WEBVTT - S1 Episode 2: Paving The Way 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:02.880 Drafted as a production of tree Fort Media, Clutched Sports Group, 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:10.120 and I Heart Radio. Welcome back to Drafted, where eight 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:13.360 elite college football players take us on their personal journeys 0:00:13.760 --> 0:00:20.000 as they enter the NFL. Dad's outside gritting papers. He 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:22.720 looks more anxious about the draft than he does the papers. 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:26.640 But yeah, yeah, he's really anxious. But you know, I'm 0:00:26.680 --> 0:00:29.080 just worried about where I'm going. And in the week 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:32.400 leading up to the NFL Draft, they'll mike themselves up 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:36.519 without producers, directors or cameras. Things gonna get hear it out, 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:40.120 you know, a little man, Hey, something's gonna be here. 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:42.920 It out all right, They're going here. It all offering 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:46.440 an honest, authentic look at who these athletes are beneath 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:48.519 the pads and what it takes to go from a 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:52.800 childhood dream to hearing their name called undraft day. Talking 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:56.320 about it, man, what is it? I feel like I 0:00:56.400 --> 0:00:59.240 have that in factor that nobody has. And you know, 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:02.040 some people have it, some people don't. Some people got 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:05.840 more it's than others, And you know, I feel like 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:08.600 it determines how successful you'll be, how far you'll go, 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:12.880 what you're willing to do. But you're willing to sacrifice, 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:17.240 which you're willing to commit to it. And I feel 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:19.680 like my if actor has has always been something that's 0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:22.200 set me apart. I mean, I'm not a first rounder, 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:24.600 you know, I'm not even the top three rounder. This 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:28.360 episode focuses on two new athletes playing the same position 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:31.360 in very different ways. We'll be hearing from the biggest 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:35.240 men on the field, the three plus pound offensive linement. 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:36.920 I'm a real dominant player. I'd like to see my 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:39.160 man on the ground every play, and when you don't 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:40.880 the ground, like to jump on top of them. This 0:01:40.920 --> 0:01:44.440 position requires a special kind of personality and comes with 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:46.880 its own unique challenges. It's all a mind game. If 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:48.880 you don't think you can beat that guy, and that 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:51.960 guy knows that he's gonna bully you all day. Offensive 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:56.240 lineman are the unknown, unsung heroes of football. With technique, 0:01:56.480 --> 0:01:59.320 they give their star quarterback the time and space to pass, 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:03.000 but tecting him from a brutal hit or providing a 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:06.240 few extra milliseconds to make a big play. With brute strength, 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:09.680 they move other three hundred plus pound men to create 0:02:09.720 --> 0:02:12.440 an opening that running backs can burst through for a game. 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:16.080 Size and strength are critical, but playing offensive line is 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:21.000 also about the immeasurables. Willpower, effort, and mental strength are 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:24.680 just as important as the physical. In this second episode 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:27.680 of Drafted, we're about to hear from offensive tackles Mackay 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:31.880 Beckton and Tremaine Anchrome, along with their fathers who helped 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:34.799 push and shape them on the cusp of fulfilling their 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:43.760 dream and finally being drafted into the National Football League. 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:56.400 Right here anyway, because that's no no, I'm saying, when 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:59.079 on whenever you picked, I'm wearing this kind of head. 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:03.840 This is McKay Deckton, a highly touted offensive lineman, the 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:07.480 kind NFL teams build their franchises around. He's the guy 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:10.680 who protects the star quarterback. Now he and his family 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:14.200 are preparing for his own star turn on draft day. Now. 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:16.160 I played at the University of Louisville, and I played 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:18.280 in office a tackle. When I hear the words drafting, 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:20.040 I feel great and I just get happy, you know, 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:21.959 I just because I know my dream will come true 0:03:22.000 --> 0:03:25.000 on that day. With the draft only a week away, 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:28.640 McKay has been shooting up mock draft boards, gaining momentum 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:32.840 as a potential top pick. He's hearing from everyone coaches, scouts, 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:44.840 friends and family. Yeah, I'm doing good, looking, looking good too. 