Kemoeatu, who won All-America honors at Utah, will wait by the phone in his Kahuku home filled with friends, family, and "a lot of food."

At the NFL combine in Indianapolis, he ran a 5.37 40-yard dash, recorded a vertical of 29 inches, and bench-pressed 225 pounds 28 times, but two were disqualified.

"I don't think I got the numbers I was supposed to get, but I gave it my best shot and left it all out on the field," said Kemoeatu, The Advertiser's State Defensive Player of the Year in 2000.

Draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. lists Kemoeatu as the fifth best offensive guard for this draft, for reasons such as "sustains blocks well, and plays with a mean streak usually seen in defensive tackles."

Chris Kemoeatu

"I overreacted, it was in the heat of battle," he said. "I matured from that, I learned from the incident. I took some (anger management) classes. I don't think I needed to take it, but I had to to come back sooner to play. You learn every time you do something bad. I regret what I did, but it is what it is, what is done is done.

"I never had anything after that incident, I think I got two penalties, one for clipping and one for offsides."

Besides his temper, he has had to dissuade scouts of another stereotype.

They also think some of his positive attributes include strength, intensity, athletic ability and explosiveness.

Some of his negatives include his immaturity and his struggle to get down field, he said.

"They said I need to improve on some technical areas: hand placement, timing of punch, staying low, moving feet side to side," he added.

But that hasn't prevented Baltimore, New York, Carolina, Green Bay, Cleveland or Denver from showing interest.

"I can't even keep track anymore," he said of the teams he is in contact with. "I just want to get to that day."

John Dorsey, Director of College Scouting for the Green Bay Packers, said he loves Kemoeatu.

"I love his demeanor; love his physical aggression," Dorsey said. "What he has to prove to scouts is if he can pass protect. He has everything else."

Kemoeatu's favorite teams include San Francisco and Baltimore, where his brother, Ma'ake, has been a defensive tackle the past three years.

He said Ma'ake has given him advice about playing in the NFL.

"I get a lot of heads up, things to look for," Chris said. "He tells me it's not a game anymore, it's a business. You get paid to play, you have to take things more serious. It's way more competition. It's just like getting a job interview when you're going to those teams. It's no longer fun anymore, like high school.

"At the next level, you can't just get penalties; they take money from you for that. You get an offsides, they take like, five grand. Everything has to do with money. Everything you do, you live and all you do is play football; it's not like you go to school, you have to do things on your own."

Aaron Francisco

Aaron Francisco

Francisco, 6-1 1/2, 210, is the 29th best safety according to Kiper.

He played a hybrid position called the "Cougarback" for BYU that allowed him to roam the field, and "there's no defense like that in the NFL," he said. "I had to sit there and teach them what I do."

Francisco said some teams mentioned putting him in a similar position, as a linebacker/safety.

"I think that was my strong point, that was what they liked," he said of his tackling ability. "I was a good tackler and an aggressive player, and I was in a lot of plays."

He bench-pressed 225 pounds 18 times, and recorded a 35-inch vertical jump. His 40-yard dash time at the NFL combine was a disappointing 4.75 seconds, and he said scouts told him he needed to run faster.

"Everything else I did was good, except for my 40. They all told me I needed to run a faster 40 time," he said. "They said I did fine in the position drills, they liked my cone drills."

Dorsey called Francisco an aggressive, downfield, hard-hitting safety who has "average speed."

"He needs to prove to NFL scouts that he can run a little bit. Surely has the smarts and savvy," Dorsey said.

Francisco brought his time down to 4.5 seconds at his school's Pro Day, and said "my agent told me if I ran a faster time, everything should be good."

Tampa Bay, New York, Pittsburgh, Miami, New England and San Francisco have all shown interest.

He said growing up, the 49ers were his favorite team, but "now I don't really care, I just like watching teams that play good on defense."