NFL draft rewind: 10 years since the Rams picked Aaron Donald

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WHEN BRAD HOLMES went to scout Aaron Donald at the University of Pittsburgh, he was given a tip from Panthers defensive coordinator Matt House.

Show up to practice 30 minutes early.

Holmes, then the St. Louis Rams' director of college scouting, thought House asked him to arrive before the start of practice because he was planning to give him more background on Donald.

Instead, he arrived at the Pitt practice bubble to see the group of specialists and ball boys. And Donald.

"He's just sitting down on the pop-up dummy, taped up, ready to go, and he's got this twitch in his leg, where's everybody at?" Holmes, now the Detroit Lions general manager, said. "You could see…