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:52.880 I always look good. We're just ready now. Honestly, the 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:56.200 only thing outweighing McKay is larger than life confidence is 0:03:56.280 --> 0:04:00.600 his mountainous, towering frame. It's almost impossible to talk about 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:04.440 McKay without discussing how big he is. Always been bigger 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:07.360 than the average kid. I was always standing over everybody 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.400 in pitchers. Always was the biggest kid. So there's something 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:13.480 I'm used to, not just bigger than the average kid 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:17.640 or the biggest kid, much much bigger than the biggest kid. 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:20.680 Just ask his dad. My name is Jerome Beck then, 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:24.280 and McKay is back then father, and he's my son. 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:26.920 We used to have to walk around with his birth 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:30.920 certificate because at some games we go to, they couldn't 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:33.000 believe he was the age and the sad that he was. 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:36.200 As a thirteen year old high school freshman, McKay was 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:41.400 six ft three, two hundred and fifteen pounds and rapidly growing. 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:45.800 Sometimes when you have kids like that, you gotta let 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:48.280 them still be a kid. When he was coming up, 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:50.760 we always knew he was going to be special, but 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.160 I didn't put that pressure on him far as you 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:55.760 gotta be this kid, you gotta be that kid. Go 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:57.920 out to have fun and work on your craft. That's 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:00.440 what we mainly always told him. Just working. Cry, I 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:03.120 get better every day. I said. When you get better 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:05.680 every day, that's when you know you'll get to see 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:07.440 you what you need to get to. So don't just 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:09.080 go out there and just be medio to just try 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.680 to get better every time you you touched that court 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:13.960 or you touched that field. And you know that always 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:16.239 stuck with him. On the first day of high school 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:19.080 football practice, mackay told his coach he wanted to play 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:22.720 wide receiver or tight end. The coach laughed and said, 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:24.960 at the rape McKay was growing, he'd be too big 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:27.640 to play those positions in a few weeks. That's when 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:30.640 they moved him to the offensive line. He played football 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:35.320 and basketball. He was actually leaning towards basketball for his 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:37.279 first love when he was younger, but you know, he 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:40.680 started getting bigger and bigger, so he always was the 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:43.520 biggest kid on the football and basketball court. By the 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:45.560 end of the ninth grade, he was six ft five 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:49.520 and amazingly continuing to add weight to his lengthening frame. 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:51.960 He remembers the moment in high school when he first 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:54.640 realized his new fountain size had made a difference on 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:56.880 the field after the first game of my junior year 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:00.240 because we played against our arrivals and I've played really 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:02.600 good and that was my first varsity game, and that's 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:04.240 when I felt like, I can take this to the 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:08.400 next level and take you more seriously. When wants to 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:10.760 click with him, he put that high work in. It's 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.360 just disguised with the limit he wants his off of 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:16.640 start rolling in the high school, that's when he really 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:19.120 took a serious and made it to his craft that 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:21.159 he he was gonna try to make it as a professional. 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:24.680 By the end of high school, mackay received offers from 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:28.560 thirty one major college football programs thanks to some significant 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:31.840 growth spurts and serious hands on coaching. I coached him 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:33.360 all the way until he went in the high school. 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:35.360 Once he got in the high school, I just let him. 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:38.080 You know, I didn't apply to the coach at the 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:41.320 high school, but through the rings of recreation, I coached 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:44.359 him since he was five. My dad. He definitely coached 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:46.160 me harder than anybody else on the team. I'm not 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:47.800 gonna lie to you. The first year he coached me, 0:06:47.839 --> 0:06:50.479 I was expecting him to take it easier because on 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:53.360 his son. But no, that wasn't that wasn't the case. 