"After making moves to upgrade their defense with their first two picks of the NFL draft on Thursday and Friday, the Washington Redskins made skill positions a common theme throughout the third and final day of the draft.

The Redskins took two running backs and two wide receivers with four of their nine day-three picks.

They spent the 105th overall pick (fourth round) on running back Roy Helu out of Nebraska and then used the 177th pick (sixth round) on Penn State running back and Westfield High School product Evan Royster.

Washington spent a second fifth-rounder (155 overall) on Nebraska wide receiver Niles Paul, and then used its second sixth-rounder (178th) on Southern Methodist wideout Aldrick Robinson.

The Redskins' other picks were Nebraska safety DeJon Gomes (146th overall, fifth round), Boise State cornerback Brandyn Thompson (213th, seventh round), Florida guard Maurice Hurt (217th), Florida State outside linebacker Markus White (224th) and West Virginia nose tackle Chris Neild (253rd).

In all, the Redskins took 12 players over the course of the three days of the draft, marking the first time since 1985 that they have drafted that many players.

"I felt we got 12 quality players and improved the overall depth of our team," Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan said. "You're not going to be able to address all of your needs, but we have a board and we stayed true to that and drafted some good players."

After entering the draft with only eight picks (a first, a second, two fifth-rounders, a sixth-rounder and three seventh-rounders), the Redskins traded down a total of four times to add five more picks. Saturday morning they shipped a fourth- and two fifth-round selections to the Houston Texans to move up in the fourth so they could take Helu."