It is always an emotional time when a draft prospect realizes his dream and gets the call that he is being picked in the NFL Draft. For Chad Williams, that call was even more special in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Williams comes from a small school, Grambling, part of the HBCU, and had some off the field problems.
Those off field issues led to a suspension during his senior season, but also resulted in Williams not being invited to the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine.
A non-combine invite is death knell for nearly any prospect, but a smaller school prospect who didn’t get a chance to run, it would be even harder to overcome.