Rick Upchurch had no clue the Broncos were interested in drafting him in 1975. They hadn't been to his workouts, unlike scouts from the Steelers and Chiefs. But the Broncos' intel must have had a pretty good bead on him from what they saw the former Minnesota wide receiver do on the field and what they heard about him.
Unlike today's draft process where cameras and scouts swarm around players at the combine or collegiate pro days, the events were not covered by media.
"When I was at the University of Minnesota and they came in and just timed me," Upchurch told me over the phone on Wednesday.