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:55.240 I mean, I got coached the hardest out of everybody, 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:57.320 but I feel like it helped me out and long more. Honestly, 0:06:57.320 --> 0:06:59.320 I mean him, me and my coach definitely gave me 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:02.320 tougher skin as I got to these other coaches that 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:04.719 just talk to you any kind of way. I definitely 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:08.040 gave me the tougher skin. Tough love, coaching, commitment to 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:11.320 the craft, and an ability to handle criticism are not 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:14.200 all Jerome gave to his son. For anyone wondering where 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:17.680 McKay's athletic ability, size, or good looks comes from, are 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:22.760 you getting from the fathers? Yeah, you know, he definitely 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:25.000 gets his an athletic ability from his pops. He definitely 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:27.320 gets it from me. You know, I introduced it something 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:29.320 because I did play football. I played that's my pro 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:32.520 and I played a renal football, so you know, and 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:34.720 the rest of his history. Me and my dad are 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:36.400 the same person, I would say. I mean, we looked 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:39.679 the same, act the same, We were the same person 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:42.920 is splitting me, so me it's just like talking to myself, honestly, 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:49.160 like him, like me. So I mean, as my guy. 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:52.280 Mackay decided to go to the Atlantic Coast Conference the 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:55.480 a c C to attend the University of Louisville. He 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:59.119 became a starter his freshman year and somehow he kept 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:02.800 getting bigger bigger, but the team struggled his sophomore year, 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:06.320 only winning two games. Louisville fired their head coach and 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:09.560 hired Scott Sadderfield, who brought in a new offensive coordinator 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:13.920 and an offensive line coach, former NFL center Dwayne Ledford. 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:17.160 It's just from day one, WM Dwayne Lefford came in 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:19.360 and just told me the things that I was doing 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:21.880 before was wasn't right. Me and him had a meeting 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:24.000 the first day he got there. I mean, because I 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:26.360 already knew about his resume and when he did at 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:29.560 North Carolina State, he he had like one of the 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:33.520 top a CC lines. So like the first day he 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:35.199 got there, man just had a meeting and he was 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:39.120 telling me how he watched my film and the things 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:41.000 I needed to work on. At first I felt some 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:43.080 type of way, but then I was like, all right, 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:46.240 I gotta listen to him. Because he's been to the league. 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:48.160 He's been there, his name is in there and people 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:50.960 know him. So from that day on, I just listen 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:54.480 to everything he told me. Went in I just played 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:57.880 different This year. Years of learning to channel his dad's 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:01.679 constructive criticism at home and the field prepared mackay to 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:04.880 truly take the new coaching to heart, and because of that, 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:08.400 he became even more dominant, being named first team All 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:11.079 a c C and winning the award is the best 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:14.920 blocker in the conference. But McKay seemingly never ending growth 0:09:15.040 --> 0:09:17.679 involved a lot more than just the Louisville coaching staff. 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:20.720 And his father and then his mother have a great relationship. 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:22.920 His mother is the one that is the cook of 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:25.040 the family, so she makes sure we all eat well. 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:27.160 He was always in the kitchen with her when she cooked. 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:29.400 But his mother, she hates for somebody to be in 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:31.240 her kitchen. He worked his way in there, so she 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:33.800 cool with that part. Now. My mom is the same 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:36.440 way as my dad, jeez, the same way. You know. 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:39.200 They both are tough love. They're gonna tell you when 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:41.400 you're right, tell you when you're wrong. They're gonna help 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:45.360 you whenever you are wrong. I mean it's just they 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:47.679 always They always made sure we had it even if 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:51.400 they didn't have it. So they were definitely providers, I 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:56.480 would say, great providers. That's especially true when it comes 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:59.240 to his mom, who happens to be a professional caterer. 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:03.880 Now McCay needs to eat around to six thousand calories 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:07.960 every day just to maintain his playing weight. When I 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:10.319 was at Louisville, it was hard to morrow my weight 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:13.400 because once I started training, I started to figure out 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:18.440 that I would burn like twelve hundred caloriesies gonna workout, 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:20.360 and I wasn't restoring it in food. I need to 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:23.000 eat more. As much as life has changed and will 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.120 change for McKay, his mom and dad still provide and 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:29.600 are still all about tough love, even with the newest generation. 