For a young person growing up playing football, getting drafted is one of the greatest dreams that can be fulfilled. To hear your name called—to have your family hear your name—and to know that your life may very well change forever is hard to imagine.
Which can make it all the more difficult to be so close and watch that dream slipping away. That’s how former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Travis Feeney felt while waiting to hear his own name called. In fact, as he told former Steelers linebacker Arthur Moats, after the fifth round came and went, he left his friends and family that had gathered to experience the day with him.