Sometimes, as a motivational technique, a player might make a point of remembering everyone at his position who was drafted ahead of him.
It doesn’t seem quite that personal for Lamar Jackson.
“I was motivated when it took forever for me to get drafted. That’s all,” he said. “It doesn’t really matter who went first, I just know my spot, what it was.”
Jackson was taken 32nd in the 2018 draft by the Baltimore Ravens. That was 31 spots behind Baker Mayfield, who was picked by Cleveland back then and will face the Ravens this weekend as the quarterback of the Carolina Panthers.