The last couple days before the start of the draft can be among the most nerve-raking for an NFL prospect that knows neither where he’ll be drafted or whether he’ll get drafted at all, as the athlete tries in vain to apply some sort of logic to all the conversations, workouts and team visits that have taken place over the past few months to come up with a possible destination.
This is what’s commonly known as the waiting game and it’s something that Northern Illinois University (NIU) product Joel Bouagnon (pronounced BU-Anyo) is experiencing after a distinguished career in which the versatile back scored 34 touchdowns.