NEW YORK, April 21 (UPI) -- Quarterbacks took center stage on the second day of the longest NFL Draft ever Sunday as 11 signal-callers were selected over the final four rounds.
The day also featured a trade that sent New England quarterback Drew Bledsoe to the Buffalo Bills.
An unknown who had thrown just three passes in his career, Tom Brady took over for an injured Bledsoe last season and the former sixth-round pick led the Patriots to the Super Bowl title.
On Sunday, the Patriots cemented their confidence in Brady, trading Bledsoe -- the top overall pick in 1993 -- for a 2003 first-round selection.
Perhaps trying to find an unexpected hero as New England did, NFL teams made the quarterback position a priority Sunday.
It started in the fourth round with David Garrard of East Carolina going to Jacksonville and Rohan Davey of Louisiana State going to New England.
Four more quarterbacks found teams in the fifth round. Another was taken in the sixth while and four more went in the seventh. Among other name players who had to wait until Sunday were Tennessee running back Travis Stephens (Tampa Bay), Florida defensive end Alex Brown (Chicago), Miami fullback Najeh Davenport (Green Bay) and Alabama wide receiver Freddie Milons (Philadelphia).
Brigham Young running back Luke Staley, who won the Doak Walker Award as the nation's top running back, was chosen in the seventh round by Detroit.
Running back Adrian Peterson, a three-time Division I-AA All-America at Georgia Southern, was taken in the sixth round by Chicago.
National champion Miami had the most players selected with 12, including a record-tying five in Saturday's first round. There were 10 Tennessee players chosen and eight from Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Florida and Georgia.
A total of 103 colleges supplied at least one player to the NFL Draft. Arkansas-Pine Bluff had as many players chosen as Arkansas (one) and North Dakota State had as many selected as Penn State (two).
The final pick of the draft was Nevada-Las Vegas defensive end Ahman Miller, who becomes the 27th "Mr. Irrelevant." As "Mr. Irrelevant," Miller gets a free week in Newport Beach, Calif. in June.
The expansion Houston Texans continued to fill out their roster, owning the most picks with 12.
The draft lasted 17 1/2 hours over two days. The longest previous seven-round draft was 16 hours, 52 minutes in 1996.
