Rams draft TE Lance Kendricks in second round.

Byline: Tom Timmermann

April 30--The Rams chose tight end Lance Kendricks from Wisconsin with the 47th pick overall in the second round of the NFL draft.

"We think he'll be a valuable weapon in this offense," Rams GM Billy Devaney said. "Everybody was excited about the thought of this guy being here. He went about the range we thought he would. We thought about moving up to get him, but it got to the point, he was within range, so we said, let's wait and he was there when we picked. We feel fortunate.

"He's really athletic, he's got great hands, he's extremely smart. He can run, he has good speed. We can use him in a lot of ways, on the line off the line, …