WEBVTT - S3 Episode 7: Getting The Call 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:03.000 Drafted is a production of tree Fork Media, Clutch Sports Group, 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:06.960 and I Heart Radio. What we did was put together 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:10.280 this why Receiver big board, and we just made a 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:13.800 war room in a dining room, and we've got stickies 0:00:13.880 --> 0:00:16.840 with the top thirty receivers. So every time a guy 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:19.760 got picked, we put on the round what Picky was 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:22.440 his name? What Timmy went to? And we had twenty 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:26.200 eight slots right, and we had Dez his name and 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:35.520 read welcome back to Drafted. I'm Steven Johnson. And this 0:00:35.680 --> 0:00:39.479 is episode seven of season three. The first round of 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:43.600 the NFL Draft is over. Kelln Mahn and Dez Fitzpatrick 0:00:43.680 --> 0:00:47.000 are both still on the board, waiting for Day two 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:56.000 of the draft to begin and their names to be called. Des. 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:58.760 His father, Greg, has their living room draft board fully 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:01.640 updated with the five receivers that were drafted in round one, 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:05.720 along with velcro nameplates for the top twenty five receivers 0:01:05.720 --> 0:01:09.800 still undrafted. He's as ready as anyone for round two 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:14.440 and three. This afternoon, Des, his mom, Wendy Fitzpatrick, describes 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:17.920 the experience at her ex husband's house on that first night. 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:24.480 Oh my goodness, the war room and that is what 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:28.680 he called it. Yet every wide receiver names already cut 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:32.840 out in bell Crow with the teams, so those were 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.920 already with the logo, with the helmet and the name 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:37.840 of the teams. All of that was vehicle. So then 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:41.200 we just were placing them one by one, every time 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:43.280 a wide receiver. And then we will look at the 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:46.480 batch that was left on the table of the remaining ones, 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:50.880 and of course Destiny's name is still there. Des appeared 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:54.080 relatively calm during the first round, even as those other 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:57.120 receiver names went up the board and his name remained 0:01:57.120 --> 0:02:00.600 on the table. However, Greg's draft board didn't seem to 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:03.800 ease his own nerves as much as he intended. Here's 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:08.840 Wendy again, his father. He was pacing. He was pacing 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:11.120 all through the house. So we okay, we have this 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:15.239 many remaining wide receivers left. And yes, I'm like, Greg, 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:18.840 would you please sit down. Just a lot of nervous 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:21.839 energy going on. I think he was trying not to be, 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:24.320 but it was obvious that he is, you know, like, no, no, 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:26.880 I'm not no, no, no, I'm fine, And you're looking 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:32.520 like you're a nervous wreck. You're a nervous wreck. It 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:36.480 was very intense to say the least. As the second 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:39.919 and third rounds approach, Clutch agent to Marius Bilbo calls 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:43.040 Greg to check in on the Fitzpatrick's, perhaps with equal 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:46.200 concern for father and son. Here's Greg on the phone 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:53.680 responding about desert mental state. Man, if we got a 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:56.480 real should environment, like I was telling you yesterday, Man, 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:59.120 the environment that he set up at the crib is 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:03.320 really fun, really chill. You know, he'll have an opportunity 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:05.680 to just kind of be out of the way, you know, 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:07.440 with his boys, and just to be kind of hanging 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:10.639 out with his boys, you know what I mean. Sold. Yeah, 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:13.720 so that people aren't you know every three minutes, you know, 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:16.600 rubbing him on the bag, telling he's gonna be okay, 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:20.560 and days don't run, you're gonna get paid, you know. Yeah. 