My last draft was the Season 24 ISFL Draft where i was picked second overall to the Honolulu Hahalua. Honestly, I had no idea where I was going in the draft. Mock Drafts had me going to several teams including Austin, San Jose, and Sarasota if memory serves me correctly. I didn't have many strong feelings on where I "wanted" to go because I knew I planned to stay wherever I landed because free agency did not really interest me. I had thought that Yellowknife was a cool team with cool branding, and the scouting interview made me interested in them. Colorado's interview did the same for me; their interview and how it made me feel is something I still think about. Philadelphia was a team I was lowkey pining for just because it is my hometown team. However, league veterans told me that I should not plan to fall too far and that I was expected to go in the Top 5, therefore I kept my thoughts realistic. When the draft came and I was drafted, I was excited because Honolulu was just a really cool market and I was excited to try to help make a young team competitive -- not that I wouldn't have loved to win an Ultimini out of the gate, just that being a foundational part of something bigger was a neat prospect to me. Definitely a cool experience!
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