Jeff Schoettmer has had to prove himself before.
So this is nothing new to the former University of North Carolina walk-on linebacker.
Schoettmer didn’t mind not having a throng of reporters (well actually, he didn’t have any) surrounding his locker Saturday after the second day of the Saints’ rookie camp.
Just a few feet away, rookie defensive lineman Sheldon Rankins was swarmed by microphones and TV cameras.
Rankins, a first-round draft pick, is sure to be a Saint in the fall.
Schoettmer, 6-foot-2 and 235 pounds of muscle and confidence, hopes to be, too, despite not hearing his name called during the NFL draft.