Takkarist McKinley promised the grandmother who raised him that he would become a top college football player. I made that promise, man,” a fired up Takkaris McKinley told the NFL Network after he was picked. This is who I do it for, man ... C’mon, man! “She would be into it more than me,” McKinley told the LA Times last year. The Falcons traded the No31 pick and their third- and seventh-round picks to the Seattle Seahawks in order to take McKinley at No26.

Source: The Guardian April 28, 2017 04:37 UTC