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:36.280 Get over here, I don't know what. He just stop 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:41.160 touching stuff. That's when he was saying, yeah, no, just 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:46.080 now we're about He said, no, wow, both of your 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:55.120 this is just ridiculous. Although McKay clearly thinks the grandkids 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:57.080 have it easier than he did, it was that tough 0:10:57.160 --> 0:11:00.520 love and pushed to continually improve got him to the 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:02.440 point where he was ready to declare for the draft 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:05.439 once he declared for the NFL. His mass that was 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:08.719 on'm gonna kill a combat. The NFL Combine has been 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:12.000 described as a meat market for scouts. Others call it 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:15.520 a televised tryout or the world's Strangest job interview. For 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:18.360 three days, players compete in a series of drills and 0:11:18.480 --> 0:11:22.880 interviews where scouts evaluate everything from weightlifting to agility to 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:26.040 how many times someone blinks. A team really asked a 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:29.560 player to participate in a staring contest. It's a level 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:33.120 of pressure and scrutiny found nowhere else, and so NFL 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:36.559 prospects prepare like their career depends on it, because sometimes 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:39.800 it does. He left school, I think like three days 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:42.360 later he was in Florida to training, and he had 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:44.160 been training that here ever since. So his mass that 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:47.760 was to kill a combat. Macaw always been a big guy, 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:53.200 and you know, now everything prototypical. They want to be 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:57.080 see a certain certain thing. Last year, every Pro Bowl 0:11:57.120 --> 0:12:01.439 offensive tackle except one played around fifteen pounds and most 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:05.040 were around six ft five inches tall. Not Surprisingly, NFL 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:09.560 general managers now idealized the six ft five pound offensive 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:12.560 tackle prototype. They want all their prospects to fit that 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:15.559 exact model. When McKay showed up for the combine. He 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:19.079 was six ft seven and a half and three hundred 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:23.160 and sixty four pounds. With Louisville really not being on TV, 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:26.040 a lot of them haven't seen Macca. So when McCAT 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:29.839 first walked into the combine, they was at all I 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:31.439 had tall and how big he was, you know what 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:33.240 I mean? They and they even they heard about it. 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:35.320 They figured that he probably was a big, sloppy kid 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:37.120 or what have you. But then they seen him. He 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:39.640 was putting put together real well. They was like, oh 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:41.920 my god, this this man is huge. You know. That 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:44.600 was the main buzz that he really gat it like. 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.680 They was impressed of his size and how he was 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:51.720 put together. But he moves like no other person you've 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:54.280 ever seen in your life. You know, his basketball skills 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:57.800 helped his football. Football helped his basketball skills, so you know, 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:01.480 he's always been athletic. After a meeting with teams, mackay 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:04.680 took his position to run the forty yard dash, arguably 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:07.680 the most talked about and publicized drill in the combine. 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:10.720 Teams use the forty to gauge not just speed, but 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:14.440 also a prospects athleticism as Mackay crouched near the starting line. 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:18.760 Analysts once again marveled at his size. Number five on 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:24.000 the offensive lineman group, but also number five on your 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:29.880 top fifty players available in this year's draft. Why do 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:32.679 you have him so high up? You can't get through him? 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:36.040 And he uses his length and pass pro you can't 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:39.080 get around him. And in the run game, it's an avalanche. 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:41.560 When he down blocks, he just takes everybody with him, 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:45.199 and he's moving pretty good. Boom by words, somebody that 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:50.240 large running a second? We just watched somebody who's three 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:57.760 hundred sixty four pounds, the heaviest individual at the scouting combine. 