It’s the third day of the 2017 NFL Draft. Memphis Tigers cornerback Arthur Maulet is surrounded by friends and teammates while NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and a host of guests announce the final day’s draft picks. Maulet, just 22-years old and weighing in at a little over 5-foot-9, 190-pounds, watched as fifty-seven defensive backs got selected and he didn’t. His teammate, kicker Jake Elliott, got picked by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fifth round.
He’d known it would be a long shot, going from Bonnabel High to walking onto Copiah-Lincoln Community College and then transferring to Memphis.