Quinn Ewers was in pain.
He could not eat very much, if at all. He could hardly smile. And very little of it had to do with where he went in the NFL draft: Round 7 -- No. 231 of 257 picks -- to the Miami Dolphins.
The week before the draft, Ewers, the former Texas quarterback, had four wisdom teeth extracted. One left an exposed nerve that had him hurting.
When the draft began, Ewers figured he would not be among the first 32 selections, but Round 2 was a possibility.