After sitting through the first round of the NFL draft, Canadian Matthew Bergeron didn't have to wait long Friday night to hear his name called.
The Atlanta Falcons selected the Syracuse offensive lineman in the second round. The club made a deal with the Indianapolis Colts to move up and take Bergeron with the seventh pick of the round, No.
38 overall. Bergeron was projected as a second-day selection, however some mock drafts had him moving in the latter stages of the first round. "It was a long wait, I didn't expect it to be that long," Bergeron said in a telephone interview. "When you watch the draft as a fan, after pick No.
20 you're going to bed but for me the 20th pick was when the action started. The 23-year-old native of Victoriaville, Que., was the first Canadian selected in this year's draft.