Steven Nelson did not want to leave his new team after the Chiefs’ rookie minicamp in early May, but NCAA rules dictated he must.
So Nelson, a third-round pick this year, did the next best thing — he immediately went back to The Fischer Institute of Physical Therapy and Performance in Phoenix, where he trained before this year’s NFL Draft, so he wouldn’t lose his edge.
“A lot of NFL DBs go out there to train and just be in that environment,” Nelson said. “I could have been chilling, but I took it upon myself to go out there and prepare myself.