Written: Must include 200 words. As the drafts pass everyone remembers the day their name was called. Whether it was going unexpectedly early, or an event happening during that day that almost sent the day into other chaos, the draft is certainly a memorable time. Write about the day your name was called, whether it was the draft itself or something that happened before or after the draft had happened.
I remember the buildup to the draft like it was yesterday. When I declared for the league in S2 I had no clue what to expect when draft day came, and while I did my best to make myself a more lucrative player by saying the right things, being active in the media, and just making my name known, never would I have expected to be graded as even a 3rd round talent. When the Liberty came to me and told me they were taking me with the 12th overall pick in the draft, which was middle of the second round, I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t know that any gm valued me that highly, and here I was going to the expansion team that is the Philadelphia Liberty. I remember looking at guys like Darnell Turner and Dermot Lavelle, two CBs who were ahead of me in the draft, and then thinking that there was no way I was the 3rd best CB, and the one to fall after those two names were called. What was a day where I would have been happy going in the 5th round, turned out to be a day where I was shocked, surprised, and ecstatic that a team saw me as a 2nd round pick. (213 words)
I remember the buildup to the draft like it was yesterday. When I declared for the league in S2 I had no clue what to expect when draft day came, and while I did my best to make myself a more lucrative player by saying the right things, being active in the media, and just making my name known, never would I have expected to be graded as even a 3rd round talent. When the Liberty came to me and told me they were taking me with the 12th overall pick in the draft, which was middle of the second round, I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t know that any gm valued me that highly, and here I was going to the expansion team that is the Philadelphia Liberty. I remember looking at guys like Darnell Turner and Dermot Lavelle, two CBs who were ahead of me in the draft, and then thinking that there was no way I was the 3rd best CB, and the one to fall after those two names were called. What was a day where I would have been happy going in the 5th round, turned out to be a day where I was shocked, surprised, and ecstatic that a team saw me as a 2nd round pick. (213 words)
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