Evan Spencer was sitting on the couch Saturday afternoon when his phone rang. He noticed that the call was coming from a Virginia area code and picked it up. His brother, Cole, an area scout with the Washington Redskins, was on the other line.
“I heard Cole’s voice and he was like, ‘Hey man, we’re getting you,’” Evan Spencer said. “I didn’t know how to react. I didn’t even know what I said, honestly. I just started freaking out.”
Spencer, a wide receiver out of Ohio State, was selected by the Redskins with the No.