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:24.080 And then like I said, man, we got our little 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:27.239 war room. Tell us connect my gems. But to receive 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:30.800 I think I ain't thinking about the ship at this point, man, 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:38.200 Like I ain't. Should I nothing I can do? Yeah, Yeah, 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:41.040 that's a that's a great mindset, man. And like I said, 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:44.120 the worry is just it's not what we need to be. 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:47.760 You know. Obviously it's hard to because you got so 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:50.760 much on the line, You've worked so hard, and you know, 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:53.119 I always tell guys, this process has a way of 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:55.880 making you think somebody is better than you, or you 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:59.240 haven't done enough, or it's you're not good enough. But 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:02.640 like I say, regardless of what pick you are, you're 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:04.640 the only guy picked in that position for that year 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:08.240 and you still gotta go pool. So thoughts with his mindset, Well, 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:10.920 you got you know, I'll be available. I'll be sharing 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:14.640 information with you, and I'm interested in my draft board. 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:26.120 You receiver board, look look absolutely absolutely well. I appreciate you, man, 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:37.679 and we'll be talking. Yep. Although Greg maybe coming across 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:40.560 that's stressed or nervous death doesn't feel that way. He 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:43.400 still seems to be composed at the moment. He explains 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:47.120 his perspective going into the middle of the draft. I 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:48.920 kept telling my dad, used asked me, like, you know, 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:51.240 your dreams coming true, And I'm just kid telling him, like, 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:54.479 you know, I feel like, regardless of if I'm a 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:58.160 second rounder or seventh round or undrafted free agent, I 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:01.039 truly feel in my heart that I did everything that 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:03.880 I can do for me to go as high as possible. 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:05.600 If my dad was just more anxious, like, Okay, I 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:08.039 hope he gets a call, or I wonder where he's going, 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:11.159 or you know, the rams talk to him a lot. Okay, 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:13.360 the rams are up on the board. Okay, the rams 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:15.599 on the cluck, let's see. And then okay, no, that's 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:20.719 not you know, it's just the anxious in it. Round 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:23.960 two is about to begin as guests arrived at the 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:31.160 Fitzpatrick household in Michigan once again, and in San Antonio, Texas. 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:33.719 Friends and families show up at the man residence for 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:37.560 the second day, one of whom is Kellyn's grandma, Jacqueline 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:41.600 Mont Smith, his dad's mother, who moves in for a 0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:52.480 hug on her grandson, Graham Graham Graham Graham's Graham grams, 0:05:55.400 --> 0:06:04.560 you decided, Oh yeah, I'm pretty excited. M How do 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:12.159 you feel today? Feel normal? Good? How are you living? 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:21.480 You're gonna are you gonna be nervous tonight? Sure you're nervous, sire, 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:26.760 So you don't have to be nervous, okay. Kellen's grandma 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:29.880 jokingly offers to bear the anxiety for the whole family tonight, 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:32.520 but Kellen doesn't seem the need to take her up 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:35.279 on that, as he said earlier this year. He's watching 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:37.800 the draft at home just like he always does, and 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:40.039 the main difference is just that his name will be 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:43.960 called at some point. Meanwhile, in the living room, Kellen's dad, 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:48.040 Kevin and Clutch Sports Groups Coral Silverberg make sure everything 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:56.360 is set up for the virtual draft broadcast. So what's 0:06:56.560 --> 0:07:02.320 to win? Thirty one? So here I'll show you. Really, 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:07.200 so this is a shot that is fins getting and 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:16.520 they're just going to NonStop make me one of that. 