(S28) PT1 - Draft Day

[Jay_Doctor]

I'm not sure I'm willing to say Mason Blaylock is older than Moses, but I do have a feeling they went to school together at least. I can truly say that my draft experience was my absolute favorite league event outside of winning an Ultimus and Ultimini. When I joined the league, the DSFL was literally just a couple days around the corner. I have to joined quite close to the deadline to actually get drafted. I think most of the 6 DSFL teams did end up reaching out to me at the time. My conversations when well enough with most of them, but I had no incline of where I was going to go. Sure enough, Kansas City took me with pick 8 in the S19 draft. A lot of the people who went above me were were either recreates, in other leagues or had joined a decent amount of time before I did. I really enjoyed the draft presentation and got so excited when my name got called off. By the time the NSFL draft rolled around, I was even more ready. It took me quite awhile, but I finally got the hang of things towards the end of my DSFL season. By that time, I really started to earn well and get my name out there. Only about half of the 10 teams had draft picks in the first round and only a couple more in the second round, so I did not hear from all teams. Of all the teams that reached out, New Orleans and Baltimore were my top two choices. I also liked the idea of Yellowknife and Orange County as both teams were consistently good. Lucky for me, New Orleans have the draft capital and the means to make my wish a reality and took me 9th overall in the draft. Getting invited to the locker room and seeing so many people excited for me, along with hearing it on the draft stream was a feeling I won't forget. I don't know that my league experience would be the same if NOLA didn't take me then. I'm sure it would have been great still, but I would have a completely different group of people I would have talked with for the last year and a half.

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