Joe Campbell

The Raiders signed Plan B free-agent linebacker Joe Campbell of the San Diego Chargers, according to Campbell's agent, Mike Merkow. Merkow said Campbell signed two one-year contracts with the Raiders. Campbell, 6 feet 3 1/2 and 242 pounds, was a fourth-round draft choice from New Mexico State by the Chargers in 1988. As a rookie he had 15 tackles and three sacks but spent six games last season on the inactive list.

Somewhere amid the disastrous tableau of Pearl Harbor that gorgeous Sunday morning was Joe Campbell's kid brother, Bill. Somewhere inside a battleship billowing smoke and burning fuel oil, Bill died. The boy Joe had been orphaned with years before was gone--the young man who had followed him into the Navy, whose snapshot he has kept ever since. Exactly where or how he died, Joe never learned. Long after Campbell learned his brother was killed on the Arizona, salvage crews lifting the ship's No.

The Chargers lost their second player to Plan B free-agency Tuesday when the Raiders signed linebacker Joe Campbell, according to Campbell's agent, Mike Merkow. Merkow said Campbell signed two one-year contracts with the Raiders. Campbell, 6-feet-3 1/2 and 242 pounds, was a fourth-round draft choice out of New Mexico State by the Chargers in 1988. As a rookie, he a 15 tackles, three sacks and 12 quarterback hits but spent six games this past season on the inactive list.

The Chargers lost their second player to Plan B free-agency Tuesday when the Raiders signed linebacker Joe Campbell, according to Campbell's agent, Mike Merkow. Merkow said Campbell signed two one-year contracts with the Raiders. Campbell, 6-feet-3 1/2 and 242 pounds, was a fourth-round draft choice out of New Mexico State by the Chargers in 1988. As a rookie, he a 15 tackles, three sacks and 12 quarterback hits but spent six games this past season on the inactive list.

When Joe Campbell attended New Mexico State, he did a lot of studying. College students majoring in psychology have to do that. College linebackers learning to rush the quarterback don't have to study quite as much. "When I was in college, I would just wait for them to snap the ball, and then I would take off," Campbell said. "I'd try and beat the blocker around the corner and see if I could get there. A lot of times, I really wouldn't know what I was doing." Still, Campbell did pretty well.

Somewhere amid the disastrous tableau of Pearl Harbor that gorgeous Sunday morning was Joe Campbell's kid brother, Bill. Somewhere inside a battleship billowing smoke and burning fuel oil, Bill died. The boy Joe had been orphaned with years before was gone--the young man who had followed him into the Navy, whose snapshot he has kept ever since. Exactly where or how he died, Joe never learned. Long after Campbell learned his brother was killed on the Arizona, salvage crews lifting the ship's No.

The Rams said third-round draft picks Todd Kinchen, a wide receiver, and Marc Boutte, a defensive tackle, had agreed to terms. Others reaching terms include safety Chris Crooms, a fifth-round pick; running back Joe Campbell, sixth round; tackle Darryl Ashmore, seventh; safety Rickey Jones, eighth; quarterback T.J. Rubley, ninth; running back Tim Lester, 10th; linebacker Brian Townsend, 11th; wide receiver Brian Thomas, 11th, and center Kelvin Harris, 12th.

James FitzPatrick, a 1986 first-round draft choice out of USC who was left unprotected by the San Diego Chargers in Plan B free agency, has agreed to a two-year contract with the Raiders, his agent, Leigh Steinberg, said Friday. FitzPatrick, 6-feet-7 1/2 and 310 pounds, started five games last season but did not perform to the satisfaction of Coach Dan Henning. FitzPatrick, 26, was the 14th player drafted in '86.

The Raiders signed Plan B free-agent linebacker Joe Campbell of the San Diego Chargers, according to Campbell's agent, Mike Merkow. Merkow said Campbell signed two one-year contracts with the Raiders. Campbell, 6 feet 3 1/2 and 242 pounds, was a fourth-round draft choice from New Mexico State by the Chargers in 1988. As a rookie he had 15 tackles and three sacks but spent six games last season on the inactive list.

When Joe Campbell attended New Mexico State, he did a lot of studying. College students majoring in psychology have to do that. College linebackers learning to rush the quarterback don't have to study quite as much. "When I was in college, I would just wait for them to snap the ball, and then I would take off," Campbell said. "I'd try and beat the blocker around the corner and see if I could get there. A lot of times, I really wouldn't know what I was doing." Still, Campbell did pretty well.

The Chargers lost their fourth player to Plan B free agency Monday when cornerback Elliot Smith agreed to a $550,000, two-year contract with the Denver Broncos, his agent said. Smith, a 1989 fifth-round draft choice out of Alcorn State, spent most of last season on the developmental squad before being activated before the next-to-last game.