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:20.400 That's it. But they just want to make sure it's 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:27.360 just the mom's family on the couch with back inside 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:30.480 the house. Kellen opens the front door for another v 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:35.240 I P guest. Man, Oh, waiting to see it. I 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:46.240 know we've been Sharpen Airport for thirty minutes. Is Mark here? Yeah? 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:49.560 This is jimbo Fisher, Kellen's head coach from Texas A 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:52.200 and M A head coach, flying in for his players 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:55.360 draft party. It's almost unheard of in major college football 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:58.680 by this point in April. They're usually focused on recruiting 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:02.440 for upcoming seasons, or preparing for summer training camp, or 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:05.960 all the other endless demands on their time. So Jim 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:09.200 coming here is a true Testament to the Bond Key 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:16.520 and Kelen share circle were half an hour. Really. Yeah, 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:24.600 it was on the airport when we got appreciate we 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:30.640 don't don't. How do you do don't? Yeah? Sorry your 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:38.760 on you today. That's a great day man. You're watching yesterday? Yeah, 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:43.120 we were sitting here watchings Pride. Uh like Washington picking 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:47.200 a linebacker from Sucky, I want to say, and then 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:51.679 the Saints picking the defensive end. Hello, good to see you, 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:56.200 was saying. Washington, New Orleans and Minnesota. I know you 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:58.720 talked to Minnesota, talked to Minnesota, talked to Gary and 0:08:58.800 --> 0:09:03.600 Clint and remember actaw Gary Hall of Fame thing, and uh, 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:06.880 I'll tell you the other one cross off? Yeah really? 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:14.280 Oh yeah, yeah yeah, I wouldn't was they who? Uh 0:09:15.240 --> 0:09:18.720 that maybe one? Yeah? And Washington? You're at Minnesota and 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:25.800 who'd you say that New Orleans special for Hill. I'm 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:27.400 telling you, I've been to this thing, so damn well, 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:34.600 whoever you don't, whoever did word, whoever hasn't. So they don't, 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:36.960 they're they're so stay don't ever one they're scared the 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:39.439 other one's gonna jump. Yeah. Who all came down with 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:46.440 the team? Yeah, has right? There, chase worked out. As 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:50.199 Callen and coach Fisher continued chatting, they see NFL Commissioner 0:09:50.240 --> 0:10:02.480 Goodell walked back onto the Cleveland stage over jackson jack 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:09.360 Round two is officially open and Jacksonville has the first 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:12.880 pick again. Kellen and his dad strategized based on what 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:16.160 happened in round one and some additional intel they got 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:20.880 from Kellen's agent. To Marius Bilbo, they said, no, dy 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:25.240 Lynman and safeties were selected last night except the two 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:27.079 hands from Miami. Gon'll be a lot of people, the 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:30.240 Mars said, a lot of lots of demons of linemen 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:32.480 going to night, a lot of secondary people going to 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:39.400 don't safety back now ciscot Uh. The Marius were talking 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:41.480 to one of the cold scouts and he said that 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:44.600 the cold scouts said, Um, the best of this for me, 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:47.439 like best teams would be in Minnesota or New Orleans. 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:52.240 But so New Orleans takes that sixty, Washington picks that 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:57.000 fifty one, and but Minnesota didn't have any second round picks. 0:10:57.040 --> 0:10:59.480 But they have multiple there for the third round and 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:02.240 multiple four round so they may use some of those picks. 