Connor Lew

No. 65 · Rookie

128th pick, a lot of questions, and Connor Lew had answers ready

Getting drafted means a phone call you've been waiting for your whole life. What comes after that — the microphone, the questions, the moment someone asks you to explain yourself out loud — that part is different.

Lew played center at Auburn, the person in charge of snapping the ball and organizing everyone around them before every single play. It is one of the least glamorous jobs on a football field and one of the most important ones. The Cincinnati Bengals took him 128th overall, which means they liked what they saw enough to use a real pick on it.

What Lew said after the pick landed is what this card is about. Not the number, not the team — the person on the other side of the camera, in that particular room, in that particular moment, figuring out what to say when the thing you wanted finally happens.

Now comes the part where you have to go prove it.

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