Teven Jenkins teared up.
On Thursday night, Jenkins was anticipating a phone call from an NFL team. He watched the first round of the NFL draft from his home in Topeka, Kansas, expecting to be the first Oklahoma State Cowboy picked in the first round since Justin Gilbert in 2014.
The call never came.
Instead, he had to wait one more day. Once again watching the draft from home on Friday night, Jenkins’ phone rang as former Chicago Bears wide receiver Rashied Davis walked to the podium on the stage.
Jenkins answered the phone, greeted by Bears head coach Matt Nagy and general manager Ryan Pace.