{"id":650,"date":"2010-04-24T15:05:14","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T19:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=650"},"modified":"2010-04-25T22:31:45","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T02:31:45","slug":"breaking-news-moats-drafted-by-the-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=650","title":{"rendered":"Updated: Moats Drafted by the Bills &#038; McGee by Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arthur &#8220;Da Body&#8221; Moats got drafted by the Buffalo Bills with the 178th pick of the 2010 NFL Drafts. Moats is the first JMU player to be drafted since 2000, when the\u00a0Cincinnati\u00a0Bills picked Curtis Keaton and he is the 11th Duke to be drafted overall. It&#8217;s a terrific accomplishment for Arthur and an exciting moment for JMU football. Todd and I will have more details later and hopefully have some news about the other Dukes&#8217; prospects. Way to go Arthur!<\/p>\n<p><em>Update: The\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars selected Scotty McGee with the 203rd pick! There were plenty of rumors that Jacksonville was high on McGee after his workouts with the team, but I was guessing he&#8217;d be a free agent acquisition. This is great, great news for Scotty, a player who is responsible for some of the most electrifying moments in JMU football history.<\/em><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D650&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arthur &#8220;Da Body&#8221; Moats got drafted by the Buffalo Bills with the 178th pick of the 2010 NFL Drafts. Moats is the first JMU player to be drafted since 2000, when the\u00a0Cincinnati\u00a0Bills picked Curtis Keaton and he is the 11th Duke to be drafted overall. It&#8217;s a terrific accomplishment for Arthur and an exciting moment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[456,9,31],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":659,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=659","url_meta":{"origin":650,"position":0},"title":"Four Dukes To Get A Shot In The NFL","date":"April 25, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Arthur Moats and Scotty McGee became the first JMU football players to be drafted since 2000. Moats is heading to Buffalo to play linebacker in the 3-4 and McGee will take his 4.37 speed down to Jacksonsville to do what he does best, return kicks. 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