Shannon Sharpe

So what did Byron wanted to be when he was growing up?

When he was a kid, he was 8, 9, 10 years of age.

What did you want to be?

I always wanted to be in the NFL.

I always wanted to go in the NFL.

I'd be lying to you if I told you that I just knew this would have happened, like, based off my journey.

But, like, my mindset was I just never wanted to quit.

You know, I always, like, wanted to somehow get back into playing football.

But I really just didn't know how that would look like, you know, growing up.

Like, just being around a lot of people that really didn't really make it to the NFL.

So it's kind of hard to kind of navigate and find your ways through there.

So, like, you know, it was just unpredictable.

But I always kept faith.

Wow, that's an unbelievable story.

So you go to the University of Tennessee, you have an outstanding collegiate career, and now it's draft.

So what were the scouts telling you?

Did they tell you, okay, you might be a first-round pick, you could be a late first-round pick, early second?

Did they tell you day one, day two?

What were you hearing when you were coming out?

I was really hearing day two.