Marques Colston has one of the most appropriate nicknames of all time: “The Quiet Storm.” He was a soft-spoken anti-superstar who preferred to stay as far under the radar as possible during his remarkable, 10-year run to his place as the New Orleans Saints' all-time leading receiver.
But Colston almost wound up with one of the most inappropriate nicknames of all time as well: “Mr. Irrelevant.”
A decade ago, Colston was just three picks away from being the final selection in the 2006 NFL draft, which would have come with that infamous “Mr.