GREEN BAY – Beginning a career undrafted from an FCS school would normally equate to anonymity in the NFL.
Not so with John Crockett.
The North Dakota State running back has been the subject of an ESPN “Draft Academy” series, and he had a camera at his home throughout his excruciating, and ultimately fruitless, wait last Saturday during the final rounds of the draft.
He’s the most recognizable of the 17 undrafted free agents the Packers signed this week prior to rookie orientation. He enjoyed the publicity, sure, but he arrived in Green Bay on Thursday ready to turn his focus from the spotlight to the playbook.