It’s draft day, and while most Mountain West draft prospects are expected to be day 3 (Saturday) selections, we’ll include some quality profiles like the one above. Best of luck to Warren and his family this weekend!
Boise State’s Bates is another likely day 3 prospect. Read above to learn about the challenges he had to overcome to reach this goal in his life.
Full disclosure: this is unlikely to be a banner draft season for the Mountain West. Forget not having a day one prospect getting drafted, it’s unlikely any Mountain West player is drafted on day two as well.