Talib Shows All The Right Moves Bucs fans eager to see cornerback Aqib Talib in action don't have to wait until the first training camp workout. All they have to do is pick up a copy of the movie "Friday Night Lights." Tampa Bay's first-round draft pick is featured rather prominently in at least one live-action segment of that film. You get the feeling, though, that Talib wishes his cameo appearance had been left on the cutting room floor. "Yeah, I'm in it," Talib said with a sigh. "You can see me - No. 3. We were in Cover 2 and the Carter High quarterback put the ball right between our safety and me. He put it right in the hole there." Carter went on to win that game, in the film and in real life. Talib, meanwhile, went on to the University of Kansas, where he became a Saturday matinee idol. The rest, as they say, is history. The first chapter might never have been written were it not for Talib's brother, Yaqub, wishing to play under the bright lights of Friday night Texas prep football. Aqib was just going into eighth grade at the time and really didn't care one way or another where he lived. Cleveland, where his mom was at the time, and Trenton, N.J., where he was living with his dad, were fine with him. Yaqub wanted to experience Texas prep football, though, so when his mother moved there he talked his father into letting him and Aqib go with her. It proved to be the right move. "I don't know what would have happened if I had stayed in Trenton," Aqib said. "I don't know what situation I would have been in. I'm definitely grateful that we made that move to Texas." So are the Bucs. It has allowed them to add a dynamic playmaker to a defense that developed a sudden need for help at cornerback when former starter Brian Kelly left for Detroit during free agency. There's no way of knowing when Talib will start making plays for the Bucs, but a look at his college career suggests that first pick isn't too far behind. Only one Kansas defensive back and only two Big 12 corners had more career interceptions than Talib, who picked off 13 passes during his three seasons patrolling the Jayhawks' secondary. When it comes to flair, though, Talib ranks second to no one. He's been described by some as a Deion Sanders type, and he showed off that effervescent personality on Monday when he was introduced to the Bucs staff and media at One Buc Place. Dressed dapperly in a charcoal gray pin-striped three-piece suit with a red tie and matching handkerchief folded neatly into his suit coat's breast pocket, Talib charmed his audience. When asked what the previous 48 hours had been like for him, he said: "It's been all smiles for me. I'm so excited. I don't need no sleep; I don't need nothing. It's just a dream come true for me. I don't want to wake up." Talib already has woken up to the reality of being an NFL prospect. It's an enviable position, but it's also a difficult one, especially if your past is checkered. Talib admitted to testing positive for marijuana three times during his college career. The fact that the last of those tests was administered two and a half years ago hasn't allowed them to slip by unnoticed. He's been scrutinized repeatedly for his actions and the scrutiny continued Monday. As he has for months, though, Talib owned up to his past "mistakes" and vowed to prove they are not a part of his true nature. "Actions speak louder than words, so I'm pretty sure that after this season, when nothing happens, the scrutiny will die down," he said. "So I'm not really worried about it at all. I made a bad reputation at Kansas from doing that, and I'm not dumb enough to do it again." Roy Cummings, The Tampa Tribune 29 April 2008