Drafted

Oregon State Linebacker Hamilcar Rashed Jr. and Cal Defensive Back Camryn Bynum take very different approaches to handling their stress as the 2021 NFL Draft progresses into the middle rounds. But nothing can prepare either of them for the overwhelming feelings they have to face as the final rounds of the draft tick away. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oregon State Linebacker Hamilcar Rashed Jr. and his family nervously watch the 2021 NFL Draft, struggling to make sense of his complicated draft ranking after his tumultuous senior season and personal battle with COVID. Meanwhile, Cal Defensive Back Camryn Bynum hosts his draft party in a mountain cabin in Big Bear, California, while team executives question which position he'll be best suited for in the NFL. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Receiver Dez Fitzpatrick and his family watch the middle rounds of the 2021 NFL Draft from Greg's homemade "War Room" at his house in Michigan. But, despite all the preparation, Dez's big moment still catches everyone by surprise. Meanwhile, University of California Cornerback Camryn Bynum and his family arrive in Big Bear, California, for Cam's draft party at a lakeside cabin, where they relive his mind-blowing journey to draft day. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On day two of the 2021 NFL Draft, receiver Dez Fitzpatrick, and his father, Greg, strategize with agent Damarius Bilbo about Dez's positioning. At quarterback Kellen Mond's draft party, Kellen also analyzes his draft prospects, talking with his former coach at Texas A&M, Jimbo Fisher. Rounds Two and Three begin, leading to some emotional moments for the Mond Family. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Receiver Dez Fitzpatrick trains with his father, Greg, as they reflect on his challenging years at Louisville, and the tips Greg learned from practicing against Jerry Rice in the NFL. When the First Round of the Draft begins, Dez and his family watch from Greg's house in Michigan. Quarterback Kellen Mond and his family also roll out the red carpet for their own draft party in Texas. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Texas A&M Quarterback Kellen Mond finishes preparing for the 2021 NFL Draft, reflecting on all the pressure and expectations, along with the challenges of pursuing perfection. He talks with Texas A&M Sports Psychologist Ryan Pittsinger, while his coach, Jimbo Fisher, chimes in about Kellen's journey, his experiences during quarantine, and how Kellen's new mindset changed his life and performance on the field. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Round One of the 2021 NFL Draft, and Devonta Smith arrives at the first in-person draft since the pandemic began, hanging out with his family in a private green room as they wait for his name to be called. In Florida, Alex Leatherwood hosts his own draft party with friends and family at a beach house, where the celebration ultimately turns wild. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wide Receiver Devonta Smith and his family attend a private dinner with Klutch Sports Founder and CEO Rich Paul, Maverick Carter, and the Klutch Sports agents. Meanwhile, Alex Leatherwood and his best friend from the Alabama Football Team reflect on Alex's early struggles in college and the brutal workouts they've had to go through to get to Draft Day. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alabama Offensive Tackle Alex Leatherwood prepares for the First Round of the 2011 NFL Draft, carefully analyzing his draft stock, as well as his next steps in life. Alex's friends and University of Alabama teammates echo the secret to his success, while Alex's former high school coach, Charlie Ward, weighs in on Alex's journey from Pensacola, Florida to the cusp of the NFL. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this third season of DRAFTED, six elite college football players will take us on their personal journeys through the 2021 NFL Draft. We'll hear from DeVonta Smith, Alex Leatherwood, Kellen Mond, Camryn Bynum, Dez Fitzpatrick, and Hamilcar Rashed Jr., along with their families, coaches, and agents. This first episode features Alabama Receiver and Heisman Trophy winner DeVonta Smith, as one of only thirteen prospects attending the 2021 NFL Draft in-person in Cleveland, Ohio. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at six elite college football players as they enter the 2021 NFL Draft. Experience their dreams, hopes, and fears in real-time, as these athletes go through one of the most exciting moments in their young lives. Narrated by Steven Johnson. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Maxey discover where they'll be playing as The 2020 NBA Draft comes to a close. Both players immediately jump into their new lives, flying on private jets, looking for apartments in new cities, and practicing with their new teams. The condensed offseason forces them to quickly face the perks, and some of the challenges, that come with being a professional athlete. Narrated by Keegan-Michael Key. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tyrese Maxey and Klutch Sports Founder & CEO Rich Paul have a heart-to-heart as the 2020 NBA Draft is set to begin. When a breaking article quotes Anthony Edwards as saying he "doesn't like basketball," Anthony and his team have to shift into damage control, and the top of the draft suddenly gets thrown into question. Narrated by Keegan-Michael Key. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With only 24-hours until the 2020 NBA Draft, Anthony Edwards works out one last time as an amateur at his home gym in Atlanta. Anthony and his inner circle try to focus on the road ahead and the importance of what Anthony is accomplishing in the face of some tragic news involving their tight-knit gym community. Klutch Sports Founder and CEO Rich Paul checks in with Tyrese Maxey's dad, Tyrone, about draft expectations for his son. Narrated by Keegan-Michael Key. