Source: www.wjr.com --- Saturday, April 29, 2017
Photo: Detroitlions.com By Michael Stets ALLEN PARK–With their final pick of the 2017 NFL Draft, the Lions stayed within Michigan in the seventh round and selected Eastern Michigan defensive end Pat O’Connor with the 250th overall. O’Connor, who missed the entire 2015 season with a shoulder injury, rebounded nicely in 2016 with 42 tackles and 8.5 sacks for the Eagles. The 6-foot-4, 270-pound defensive end helped Eastern Michigan earn a bowl game with a 7-6 record after posting a disastrous 1-11 record in 2015. With the draft winding down on Saturday evening, O’Connor’s chances of getting drafted were waning considerably, right up until his luck changed at pick No.250. That’s when he was selected by the Lions two picks shy of becoming “Mr. Irrelevant,” which is the dubious honor of being the last pick of the entire NFL draft. The unheralded defensive end explained what was going through his mind before being selected by the Lions at pick No.250. “Leading up to it I was kind of worried about it, but I kind of stayed humble for the whole experience I’ve been going through this,” O’Connor said in a conference call with local reporters. “Just leading up to every pick, kind of staying humble with my family telling me that everything is all good. You know it will all work out in the end and then being called by the Lions, it was kind of a dream come true, kind of made my dream become a reality. So it kind of turned my downside of possi ...
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