LOS ANGELES — With the ultimate decide on this yr’s draft, No. 259, the Los Angeles Rams chosen Toledo defensive lineman Desjuan Johnson, making him this yr’s “Mr. Irrelevant.”
When requested if there was something distinctive about being the ultimate decide of the draft, Johnson mentioned, “every part (about being drafted) is exclusive.”
“Simply be getting picked, remaining decide, first decide, center decide every part (is) distinctive,” Johnson mentioned. “I am very blessed. I used to be blessed that God picked and I am blessed that I can proceed to play the sport that I really like and I will give it my all up there on the sphere and at observe.”
Rams common supervisor Les Snead mentioned he did not know decide No. 259 was the final decide till the crew made the commerce.
“However I can say there was in all probability a non-business-like emotional attachment to doing Mr. Irrelevant for possibly the primary time,” Snead mentioned. “I can not do not forget that we have ever finished that, in order that was type of enjoyable.”
Final season’s Mr. Irrelevant was 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, who took over as San Francisco’s beginning job in Week 14 after Jimmy Garoppolo left with a foot harm. Purdy grew to become the primary Mr. Irrelevant to throw a cross, and the one Mr. Irrelevant QB within the widespread draft period (since 1967) to begin and win a playoff recreation.
Kicker Ryan Succop has performed essentially the most video games of any Mr. Irrelevant (216), in response to ESPN Stats & Info analysis. Three others have performed a minimum of 100 video games, however no participant has made the Professional Bowl.
The final 10 Mr. Irrelevant picks have performed a minimum of one recreation within the NFL, in response to ESPN Stats & Information. There have been 4 Mr. Irrelevant picks to play within the NFL final season.
Johnson will get to play with defensive sort out Aaron Donald, somebody he referred to as considered one of his favourite gamers and he mentioned he watched movie on all through faculty, “making an attempt to study the issues he do and transfer like him.
“For my part, I imagine we have got considerably related traits, however simply to study from him, from watching movie and now get to sit down subsequent to him and simply take notes, I will simply be like a new child,” Johnson mentioned. “I really feel like I will be like a new child, making an attempt to take as a lot in (and making an attempt) to study beneath him.”