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:03.800 You can give them a way to train into a 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:14.880 second So we'll see Minnesota, New Orleans, Washington, and Denver 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:19.240 are all reportedly interested in Kelly. However, four picks in 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:22.280 the round two, Denver selects a running back instead of 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:25.960 a quarterback, Lynman and other positions fly off the board, 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:31.160 including two more wide receivers, but no Dez Fitzpatrick and 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:34.839 no quarterbacks are selected. And despite Kellen's grandma trying to 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:38.080 take on the nervousness for the whole family, Kellen's mom, Latitia, 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:42.280 struggles with waiting and watching, especially as the weight of 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:46.800 what's happening starts to finally sink in. I was definitely 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:49.160 the most nervous, and I think if you were to 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:51.760 look at the stream when the camera was on there, 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:55.480 I probably did not move at all that night. I 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:57.960 literally sat there. I don't think I really ate unless 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:00.440 someone handed me something. I didn't have anything to drink 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:03.040 other than having a water bottle that I was probably squeezing. 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:06.640 But when you think about it, you know, we had 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:10.679 an idea of the teens that we're looking for quarterbacks, 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:13.360 so we kind of knew when it was like something 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:16.800 was it was getting close, right, And so when you 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:18.959 think about it, and you know, all you could think 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:23.680 about is your child and how hard they have worked, 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.240 you know, and all you want is the best for 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:29.840 your kids in the end, no matter what all your ones. 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:34.920 It's been emotional time for me over the last couple 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:38.040 of months, and then we've had a lot of challengers. Also. 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:42.240 It wasn't just a draft adding stress. The Mond family 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:45.360 was also dealing with a family tragedy at the same time. 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:49.840 My mother has always been very independent. She lived on 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:53.280 her own, was driving at the age of eighty one, 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:59.280 and on April eleven, m she suffered a stroke and 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:03.640 based sickly was in the hospital and she was a 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:07.400 huge m A and m van And although she was 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:11.520 in the hospital on draft night, um, you know she 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:19.000 she was watching the draft. As Latitia watched the draft unfold, 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:21.680 she couldn't help but think of her mom in the hospital, 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:28.480 also watching and rooting for Kellen. Sadly, latitious mom, Sylvia Gonzalez, 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:33.360 passed away shortly after the draft ended. She was one 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:38.080 years old. Kellen actually did get to speak to her 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:42.360 a couple of days before the draft, and even though 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:46.840 her speech was very short and it was very difficult, 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:50.280 I'm so glad that he was able to talk to her, 0:13:50.520 --> 0:14:08.480 you know, that last time. Yeah, we'll be right back. 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:19.880 Round two continues in Cleveland and on the television. In 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:23.440 the mod household, Washington has a selection soon had to 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:26.720 pick fifty one. This is where coach Fisher thinks Kellen 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:29.840 will end up. So Kellen begins to get excited and 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:36.960 narrate to his family in real time. We're gonna We're 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:40.160 gonna see what Washingtonton does. One. I ain't trying to 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:52.160 make you. Anxiety goes no call before, No, they call 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:56.760 you after the pig see after the Giants pick Washington 0:14:57.160 --> 0:15:01.800 Parney checking balls a yesterday, I'll sitting right here and 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:05.480 dad walked up behind me and he was it was 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.760 Washington's pick, and like, you know, they needed a quarterback. 