Takkarist McKinley knows what it is like to be overlooked.
Before he became a projected first-round NFL Draft pick, the former no-star recruit had to escape violence in Richmond, California and play a year at a community college before enrolling at the University of California, Los Angeles to play defensive end.
McKinley shared a room with former Temple linebacker and defensive lineman Haason Reddick while they trained together in Phoenix from January up until the NFL Scouting Combine from Feb. 28 to March 6. McKinley and Reddick were also in the same position group at the combine in Indianapolis.