Running back David Johnson sat in the cafeteria at the Cardinals’ training facility last Thursday, eating lunch and talking casually with the other rookies.
On the other side of the westernmost wall, construction workers milled about, vacuuming, measuring distances and hanging signs inside the locker room as renovations within the building continued.
The Cardinals’ third-round pick got his first taste of the NFL with rookie minicamp this weekend -- the culmination of a dream 15 years in the making -- but if he ever needs a reminder of where he came from, it takes only a peek through that locker room door.