UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Justin King has piled up plenty of frequent flyer miles the past month visiting with NFL teams.

The former Penn State cornerback from Gateway High School has met with Tennessee, New Orleans, Buffalo, Baltimore, Kansas City and San Diego. And Atlanta worked him out privately on campus.

King expects to find out tomorrow what NFL city he'll call home this season. He is projected as a late first-round pick or early second-rounder.

"It's looking pretty good," King said. "I'm just trying to stay cool and wait. It'll be a relief once my name is called."

ESPN draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. has King's teammate, All-American linebacker Dan Connor, going to the St. Louis Rams in the second round, the 33rd pick overall. Kiper expects the Falcons to select King four picks later.

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THE DRAFT

• When: 3 p.m. Saturday
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"King's stock has been a virtual roller coaster all year long," said Rob Rang, senior analyst for NFLDraftScout.com. "He still may be the most polarizing prospect in this class. There are teams so enamored with his upside that a late first-round pick is possible.

"There are other teams I've spoken with, however, who have given him as low as a fourth-round grade."

King, who graduated in December and bypassed his senior year of eligibility to enter the draft, ran the fastest 40-yard dash among defensive players at the NFL Combine in February in Indianapolis, turning in a time of 4.31 seconds.

"We have indications that a few teams may be interested in Justin in the first round," said King's agent, Eric Metz, who also graduated from Penn State and Gateway. "But we'll just have to wait to see how it shakes out."

King, 5 feet 11, 192 pounds, really doesn't care what team drafts him.

"I just want to play football," he said. "It's been a dream of mine to play in the NFL. ... I want to go in the first round, but everybody wants to go in the first round.

"I hope I've been able to prove in the offseason that I'm a first-round guy, but I really don't think the scouts saw my season as being as bad as a lot of people made it out to be."

Former Penn State quarterback Anthony Morelli from Penn Hills, who is represented by Brad Blank, is projected as a late-round pick Sunday.

There is a chance, however, Morelli could go undrafted and have to take the free-agent route, along with tailbacks Rodney Kinlaw and Austin Scott.

"You can't listen to all the experts," said Morelli, who recently married former Penn State women's basketball player Adrienne Squire. "They're wrong every year. It's just whatever the coach needs at that certain time -- the best player available -- he's going to take that guy.

"Hopefully, someone needs a quarterback and I'm there when they want to pick one."