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:01.720 Did we just see him run five one one? The 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:05.199 fastest forty yard dash ever is four point to two 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:08.720 seconds by one hundred and ninety four pounds. Cincinnati Bengals 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:12.640 wide receiver John Ross, Olympic gold medalist sprinter Usain Bolt 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:15.760 also ran a four point to to forty yard dash 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:19.400 that's less than one second faster than Mackay. When he 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:22.040 was training in Taxes, Tear and Armstead went down there 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:24.400 to visit, and when he walked in the room and 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:27.360 saw him, he said, what is that? Well, right now 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:30.120 is the initial run of five one one was the 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:33.320 fastest forty by a player three hundred fifty pounds or 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:37.360 bigger by point one five seconds as a large number 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:40.600 for a forty yard dash, breaking the over three hundred 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:43.520 fifty pound record with an official time of five point 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:47.200 one seconds. Now, McKay lines up for his second forty 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:50.240 yar dash. All players run the forty yard dash twice 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:53.520 to ensure there wasn't a mistake, but McKay's five point 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:57.440 one seconds time at three hundred and sixty five pounds 0:14:57.640 --> 0:15:01.120 makes the scouts and the announcers series slee wonder was 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:03.280 this first run and error? Could it have been a 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:05.880 problem with the clock or a once in a lifetime 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:09.480 performance for McKay. So mackay takes off a second time. 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:16.440 You've got out oh by. Once I finished through the forty, 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:18.560 I heard every coach that was sitting at the forty like, 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:21.040 take a deep breath, life. So I knew I ran 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:22.600 a good time when I heard that, a lot of 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:24.960 people didn't expect me to do what I did. McKay's 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:28.120 second forty yard dash is clocked at five point one three, 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:33.280 almost identical to his first run. Stunned announcer Daniel Jeremiah 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:36.600 makes the comparison to Raiders Pro Bowl tackle Trent Brown. 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:40.240 Brown is a six ft eight, three hundred and sixty 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:43.680 pound bulldozer who became the highest paid offensive lineman in 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:46.760 the NFL with a four year, sixty six million dollar 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:49.160 contract in two thousand nineteen. We saw the money that 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:51.920 Trent Brown got in free agency, and you're gonna see 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:54.440 the equivalent of that of how Hi McKay Beckton goes 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:56.800 in this draft, because guys like this are just rare. 0:15:57.400 --> 0:16:00.440 McKay's performance at the Combine and the reactions from teams 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:04.280 and the TV analysts changed the entire conversation about him. 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:08.240 Even his family back home can't stop talking about it. 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:19.080 Wait a minute, he just see my word, my word 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:27.240 that it's always good. On the first one, mackay is 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:30.520 no longer viewed is simply a prospect with impressive size. 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:34.440 Teams now realize how fast and athletic he is. Mel 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:38.800 kayper Jr. The famous ESPN NFL draft analyst, names McKay 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:42.600 one of his favorite prospects in the entire draft. Suddenly 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:46.040 he's being discussed as a possible top five pick and 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:49.800 the first offensive lineman that will be selected. Rumors circulate 0:16:49.880 --> 0:16:52.800 that he could be picked as high as number two. Overall, 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:56.760 my expectation was definitely higher. After ran that forty, well 0:16:56.800 --> 0:16:59.120 after I performed at the Combine, I felt pretty confident. 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:01.360 It's a great feeling, you know, just to see him 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:05.080 on television, and he's proven it every year of college 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:07.760 and he works on every aspect of his game to 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:11.120 get better. He went from people always tell him he's 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:13.680 just doing it because he's a big kid. He took 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:16.000 that as fuel and made it and said his fire 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:19.000 sky's a limit for him and and he will show 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:21.359 that once you get into the NFL, he's going to 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:24.240 be great. As high as the praise and expectations of 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:27.720 growing for Mackay, teams do have questions. Some raised doubts 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:30.000 about his ability to keep his weight and check how 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:32.879 there's wonder if his pass blocking needs more work. We 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.320 kept hearing different things. People kept out on this different 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:37.919 stuff that you know, they say his pass pros need 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:40.920 a little help, which that's one thing I didn't understand 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:43.240 because he only gave up one stat in three years, 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:45.320 you know what I mean. But it still was the unknown. 