BC
65. Buffalo - Jon Mason - Roanoke College
66. Calgary - Geoff Rainsford - Calgary, AB
67. Buffalo - Brent Wiotowicz - Hamilton, ON
68. New York - Dan Bauers - Loyola College
69. Arizona - Scott Janssen - Mercyhurst College
70. Rochester - Lucas Miller - Six Nations, ON
SIXTH ROUND
71. Boston - Colin Hulme - Colgate University
72. Portland - Brodie Barfoot - Orillia, ON
73. San Jose - Ray Megill - University of Maryland
74. Philadelphia - Adam Crystal - Drexel University
75. Chicago - Mack O'Brien - Peterborough, ON
76. Edmonton - Jordan Coffey - Brampton, ON
77. Philadelphia - Brian Hubschmann - Notre Dame
78. San Jose - Andrew Recchione - University of Massachusetts
79. Minnesota - Mike Paul - New Westminster, BC
80. Calgary - Kyle Morwick - Victoria, BC
81. Arizona - David Gerberg- Whittier College
82. Colorado - Ryan Clark - Nanaimo, BC
83. Rochester - Chad Amidon - Nazareth College
84. Rochester - Cody Richardson - Orangeville, ON
National Lacrosse League Stories from September 1, 2007
- Arizona Sting take five in 2007 NLL Draft - Arizona Sting
- Rochester Takes Naz's Chad Amidon In The Sixth Round - Rochester Knighthawks
- NLL Entry Draft Complete: Jordan Hall taken First Overall - NLL
- Wings Select Thomson In First Round Of NLL Entry Draft - Philadelphia Wings
- Jax Turn Offensive at Entry Draft - Portland Lumberjax
- Knighthawks Trade Jack Reid to Boston - Rochester Knighthawks
- Boston trades first Pick, New York selects Jordan Hall - NLL
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