Georgia linebacker Tae Crowder against Arkansas State on Sept. 14, 2019 in Athens, Ga. Credit: AP/John Amis
For a while on Saturday afternoon, being drafted was the only thing that seemed irrelevant for Tae Crowder.
The linebacker from Georgia was on the phone with his agent and a number of NFL teams sifting through the free-agent offers being proposed and about to become official once the final pick of the draft was named. Crowder was weighing everything from signing bonuses to depth charts to coaching styles as he and his camp tried to make up their mind.