(S28) PT1 - Draft Day

[dude_man]

Cade Williams was selected in the S28 ISFL draft, 13th overall to the New Orleans Second Line. Compared to the DSFL draft, which Cade was picked 42nd there, it was an amazing change and felt like I had made progress within the league. It can be a difficult journey with so many new users, many really amazing in their own right, to become a 1st round pick. I had longed for Cade to be in the first round at least for the DSFL, but as picks were announced left and right, reality settled in and I realized I would have to wait a but for my name to be called. And nothing against Tijuana or anything, but it was a sad moment for me to realize that teams didn’t value me as high as I thought, especially with different conversations with some teams.

But when the ISFL scouting period opened up, I knew that TPE gains and user likeability was even more so important, and it was a bigger opportunity to make sure this would not play out the same. Cade made sure to be very professional and be available to all teams. He would even be more active in different discords and even make more money than ever before. As the ISFL draft was announced, I figured myself to be a late 1st round pick, which was still what I hoped for. When NOLA was being announced for their pick, I felt that that was my last chance to go to a team in the 1st round. I felt that I connected to the GM’s as they both were in Tijuana my rookie year, and when I had heard Cade’s name with the 13th overall pick, it was a feeling I will never forget. He finally made it.