Hoosiers tapped in draft

Former IU football players Victor Adeyanju and Isaac Sowells were picked back-to-back in the fourth round of the NFL Draft Sunday. The 6-foot-3, 324-pound Sowells went to the Cleveland Browns with the 112th pick overall, while the St. Louis Rams nabbed the speedy defensive end Adeyanju with the very next pick.\nAdeyanju and Sowells worked out for teams at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis and met with several teams who had potential interest in the players. Both also expressed their desire to be drafted by teams close to home.\nOn Sunday, both got their wish. \n"Oh, man, I'm so happy it's over!" Adeyanju told the Associated Press Sunday. "Yes! ... St. Louis, baby! I'm so happy."\nSowells was equally as emotional. \n"I broke down crying," Sowells told the Associated Press Sunday after his selection by the Browns.\n"We've got some good guys, but we play that Big Ten schedule. We went out and played our butts off even though the odds were against us," Sowells said.\nBoth players are considered raw talents. Sowells was a tackle for the Hoosiers, but is projected to be a guard in the NFL. He started 27 games at IU. \nAdeyanju started his last 43 games at IU and anchored coach Terry Hoeppner's exterior pass rush in his senior year. He recorded 47 tackles and 6.5 sacks last season, including a season-high 12 tackles in the season finale against Purdue. Adeyanju also had a career-high three tackles for a loss at Iowa and two sacks against Kentucky.\nIU finished 4-7 last year after a 4-1 start. After wins over Central Michigan University, Nicholls State University and Kentucky, IU dropped its first Big Ten game at Wisconsin. The Hoosiers then defeated Kentucky at home -- a game Sowells guaranteed IU would win in the preseason. \nIt was the last taste of success for IU all year though. The offense that took the Hoosiers to its four early wins disappeared, and IU dropped consecutive games to Iowa, Ohio State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Michigan and Purdue.