The secret about the NFL combine is that for players, it’s not that fun. It’s a job interview, through and through, packed with days full of interviews, poking and prodding and testing.
But Missouri offensive lineman Connor McGovern wasn’t taking anything for granted. Truth is, given how far he’d come, he couldn’t have been having more fun at February’s combine.
“It’s not every day a kid from North Dakota gets to come to a place like this,” said McGovern, a three-year starter at Mizzou. “There happens to be two of us this year, which is pretty cool.