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:47.840 I was making us nervous of the situation. Because you 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:50.560 really didn't know exactly what was going to happen the 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:54.879 way he was going. Of course, raising questions about highly 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:58.680 touted top draft prospects is an annual NFL tradition. From 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:01.399 Peyton Manning to cam Utant to last year's Rookie of 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.520 the Year Kyler Murray, scouts and analysts find ways to 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:07.040 poke holes in the armor of even the most sure 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:11.119 fire prospects. This year, Ohio states Chase Young chose not 0:18:11.160 --> 0:18:15.320 to participate in any NFL combine drills. Now scouts and 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:18.760 analysts whisper about what he's possibly hiding. Some wonder if 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:21.560 skipping the drills will hurt his draft position. Because tens 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:24.120 of millions of dollars are invested in each top pick, 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:27.840 each player is under a microscope. Teams want a sure thing. 0:18:28.320 --> 0:18:31.360 So now as the draft inches closer and McKay's path 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:33.280 to the top of the first round seems a little 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:36.920 less certain, the only question becomes how serious are the 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:52.240 questions about it? We'll be right back. This year's draft 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:56.240 will be as unique as any in history. All the players, coaches, 0:18:56.320 --> 0:18:59.800 general managers, and even the commissioner will be remote calling 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:02.680 in from cell phones and webcams. The biggest difference with 0:19:02.880 --> 0:19:06.879 this draft and others is if you know Bill Belichick 0:19:07.200 --> 0:19:09.280 and you know any read if they lose their WiFi, 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:13.760 they may lose their draft pick. You know, somebody didn't 0:19:13.760 --> 0:19:18.680 pay their phone bill. That's Tremaine Anchrome, offensive tackle from Clemson. 0:19:18.920 --> 0:19:21.199 He's a shining example of one of the things that 0:19:21.280 --> 0:19:24.320 hasn't changed this year, the fact that NFL players come 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:27.959 in all shapes and sizes. Mount McKay Beckton is as 0:19:28.119 --> 0:19:31.240 large as offensive lineman get a run blocking force of 0:19:31.320 --> 0:19:34.520 nature who overpowers his opponents with his three hundred and 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:37.720 sixty four pounds. At the other end of the spectrum 0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:40.840 is Tremaine six ft two and a little over three 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:44.080 hundred pounds. Tremaine Anchorum is more of a pass blocker, 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:49.400 someone who thrives off technique and agility less than brute force. Anchorme, 0:19:49.720 --> 0:19:51.600 just a week out from the day that may change 0:19:51.600 --> 0:19:55.720 his life, reflects on the moment, I guess guess just 0:19:55.800 --> 0:20:04.359 why you know? Yeah, I feel like, you know, I 0:20:04.400 --> 0:20:06.479 can give the whole spill about how my hard worker 0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:11.800 and you know, the better use of I guess this 0:20:11.960 --> 0:20:17.280 time is talking about it? Man? What is it? I 0:20:17.280 --> 0:20:19.840 feel like I have that it factor that nobody has. 0:20:19.960 --> 0:20:24.240 And you know, some people have it, some people don't. 0:20:24.400 --> 0:20:28.440 Some people got more of it than others. I don't 0:20:28.440 --> 0:20:32.480 feel like you're born with it. And you know, I 0:20:32.520 --> 0:20:35.120 feel like it determines how successful you'll be, how far 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:39.840 you'll go, what you're willing to do, but you're willing 0:20:39.880 --> 0:20:45.800 to sacrifice, ah, what you're willing to commit to it. 0:20:47.359 --> 0:20:50.040 And I feel like my factors has always been something 0:20:50.040 --> 0:20:53.159 that's set me apart. I mean, I'm not a first rounder. 0:20:53.640 --> 0:20:56.560 You know, I'm not even a top three rounder. This 0:20:56.720 --> 0:20:59.640 doubt is a new phenomenon for him, lingering ever since 0:20:59.640 --> 0:21:01.800 you feel it's just pro day in front of NFL scouts. 0:21:02.640 --> 0:21:05.840 Now he's returning home to Powder Springs, Georgia, a suburb 0:21:05.880 --> 0:21:09.159 of Atlanta, settling into a routine with his family in 0:21:09.200 --> 0:21:14.560 another new circumstance, the new normal of quarantine. It's eleven 0:21:14.560 --> 0:21:23.560 o'clock in the morning, and I'm making breakfast. Why because 0:21:23.560 --> 0:21:26.160 I'm a housemaid in the house. I'm just cooking breakfast 0:21:26.160 --> 0:21:31.360 for myself. And He's saying breakfast. I always cooked eggs, potatoes, 0:21:32.280 --> 0:21:37.800 and whatever meat is available. You know, today it's baking. 0:21:38.119 --> 0:21:43.119 Tomorrow could be fish. Ribs whatever breakfast is not champions 0:21:43.160 --> 0:21:47.119 with consistency. So here we are. How the potatoes may 0:21:48.440 --> 0:21:51.040 they're good. I'm notam playing. She's just cleaning a little bit. 0:21:51.280 --> 0:21:54.720 Dad's outside gritting papers. Uh. He looks more anxious about 0:21:54.720 --> 0:21:58.640 the draft than he does the papers. But yeah, yeah, 0:21:58.720 --> 0:22:00.920 he's really anxious. But you know, I'm just worried about 0:22:00.920 --> 0:22:05.280 where I'm going and his stepmother, Mirabelle. My hopes for 0:22:05.359 --> 0:22:08.320 Tremaine and the NFL in life are that he continues 0:22:08.800 --> 0:22:11.520 to be the great person that he is and continue 0:22:11.560 --> 0:22:16.879 to grow, um and just have an amazing happy life. 0:22:17.680 --> 0:22:20.280 Those are my hopes for him. Um, if Tremaine wasn't 0:22:20.320 --> 0:22:24.720 a football player, I think he would definitely be somewhere 0:22:24.720 --> 0:22:28.480 on TV or on the radio because he's an amazing speaker. 0:22:28.960 --> 0:22:33.000 He's charismatic, he has a great personality, and I think 0:22:33.000 --> 0:22:35.160 that would be a perfect fit for him. Tremaine hopes 0:22:35.200 --> 0:22:38.720 to take that refined personality to the NFL, and not surprisingly, 0:22:38.960 --> 0:22:41.160 his approach has little to do with what team picks 0:22:41.240 --> 0:22:47.000 him and more to do with culture. Are more, I 0:22:47.040 --> 0:22:50.040 guess anxious about finding a system that you know I 0:22:50.040 --> 0:22:53.800