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anthony Edwards and his friends visit their long-time barber, Nono, for last minute trims before their virtual 2020 NBA Draft appearance. They discuss Anthony's plans for draft night, and the barbershop talk gets deep when Nono reminisces about Anthony's rise from little kid to NBA prodigy. Meanwhile, Tyrese Maxey returns to Garland, Texas, and finds his house overrun with draft supplies and equipment. Now, with so much to do and only 24-hours to go, Tyrese finally starts feeling the pressure. Narrated by Keegan-Michael Key. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With only two days to go, Tyrese Maxey says goodbye to Los Angeles and heads home to Garland, Texas for the virtual 2020 NBA Draft. But before he leaves the big city, Tyrese and his Uncle Brandon have to find the perfect shoes to complete his draft day outfit. He also soaks up the final on-and-off the court lessons from NBA All-Stars Rajon Rondo and Kevin Durant, along with some last minute tips from Klutch Sports Founder and CEO Rich Paul. Narrated by Keegan-Michael Key. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Less than a week from the 2020 NBA Draft, Anthony Edwards lifts weights with Uncle Drew and Justin Holland. An argument about his work ethic when he was younger leads them to reflect on how astonishingly far Anthony has come to get to this moment, and how much strength and fortitude it took to get here. Their pre-draft workout ends with Uncle Drew warning Anthony about his world getting turned upside-down once again as he joins the NBA. Narrated by Keegan-Michael Key. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tyrese Maxey and Anthony Edwards are forced to prepare for an unknown future when the 2020 NCAA basketball season gets canceled and the 2020 NBA Draft gets moved due to COVID. Instead of pre-draft workouts for teams, Tyrese and Anthony take part in a televised Klutch Sports Pro Day on ESPN to showcase their skills; but, the performance creates controversy for Klutch Founder and CEO Rich Paul, and raises new questions about Anthony Edwards’s draft position. Narrated by Keegan-Michael Key. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tyrese Maxey and Anthony Edwards continue their last week of training before the 2020 NBA Draft, while reflecting back on their college recruiting experience and their first and only season playing NCAA basketball. We look back on their head-to-head matchups when Kentucky and Georgia faced off in the SEC, along with the unprecedented cancellation of their college season and the 2020 March Madness tournament. Georgia Head Coach Tom Crean and Kentucky's John Calipari share an inside look at what it takes to recruit, coach, and develop such extraordinary young talents in such an unpredictable time. Narrated by Keegan-Michael Key. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this second episode of DRAFTED, we find former University of Kentucky star Tyrese Maxey training and preparing for the 2020 NBA Draft. It’s his last two weeks working in Los Angeles and Tyrese is trying hard to improve his shooting, a process that reveals what makes him truly exceptional. We also hear from Tyrese’s parents, uncle, and his college coach, Kentucky's John Calipari, who share what propelled Tyrese from a middle school kid with a dream to a budding first round pick in the NBA. Narrated by Keegan-Michael Key. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Getting picked in the NBA Draft is something only 60 athletes in the world accomplish each year, and 2020 was an even more daunting time to pursue that dream. In Season 2 of DRAFTED, narrated by Keegan-Michael Key, we follow two exceptional talents — The University of Georgia’s Anthony Edwards and Kentucky’s Tyrese Maxey — as they navigate a historic and unprecedented road to the 2020 NBA Draft. Over this season's 10-episodes, Anthony and Tyrese record themselves and tell their own stories, along with their agents, families, and coaches, about their challenging journeys and what it takes to go from childhood dreamer to college star to the NBA. In this first episode, Anthony Edwards navigates his final weeks before the 2020 Draft with the help of trusted coaches and mentors who trained him and believed in him from a young age. He works out for the NBA teams picking at the top of the draft, trying to prove that he should be taken first overall on draft night. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at basketball phenoms Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Maxey as they go from elite NCAA prospects to the 2020 NBA Draft. We go inside the life-changing journey of two top NBA draftees, and step into the closely-guarded world of their agents - Klutch Sports Founder and CEO Rich Paul and Klutch's Head of Basketball Omar Wilkes. Narrated by Keegan-Michael Key. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the final episode of DRAFTED, our recent NFL draftees - and their agents - give their thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement following the murder of George Floyd. The players also reflect on the responsibility they now have - with their newfound public platform - amid the ongoing social revolution denouncing racial injustice, police brutality and systemic oppression. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With six of our eight players drafted in the first five rounds, this episode of DRAFTED follows Wake Forest cornerback Essang Bassey and Clemson offensive lineman Tremayne Anchrum, who continue to wait for an NFL team to give them their shot. And, UVA's Bryce Hall makes draft week even more special by proposing to his longtime girlfriend. