METAIRIE, La. -- New Orleans Saints rookie defensive tackle Bryan Bresee and his family sat on their couch in Maryland on the first night of the NFL draft last month.
Almost everyone in the room sported a pink sweatshirt with the words on "Ella Strong."
Across the country in California, former Notre Dame defensive end Isaiah Foskey and his childhood friend Gunnar Rask waited out the first round with Foskey's friends and family, some of whom had flown in from New York in anticipation of his selection in the draft.