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VIDEO: Dean Lowry's reaction to getting drafted by the Packers

With the 137th pick of the NFL Draft this past weekend, the Green Bay Packers took Northwestern defensive end Dean Lowry. He was the first Northwestern player off the board; Dan Vitale was taken by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the sixth round.

Thanks to the official Northwestern Athletics twitter account, per WREX-TV, we have some of Lowry's immediate reaction to getting the call from the Green Bay brass.

— #B1GCats (@NU_Sports) May 1, 2016

It's always cool to see players' profession dreams realized, even if — for Lowry, an Illinois native — it's by the rival of his favorite childhood NFL team, the Chicago Bears.