user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: What was the highest Pick for lonnie brockman before round 9?
Columns: ['Round', 'Pick', 'Player', 'Position', 'School']
Types: ['real', 'real', 'text', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: [1.0, 14.0, 'Renaldo Turnbull', 'DE', 'West Virginia']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT MAX("Pick") FROM "Table" WHERE "Player" = 'lonnie brockman' AND "Round" < 9.0;