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Donald Driver was one of the most formidable receivers that Green Bay packers had recent memory. He went to Pro Bowl four times and was on the team’s 2010 Super Bowl 2010 race.
He achieved 743 catches for 10,137 yards and 61 affected. The figures he implemented and the distinctions he received may have surprised. He was not a wide receiver who was to become a star of the NFL. In fact, the Alcorn state alum was selected in the seventh round of the 1999 project. There were 24 wide receivers selected before him.
Driver reminded PK Press Club Digital what his NFL recovery experience looked like, because others like their names, which was called between Thursday evening and Saturday evening, are waiting for him.
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Green Bay Packers Receiver Donald Driver (Scott Rovak-USA today Sports)
“Mine was ups and downs,” said Driver. “I think it was exciting at first, because you know that you have the opportunity to play at the highest level and it has always been the dream of a child to play in the NFL. But then, during the process, it could be the most stressful simply sitting there while waiting for your name to be called.
“But I think that once your name is called, so it’s the biggest feeling in the world, because now you have the opportunity to play the game and, hopefully, play it for a very long time and play it at a high level.”
Out of the draft class of the wide receiver, only Torry Holt had more reception yards than the driver. The other class names included David Boston (choice n ° 8), Peerless Price (choice n ° 53), Marty Booker (choice n ° 78), Brandon Stokley (choice n ° 105), Na Brown (choice n ° 130), Darran Hall (Pick No. 186) and Dee Miller (Pick No. 196).
Driver told PK Press Club Digital that he thought he was going to be selected as high as the fourth round.
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The Green Bay Packers Donald Driver recipient famous with fans on September 20, 2009. (Jeff Hanisch-USA today Sport)
“I had to go to this projection of fourth round, but unfortunately, the teams who said that they were going to take me to the fourth round did not do it,” he said. “They took other receivers instead of me and I had to sit there and watch … and when you think about it, when I think back now, I don’t think I was as happy at the time as I am now.”
Driver was part of the same team as Antonio Freeman, Bill Schroeder, Corey Bradford, Desmond Howard, Charles Jordan and Jahine Arnold.
He only played in six games in his recruit season, totaling three catches on six targets for 31 yards and a touchdown.
Driver explained how he was able to stay motivated to continue playing despite not having a lot of playing time right away.
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“I think everyone has a passion and a goal for the reason they enter the National Football League,” he said. “My goal was that I wanted to make sure that my family never needed to work again. My mother worked. She worked several jobs. She worked at House Cleaning. She was also a security guard, then she raised four other brothers and sisters and myself, and it was simply difficult.
“There are nights when mom did not have food to eat, and we didn’t know it. We have trouble living in u-haul trucks. We saw suffering. And for that, I wanted to make sure that she had never had pain and suffering, so I knew it was an excellent opportunity for me, and sometimes we have to find a goal. life.”
Green Bay Packers Receiver Donald Driver (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY SPORTS)
Driver played 14 years in the NFL.
He is currently the head of motivation for BSN Sports overvoltage. He seeks to allow young girls to stay in sport and help male coaches to have the tools to keep these girls properly motivated.