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:11.640 I guess he's like just checking phones, just checking phones. 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:16.400 The nerves are starting the show for Kellen's family, but 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:23.720 not for him. Yeah, Washington's next, Okay. Gianna's uh, She's like, yeah, 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:26.000 my anxiety is for the group. And I'm like, yeah, 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:27.880 you're like your hand is taking to like that's why 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:32.400 I keep putting my hand in my hair. On the 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:37.400 draft broadcast, Washington announces their pick, an offensive tackle from Texas. 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:48.160 The weight continues for Kellen, so, y'all, y'all, deciety can 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:52.240 go down. Now. You know what's not me? You gotta 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:58.360 be a QB. In the next three picks it Carolina Tennessee. 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:18.600 They don't need the one. They might get one. UM four. 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:23.800 Although he's tough to hear. That's coach Jimbo Fisher in 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:27.640 the background commenting on a draft prospect on TV. Coach 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:30.400 Fisher is talking about playing against him and what his 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:33.760 stats were in a game that happened years ago. Apparently 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:37.360 this sort of photographic football memory is the norm with him. 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:43.600 Here's Kellen in the living room again, explaining another instance. Yeah, 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:46.040 we we we mean like meetings and stuffing. He'd be like, hey, 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:51.080 like pull up l s U two thousand four against Arkansas. 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:54.240 We were going in the red drum. I'm like, dude, 0:16:54.280 --> 0:17:05.960 that was seventeen years ago. Where he keeps team free 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:16.960 receiving players. Pick fifty seven, it's Dez Fitzpatrick's teammate and 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:21.000 fellow Louisville wide receiver to tow out well. He's selected 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:23.680 by the Los Angeles Rams, a team rumored to be 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:27.760 interested in death. The pick surprises everyone in the Fitzpatrick family, 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:30.720 and although Dez is happy and excited for his teammate. 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:34.600 He also has been watching receiver after receiver get picked 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:37.720 ahead of him. Here's his agent to Marius Bilbo on 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:46.080 how does processes all of this. He took a lot 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:48.800 of things in disrespect. And I think that Morsel went 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:51.919 from going to Louisville, you know, having a great freshman 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:54.960 year with Lamar Jackson and then kind of taking a 0:17:55.160 --> 0:17:57.800 back seat to some other names on roster or other 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:00.560 guys who crossed the conference in the crawl the country. 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:03.840 You know, he he really took a personal approach to this. 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:07.359 Is that that I don't think I ever saw anyone 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:10.240 outside of Jarvis Landry, you know, like I'm gonna write 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:12.760 every receiver name that went in front of me. I'm 0:18:12.760 --> 0:18:14.359 gonna write their name down. I'm gonna keep it in 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:17.159 my locker, and I'm gonna make sure when it's the 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:19.240 last man standing, you know, my name is gonna be 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:22.560 left on that list. And that's days And if he 0:18:22.600 --> 0:18:33.600 told you anything different, He's lines. We'll be right back 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:51.080 back in San Antonio. The Chiefs are on the clock 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:55.080 with pick number. Then two picks later the things will 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:58.600 be up. And now that their longtime quarterback Drew Breeze retired, 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:01.720 They've been rumored as an another likely landing spot for Kellen. 