(S28) PT1 - Draft Day

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The offseason is over and players are getting geared up and ready to make the team that drafted them proud. Write about your player's last draft experience - when did you get picked? Did you go to a team you were hoping for or expected to go to? If you don't remember your last draft because your player is older than Moses, pick a draft to write about and explain why it stands out to you - what impact did the draft have on you or your team?

Having not been in the Copperheads' war room, the last draft I really experienced was when I was selected in Austin. I was selected 7th in the 2nd round, which was generally later than most mocks were having me picked. In a draft with so many people, though, it makes sense that everyone was picked later than you'd think they would be. I think the S22 draft class was about 3 times the size of the next one, so you're basically getting first round talent in the third round.
As far as where I ended up, I was pretty surprised to get to Austin. That's mostly related to the mocks putting me in the second half of the first round - the Copperheads had traded up for the first overall pick which left them with nothing else until the second half of the second round. So, I was thinking that I'd end up on one of the teams with a need on the D-line that were picking there. But at the same time, once I got past the first round I wasn't shocked to get picked by Austin. They had talked with me a couple times, though at less of a deep level than some of the other teams I figured were more likely drafters. Still, it was very much a formulative experience in my NSFL/ISFL career and, seeing as I'm still in the copper and teal today, clearly a good one!