Being a first-round NFL draft pick is enough to make you a celebrity. But since last month's draft, New York Giants first-rounder Eli Apple has seen his mother become a bigger celebrity than he has. Annie Apple has gained fame for her lively presence on social media and a couple of high-profile interviews she's given about her son and their draft experience, including one that prompted NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to send her brownies.
"She's not going to change," Eli Apple said Monday, after the Giants' first OTA practice concluded. "She was like this way back when I was in high school.