Fred VanVleet's story - here's a kid who's not very fast, not very tall, undrafted, had every excuse to not make it big and here he is and he's gonna be one of the top free agents.
I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp.
I was a quarterback in college. I hoped to go to the NFL, and I didn't get drafted. I then became a free agent. I could sign with whoever I wanted to, and I ended up going to Pittsburgh.
I don't have anything to lose. I was undrafted.
I was told I was going undrafted. That's what I was told by everybody. I guess I wasn't good enough in everybody else's eyes.
I'm undrafted. It's always going to be like that. I have to go above and beyond on everything that I do, even though I have the stats.
When you're an undrafted guy, it's hard because... you're not going to have the first- or second-team reps all the time, obviously.
Once you get into the NFL, it doesn't matter what draft pick you are, what round you are, if you're undrafted or not. It's football time again. The draft, all of that doesn't matter anymore.
For me, I'm an undrafted guy, so every single year was a battle.
