TAMPA, Fla. -- Unlike many other NFL prospects, former University of Houston linebacker Grant Stuard wasn't sent a box of hats for the 2021 NFL draft. The only NFL hat he owned was a vintage Tampa Bay Buccaneers hat his father brought over from Spring, Texas, on Saturday.
"He said something just told him to grab a hat because he's a hat guy," said Stuard, a first-team All-American Athletic Conference selection. "So he just grabbed a random hat that he had. He didn't know what this was. I didn't know what this was."
It just so happened to be the hat of the team that called his name with the 259th overall and final pick of the draft, making him this year's "Mr.