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 10 of DRAFTED, Vanderbilt’s Ke'shawn Vaughn, Clemson’s Tremayne Anchrum, Wake Forest’s Essang Bassey, along with UVA’s Bryce Hall, still watch and wait as round three gets underway. The countdown to determine their futures continues... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ninth episode of DRAFTED brings us back to the first round angst felt by Louisville Offensive Tackle Mekhi Bekton as he drops out of the top ten. As the NFL Draft moves into the second, we hear more from talented Colorado Wideout Laviska Shenault, who many believe has first-round talent. We also check in on cornerbacks UVA’s Bryce Hall, Wake Forest’s Essang Bassey, and Clemson offensive lineman Tremayne Anchrum, who all remain confident that their names will be called soon.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DRAFTED’s eighth episode brings listeners to the night before — and the first day of — the NFL Draft, Round One. We hear from Ohio State teammates Chase Young and Jeff Okudah as they go second and third overall, as well as Louisville’s Mekhi Becton, whose Top 10 draft dreams fail to come true. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The seventh episode of DRAFTED brings us to the eve of the NFL Draft, when our prospects' lives will change. We'll hear from two of the toughest athletes in the 2020 draft: Vanderbilt’s Ke'Shawn Vaughn and University of Colorado’s Laviska Shenault. Grit and determination brought both to the heights of college football – and it’s what drives them toward their goal of finding success in the League.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our sixth episode, we hear the untold stories from four first-round hopefuls, in the final 48 hours before the NFL draft begins: Mekhi Becton, Chase Young, Laviska Shenault, and Jeff Okudah. They recorded themselves, their friends and families in the lead up, revealing excitement, nerves, dreams and more. These are the final hours before their lives change forever. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our fifth episode, we check in with UVA cornerback Bryce Hall, whose girlfriend and fellow Cavalier, Anzel Viljoen, is making a documentary about his draft process. We also hear from Buckeye Jeff Okudah and Clemson’s Tremayne Anchrum, who reveal how their personal challenges have prepared them for the NFL. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the fourth episode of DRAFTED, top wide receiver prospect Laviska Shenault, who played at the University of Colorado Boulder, takes us through the painful journey that brought him to this important moment in his football career. From the tragic death of his father through the days when there wasn’t enough food to feed Laviska and his siblings, his mother has remained a force of strength. He also reveals why he refused to cut his dreads when younger and what’s inspired him through all the hard times. We also check in with Chase Young as he ponders what it means to be one of the best at his position, and  cornerback Essang Bassey gets some vital draft intel from his agents. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this third episode of DRAFTED, we meet scrappy, feisty running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn and super fast cornerback Bryce Hall. Both players overcame serious injuries, personal struggles and self-doubt to find their way to the 2020 NFL Draft. In the run up to the big day, former Vanderbilt Commodore Vaughn introduces us to his young son, who’s become the most important reason he fights so hard on the field. Hall then takes us through his early years and the thrilling on-field moments he matured into a potential first round draft pick, then re-living a devastating injury that derailed some of his dreams. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The father/son bond is ingrained in the culture of football. Countless fathers coached their sons in pee wee leagues through high school, and there have been over 200 sets of fathers and sons who played pro football. In the second episode of DRAFTED, we focus on two offensive lineman whose fathers helped shape them as players and men - often through tough love. We meet Tremayne Anchrum. Who starred at Clemson, and University of Louisville’s Mekhi Becton, who shocked the sporting world at the 2020 NFL Combine. They may play the same position on the O-line, but as you’ll hear in this episode, their approach to the draft is very different. DRAFTED is narrated by Keegan-Michael Key.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

History has shown that the next NFL star can come from anywhere — and from any pick in the draft. DRAFTED, narrated by Keegan-Michael Key, takes a raw, honest look at what it takes to go from childhood dreamer to college star to entering the 2020 NFL draft. In the midst of this historic year and during an unprecedented pandemic, we follow eight athletes who recorded themselves in the days leading up to and through the draft, experiencing the big moment at home and surrounded by family. In the premiere episode, superstar OSU teammates Chase Young and Jeff Okudah, along with undersized Wake Forest cornerback Essang Bassey, are introduced. Over the course of DRAFTED's 12 episodes, we will hear all of their stories of sacrifice and humility, as well as what inspires them.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at eight college football players as they enter the NFL draft. We hear their dreams, hopes and fears during the most exciting time in their young lives. Narrated by Keegan-Michael Key. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.