But there was also a mystery NFL team that was thinking of drafting Clayton in the first round and playing him at safety. Sure, Clayton had played some defense as a sophomore, most notably against Texas in the Cotton Bowl, but would a team do such a thing? Yes, according to Bucs general manager Bruce Allen.

"Before the draft, another scout in the league told me that he was going to tell me a secret after the draft, but Michael's name was never involved at that time," Allen said. "After we drafted Michael, the scout called and said, 'Now I can tell you this secret.' He said the secret was about Clayton. I said, 'Uh, oh. What's the secret?' thinking it was something bad. He told me they were going to draft him and make him an All-Pro safety and that they had him ranked higher than the Miami kid (Sean Taylor) as a safety.' We happen to like Michael just fine as a receiver, but that was an interesting story."

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