DRAFT 2005: Clarett likely a second-day draft pick

Then came legal troubles, NCAA violations and a failed lawsuit against the NFL. A player once spoken of with the kind of awe reserved for a young talent like LeBron James had become synonymous with controversy and poor character.

Now, Clarett is saying and doing all the right things -- enough, perhaps, for a team to select him in this weekend's NFL draft.

``He's definitely a second-day pick,'' said Gil Brandt, the NFL's draft consultant.``He's really tried to turn his life around.''
Brandt knows Clarett hasn't dazzled anyone with his speed. After a disastrous showing at the NFL combine, Clarett improved last month at a private workout near his hometown of Warren, Ohio, running a 4.67-second 40-yard dash.

But Emmitt Smith and Jerome Bettis didn't run
that fast either, Brandt said.