It doesn’t matter where you get drafted.
It’s a simple piece of wisdom Detroit Lions linebackers coach Kelvin Sheppard wish he knew during his own experience, but now emphasizes to young players as they embark on the whirlwind that is the draft process.
On the latest episode of “Twentyman in the Huddle,” Sheppard recalled what he went through before being drafted out of LSU by the Buffalo Bills in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft.
“I don’t know about everybody else but it seemed for me the closer I got to the draft, the lower they started to tell me I was going.