Sitting nervously in the green room, finding out you’ve been drafted, walking across the stage, hugging Roger Goodell, crying tears of joy … it’s truly a once-in-a-lifetime moment.
“It’s a real emotion,” Arizona Wildcats coach Kevin Sumlin said, “and it’s a big deal.”
Sumlin’s players have experienced it several times over.
Seven of the players Sumlin coached at Texas A&M were selected in the first round of the NFL draft — including last year’s No. 1 overall pick, defensive end Myles Garrett.