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:04.760 He and his family discussed the Saints interest as the 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:18.960 pick approaches. What are the Saints gonna do? Because I 0:19:19.000 --> 0:19:22.000 mean they called Jimbo after the meeting, like multiple coaches 0:19:22.040 --> 0:19:25.919 from and to Marrius. So if y'all have, like, if 0:19:25.960 --> 0:19:28.560 y'all have like food, and y'all tim and like you celebrate, 0:19:28.600 --> 0:19:33.040 are you gonna like throw it up? Yeah? Kellen is 0:19:33.080 --> 0:19:35.760 feeling optimistic because the Saints followed up their meeting with 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:38.880 him by calling his coach, Jimbo and his agent to Marius, 0:19:39.880 --> 0:19:42.480 that kind of due diligence usually means the team wants 0:19:42.560 --> 0:19:46.239 to draft you. Surprisingly, the Saints take a linebacker from 0:19:46.280 --> 0:19:51.040 Ohio State instead. Feeling even more anxious, Kellen's mom, Letitia, 0:19:51.400 --> 0:19:56.680 keeps eyeing her son's phone. I kept asking Kellen, when 0:19:56.960 --> 0:19:59.280 will you be getting the call? Like, at what point 0:19:59.359 --> 0:20:02.040 do they make the call? And he said that once 0:20:02.160 --> 0:20:05.159 the clock starts for the next pick, that that was 0:20:05.280 --> 0:20:09.680 when they would call. So we're sitting and it's pick 0:20:09.760 --> 0:20:13.520 sixty four and it's Tampa Bay and we know that 0:20:13.600 --> 0:20:16.480 they're looking for a quarterback and so I'm just you know, 0:20:16.720 --> 0:20:18.560 trying to be you know, I always have a smile 0:20:18.640 --> 0:20:20.800 on my face and looking and looking and looking, and 0:20:20.880 --> 0:20:23.119 then all of a sudden, I see the pick is in, 0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:27.280 So I thought, darn it. Okay, so it's not pick 0:20:27.400 --> 0:20:30.760 sixty four. Okay, Now we're praying for sixty six because 0:20:30.800 --> 0:20:35.160 that's Minnesota. Pick sixty four belonged to the defending Super 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:38.520 Bowl champs, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They needed a quarterback 0:20:38.600 --> 0:20:41.520 to back up Tom Brady, and they took one, selecting 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:48.000 Florida quarterback Kyle Trask instead of Kellen. That marks the 0:20:48.200 --> 0:20:51.919 end of round two. Now Round three begins with Kellen 0:20:52.000 --> 0:20:56.000 and Dez still waiting and perhaps feeling a little more nervous. 0:20:58.840 --> 0:21:01.880 That's the second round in right now? Want the third round? 0:21:01.880 --> 0:21:13.520 Note Roun, Hello, this is yeah, a bunch of people, 0:21:13.600 --> 0:21:24.080 you know, technically a lot open right now? Yeah, yes, sir, awesome, 0:21:26.240 --> 0:21:56.360 I got you. He said you're going in Minnesota. Watch 0:21:56.440 --> 0:22:00.520 this up. That's Kellen's mom crying, and it's Coral Silverberg 0:22:00.560 --> 0:22:03.000 from Clutched Sports trying to clear a path for the 0:22:03.119 --> 0:22:06.080 draft broadcast because they'll be showing Kellen and his family 0:22:06.119 --> 0:22:10.359 on TV. When the pick Is announcement with the sixty 0:22:10.480 --> 0:22:35.520 six pick info track see Minnesota Viking select telling, Get 0:22:35.600 --> 0:23:03.040 Learning here, Serious, Graham, love you anything. That was Kellen's 0:23:03.160 --> 0:23:06.639 dad informing everyone they're about to get lit and that 0:23:06.840 --> 0:23:09.960 he isn't really sure what that means. Kellen describes the 0:23:10.000 --> 0:23:14.080 whirlwind moment from the phone call to hugging his grandma afterwards. 0:23:16.560 --> 0:23:19.800 I don't remember any day. I didn't necessarily know who 0:23:19.880 --> 0:23:21.240 was going to drive me or what was going on, 0:23:21.840 --> 0:23:23.520 so I didn't tell anyone I was on the phone. 0:23:24.119 --> 0:23:26.560 So whenever I said that, you know, people around me 0:23:26.640 --> 0:23:29.959 knew what there was, like people upstairs and everyone went crazy. 0:23:30.400 --> 0:23:32.240 Uh so, I mean it was, it was. It was 0:23:32.320 --> 0:23:34.600 a phenomenal feeling, and you know, I tell a lot 0:23:34.640 --> 0:23:37.520 of people that was probably one of the best feelings, 0:23:37.800 --> 0:23:40.880 um you know, that I've ever had. After ducking into 0:23:40.920 --> 0:23:44.280 another room to do interviews and media appearances, Kellen returns 0:23:44.320 --> 0:23:48.399 to the party to celebrate with friends and family. I 0:23:48.600 --> 0:23:50.359 was I was talking about to cry on everything with 0:23:50.440 --> 0:23:57.480 trut To crying around me everything. Yeah, what what's the 0:23:57.520 --> 0:24:03.480 weather like out there? Where I see? Kellen spent his 0:24:03.720 --> 0:24:07.000 entire life in Texas and Florida. So not surprisingly, he's 0:24:07.000 --> 0:24:11.320 already worried about the weather in Minneapolis. It's it's been 0:24:11.400 --> 0:24:21.960 it's been five in Minnesota. You can thank you for coming. 0:24:27.640 --> 0:24:31.399 The moment when Kelln's name was finally called impacted everyone 0:24:31.440 --> 0:24:35.000 at the party differently. Most cheered, some cried, and some 0:24:35.440 --> 0:24:39.760 just felt relief. Kellen's mom, Letitia, explains how watching the 0:24:39.840 --> 0:24:43.119 pick be announced opened her eyes to something much bigger 0:24:43.240 --> 0:24:46.160 than her son getting a new job as an NFL quarterback. 