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Titans interested in Oliver

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An option?: Georgia cornerback Paul Oliver will be one of the top players available in July's supplemental draft, and he's someone the Titans might consider.

Oliver, who would have been a fifth-year senior, did not meet NCAA academic-eligibility requirements for the 2007 season. He started every game for the Bulldogs last season, and limited Georgia Tech's Calvin Johnson, the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft, to just 2 catches for 13 yards.

Oliver was projected to be a late-second-round or third-round pick last month if he had declared for the regular draft, but he decided to stay in school. If a team makes a selection in the supplemental draft, it must forfeit its pick in that same round in the '08 draft.

"With those guys, we always investigate them and look at them," Titans General Manager Mike Reinfeldt said. "The whole supplemental process is another way to add to your team, and sometimes you find players who can really help you."

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