Getting drafted into the NFL is pretty special, as one might imagine. Ben Heeney was positively out of his mind excited in his first interview following his fifth round draft selection by the Raiders. And said he was caught completely off guard by the call.
"I had no idea, but I couldn't be happier," said Heeney. "So happy. No one has really been in contact with me from the Raiders, so it's kind of caught me off guard. I guess that's when the best things happen, when you don't expect them."
"Man, it's everything [I hoped for] and more.