“I was super surprised to hear from them.”
Leon McQuay III was waiting to hear from someone. He just wasn’t sure who was on the other end of the line when his phone went off. It was well into the later rounds of draft weekend, which means the senior from the University of Southern California had already been waiting for some time. Then came the mysterious call that gave no indication who it was or even where they were from.
“I was just sitting in front of the TV by myself,” says McQuay. “I was watching another TV on my own aside from my family and stuff and suddenly I get this call.