I had been told I might be drafted in the fourth round. 'Great,' I said at the time.
It's been a dream of mine to play in the NFL, so whenever I hear my name being talked about in someone's mock draft or whether or not he should stay or go, it's always interesting to listen to, but at the same time, I don't take it for granted.
I expected to get drafted. I knew that I wouldn't get drafted on that first day due to the fact that not a lot of people had the opportunity to see me play much.
My confidence level is, I think I can be a first-round pick; I think I can be a professional basketball player.
I always wanted to be the No. 1 pick, but come draft night anything can happen - trades, or anything like that.
There is no formula to making it to the NFL other than good fortune and and playing well in college.
I had little or no expectations coming in. I was thrilled when I was drafted in the first round because that meant I was going to be given a full year's chance to make the team.
I definitely would embrace that opportunity to be the No. 1 overall pick, obviously that every quarterback would love to be that. It's no different for me.
Everybody wants to be a first round pick.
I was pretty realistic about my chances of being drafted.
I want to be the No. 1 pick really bad. It's been a dream of mine since I was a little kid, and I feel like I would fit well in Boston.
Once my junior year finished at Florida State, I won the Rhodes Scholarship and I was also projected as a second-round draft pick.
I can say confidently that I don't think Austin Corbett is going to play tackle in the NFL.
Before the combine, there were a lot of questions about whether I could guard multiple positions.
If you're out there, and you can't do it, that makes you a bust. Well, I was never really out there. I was never Greg Oden in the NBA.
I didn't even care where I was drafted.
I'm not really too focused on where I get drafted. It's what I do after I get drafted.
It had been a long journey for me just to get drafted. I had to work very hard as a collegiate player just to get recognized, being at a small school.
I'm the best player in the draft. I truly feel that way. But I feel like you can ask anybody in the draft and they would have said the same thing. I just feel like I showcased it on many levels and I was put through so many different scenarios where I had to make the best out of it. And I had a lot of success with it.
Malik Monk is special. Special.
I'm really high on Josh Allen. He reminds me of Ben Roethlisberger. He's got the big arm. He's a very good athlete.
You're only a first-round pick for one year.
Honestly I'm excited for whatever team wants to draft me, and I'm excited to make an impact right away.
I was perceived to be a first- to third-rounder. I kind of had a tough junior year and fell to the fifth round. At that time, it was motivational.
If you went and found my draft bio, I wasn't supposed to play left tackle, and I sure as hell wasn't supposed to play it for 12 years.
