LARAMIE -- Not many draft hopefuls have the benefit of knowing exactly where they stand when it comes to the NFL Draft.
Austin Fort was all but certain.
It’s why the Gillette native wasn’t exactly sweating it out like most draft-eligible players do over the course of the three-day draft. Fort knew he almost certainly wasn’t going to get drafted after an up-and-down career at Wyoming, but the 6-foot-4, 245-pound tight end caught the eye of a handful of teams during the pre-draft process, including the Denver Broncos.
The Broncos drafted Iowa tight end Noah Fant in the first round, but Fort said he began getting calls from them in the middle to late rounds of the draft.