Today has been a great! It is the beginning to one of the biggest weeks of my life; draft week!!! I've waited so long for this week to get here and I'm so excited.
The day started off great as I got a call at 9 AM from a representative of the Indianapolis Colts. They expressed a lot of interest and made sure they had my contact information correct for draft day. Then, like every weekday, around 10 AM I head to a local elementary school to work with kids in a BED classroom with kids that deal with behavioral and emotional issues. That is the only thing I do now to keep me busy during the day and I love it. I've actually be teaching there since the season began and after I graduated I continued part-time because I just enjoy it so much. As the day went on I got an unexpected phone call from NFL Sirius Radio with respected NFL.com analyst Pat Kirwan. That was fun because I enjoy doing radio interviews, in fact I have 5 on schedule this week and this was not one of the scheduled ones! They asked me how excited I was for the draft and we talked a lot about what I bring as a player to NFL teams and it meant a lot coming from respected analyst like Pat and the guys.
After the phone interview it got even better, literally in a matter of 10 minutes, my phone rang again and it was the Philadelphia Eagles. This call got me even more excited as the Eagles expressed a lot of interest like the Colts, but asked more extensive questions like what other teams were interested in me and what teams that were calling recently, etc. Another big sign of interest because they also wanted to know what airport is nearest after the draft if things worked out, so they could fly me up to Philly for the Sunday press conference if they select me. After speaking with them I was so pumped!
Now you're probably wondering how I was teaching while doing all this, well I wasn't. Because I come in part time I am always around a great group of teachers in the classroom, and a great principal who are all very supportive of me and my career. They are so nice and understanding just like the people who have supported me throughout college career at Wake Forest, and my family.
Now it is off to go workout for the afternoon to stay in shape for NFL mini-camp. I would like to give a special thanks to Mrs. Griffin (WFU), and Tiwonda Blount (my sister) for stopping in on my blog. I would also like to give a shout out and thanks to everyone over at LRG clothing for providing me with my draft day apparel. LRG is one of the hottest new suppliers of urban clothing and I am proud to wear it on draft day. One last thanks to Christopher McComas my marketing agent over at Thundering Sports Marketing. He's one of the best in the business and I couldn't be here on Yardbarker without him.
Thanks for everyone stopping in, be sure to keep me in your prayers not only this week but throughout my career. Thanks!!!!!
The day started off great as I got a call at 9 AM from a representative of the Indianapolis Colts. They expressed a lot of interest and made sure they had my contact information correct for draft day. Then, like every weekday, around 10 AM I head to a local elementary school to work with kids in a BED classroom with kids that deal with behavioral and emotional issues. That is the only thing I do now to keep me busy during the day and I love it. I've actually be teaching there since the season began and after I graduated I continued part-time because I just enjoy it so much. As the day went on I got an unexpected phone call from NFL Sirius Radio with respected NFL.com analyst Pat Kirwan. That was fun because I enjoy doing radio interviews, in fact I have 5 on schedule this week and this was not one of the scheduled ones! They asked me how excited I was for the draft and we talked a lot about what I bring as a player to NFL teams and it meant a lot coming from respected analyst like Pat and the guys.
After the phone interview it got even better, literally in a matter of 10 minutes, my phone rang again and it was the Philadelphia Eagles. This call got me even more excited as the Eagles expressed a lot of interest like the Colts, but asked more extensive questions like what other teams were interested in me and what teams that were calling recently, etc. Another big sign of interest because they also wanted to know what airport is nearest after the draft if things worked out, so they could fly me up to Philly for the Sunday press conference if they select me. After speaking with them I was so pumped!
Now you're probably wondering how I was teaching while doing all this, well I wasn't. Because I come in part time I am always around a great group of teachers in the classroom, and a great principal who are all very supportive of me and my career. They are so nice and understanding just like the people who have supported me throughout college career at Wake Forest, and my family.
Now it is off to go workout for the afternoon to stay in shape for NFL mini-camp. I would like to give a special thanks to Mrs. Griffin (WFU), and Tiwonda Blount (my sister) for stopping in on my blog. I would also like to give a shout out and thanks to everyone over at LRG clothing for providing me with my draft day apparel. LRG is one of the hottest new suppliers of urban clothing and I am proud to wear it on draft day. One last thanks to Christopher McComas my marketing agent over at Thundering Sports Marketing. He's one of the best in the business and I couldn't be here on Yardbarker without him.
Thanks for everyone stopping in, be sure to keep me in your prayers not only this week but throughout my career. Thanks!!!!!
