In SI.com’s early projection of which teams will be picking first and which players will be at the top of the list in the 2007 draft, pencil in New Orleans to use the 10th pick on the 6-foot-2, 230-pound Willis, who had 128 tackles in 2005 (90 solo, 9.5 for loss) and was one of the few bright spots on a Rebels squad that finished 1-7 in the SEC.