0:24:50.359 --> 0:24:53.880 When you looked around the room when and I'm gonna 0:24:53.880 --> 0:24:57.639 get emotional, but you know, there were there were so 0:24:57.760 --> 0:25:00.600 many family members. But when you looked at a friends 0:25:00.760 --> 0:25:05.000 and you see friends of Kellyn's that um, you know, 0:25:05.119 --> 0:25:08.160 you saw his coaches, his first coaches there, you saw 0:25:08.320 --> 0:25:12.439 Jimbo sitting on the couch. Um. It was such an 0:25:12.480 --> 0:25:14.920 incredible experience. You see his and m teammates, and you 0:25:15.040 --> 0:25:18.639 see kids that played middle school ball with him. It 0:25:18.840 --> 0:25:21.240 was amazing when you looked around the room to see 0:25:21.359 --> 0:25:24.200 who was really surrounding him, and they have all made 0:25:24.480 --> 0:25:28.680 an impact on Kellen and one thing that I thought 0:25:28.840 --> 0:25:32.560 was even the most special, and so many people commented 0:25:32.720 --> 0:25:37.520 on this. But after everything happened and he was drafted, 0:25:37.680 --> 0:25:43.080 and you know, we all started celebrating, and actually he was, 0:25:43.280 --> 0:25:46.000 you know, with my brothers and sisters, with your brothers 0:25:46.040 --> 0:25:49.879 and sisters, and just thanking them, thank you them for 0:25:50.000 --> 0:25:52.359 their support along the way, and it was just it 0:25:52.520 --> 0:25:55.720 was really it was really emotional. Shortly after all that, 0:25:56.359 --> 0:26:04.359 Kellen takes the microphone outside and addresses the crowd, m hey, 0:26:04.440 --> 0:26:06.960 real quick, everybody at real quick. Hey, I just want 0:26:06.960 --> 0:26:15.439 to just yeah, yeah, yeah, oh you you you wrote this. Hey. 0:26:15.480 --> 0:26:17.440 I just want to appreciate everybody for coming out here. 0:26:17.800 --> 0:26:20.320 Uh pretty much everyone who's in here I've been a 0:26:20.400 --> 0:26:22.199 part of a part of sometime I was a young kid, 0:26:22.359 --> 0:26:25.080 or just somebody I've met in college. So everyone who's 0:26:25.119 --> 0:26:27.080 been here has been a part of my support system. 0:26:27.200 --> 0:26:28.920 So I just want to say I love you'll, appreciate 0:26:28.960 --> 0:26:48.800 you all for coming out now, for telling yeah you 0:26:48.880 --> 0:26:53.160 can meet a microphone, y'all even get it back ground, 0:26:55.160 --> 0:26:57.800 for being out help of the family. Thank you for 0:26:58.240 --> 0:27:00.200 everybody come out. And this has always been a port 0:27:00.240 --> 0:27:03.720 And this is Kellen's dad, Kevin giving the speech. Now. 0:27:04.840 --> 0:27:07.399 It's been a lifelong dream of mind to have a 0:27:07.560 --> 0:27:11.040 child German. From the agent to starting les a quarterback 0:27:11.240 --> 0:27:13.400 always said I would never a true story. I would 0:27:13.440 --> 0:27:17.000 never ever change the damage blinds that were there from 0:27:17.040 --> 0:27:19.560 all the footballs we threw in this house. Mrs Mom 0:27:19.560 --> 0:27:22.000 would yell at us. We continue to do bit winds 0:27:22.040 --> 0:27:25.760 all throughout the house. I've promised you, I honestly God said, 0:27:25.880 --> 0:27:29.159 I would never change the blinds unless Kalman make it. 0:27:37.760 --> 0:27:40.480 We have blinds in our house here yet Uh there's 0:27:40.520 --> 0:27:42.960 been probably over a thousand footballs and hit the blinds 0:27:43.000 --> 0:27:45.720 from throwing, having him throwing practice in the house and 0:27:45.760 --> 0:27:49.720 heard yelling stop hitting the blinds. And we did it 0:27:49.760 --> 0:27:51.479 all the tw years he was a kid, whether he's 0:27:51.520 --> 0:27:54.120 three years old, four years old. I started, like I said, 0:27:54.160 --> 0:27:56.240 at too, throwing in their football. So we have a 0:27:56.280 --> 0:27:58.680 lot of damage blinds. But the deal was I would 0:27:58.720 --> 0:28:01.280 not change out the blinds in the house after we 0:28:01.400 --> 0:28:03.760 left him for a certain period of time until Kellen 0:28:04.160 --> 0:28:07.640 made it to the NFL. And now college is done 0:28:07.720 --> 0:28:09.240 and he made it to the NFL, so now I 0:28:09.320 --> 0:28:11.399 get a chance I can go buy new blinds. But 0:28:11.560 --> 0:28:13.520 it's kind of the symbol of her house for him 0:28:13.960 --> 0:28:16.680 because there's like been you know, limital blinds in the house. 0:28:16.760 --> 0:28:19.159 You know, window blinds and some have been up. But 0:28:19.320 --> 0:28:21.399 you know, it's not like the house is tacky or anything. 0:28:21.440 --> 0:28:23.440 But it was just the symbol of Kellen throwing the 0:28:23.440 --> 0:28:27.320 football in the house, hitting the windows so our dad 0:28:27.400 --> 0:28:30.520 make not making the catchupple ball he threw. So maybe 0:28:30.600 --> 0:28:35.480 that was it. But you know, we've been joking about 0:28:35.520 --> 0:28:39.480 this obviously for many, many years. Um, I actually want 0:28:39.520 --> 0:28:42.160 to keep the blinds because to me, you know, it 0:28:42.280 --> 0:28:45.480 reminds you of the journey that you've been on. Right, 0:28:49.760 --> 0:28:53.040 maybe more than anything else. That's what the NFL draft 0:28:53.200 --> 0:28:57.720 truly represents. It's the culminating moment of someone's entire life, 0:28:59.440 --> 0:29:01.560 from a two year old throwing a nerve ball with 0:29:01.640 --> 0:29:05.280 his dad, to a struggling college student dealing with the 0:29:05.360 --> 0:29:09.200 weight of perfection to a wide eyed NFL rookie with 0:29:09.360 --> 0:29:14.160 unlimited promise ahead. And it's that same zenith for his parents, 0:29:14.640 --> 0:29:18.880 seeing his friends from youth football, his cousins and college teammates, 0:29:19.440 --> 0:29:22.719 and even his coaches from out of town, all from 0:29:22.800 --> 0:29:27.480 different chapters of his life, all coming together to celebrate 0:29:28.200 --> 0:29:44.040 that little kid who lives in their memories. Next undrafted 0:29:45.280 --> 0:29:49.160 Jesus getting worried because you know when day three happens. 0:29:49.240 --> 0:29:52.280 It's like he could just start sliding. I don't want 0:29:52.320 --> 0:29:54.480 to have those feelings, so let me just try to 0:29:54.720 --> 0:29:57.160 block it out like it doesn't exist. People ask me 0:29:57.200 --> 0:30:00.239