Hendrick Ekpe didn’t receive much praise leading up to the 2017 NFL Draft. He wasn’t at the Scouting Combine, he wasn’t profiled by any major media outlet, and the scouting services that did rank him, did not place him in a range where he was expected to be drafted or guaranteed to be picked up as an undrafted free agent.
In an interview following his biggest game of the season - a career-high two sack performance against Rutgers, Ekpe talked about his plans after college. He focused less on his NFL dreams than he did on finding a way to combine his marketing degree with his love of working with children.