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Donald Driver was one of the most fearsome wide receptors than the Green Bay Packers have had in recent memory. He went to Pro Bowl four times and was in the team’s Super Bowl race.
He had 743 trapped for 10,137 yards and 61 touchdowns. The numbers he presented and the praise he received may have been a surprise. It was not an open receiver that would be screened that would become a NFL star. In fact, the student of the state of Alcorn was selected in the seventh round of the 1999 draft. There were 24 open receptors selected before him.
Driver remembered Pak Gazette Digital how was his experience in the NFL draft, since others like him expect their names called between Thursday night and Saturday night.
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Open receiver of the Green Bay Packers Donald Driver (Scott Rovak-USA Today Sports)
“Mine was ups and downs,” Driver said. “I think it was exciting at first, because you know that you have the opportunity to play at the highest level and this has always been a child of playing in the NFL. But then, during the process, it could be the most stressful that you feel there waiting for your name to be called.
“But I think that once your name is called, then it is the best feeling in the world, because now you have the opportunity to play the game and, hopefully, play it for a long time and play at a high level.”
Outside the draft class of the wide receiver, only Torry Holt had more reception yards than the driver. Other class names included David Boston.
Driver told Pak Gazette Digital that he thought he was going to be selected as high as the fourth round.
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The open receiver of the Green Bay Packers, Donald Driver, celebrates with fans on September 20, 2009. (Jeff Hanisch-USA Today Sports)
“It was projected that I would go in that fourth round projection, but unfortunately, the teams that said they were going to take me in the fourth round,” he said. “They took other receptors instead of me and I had to sit there and look … and when you think about it, when I think now, I don’t think I was so happy at the time that now.”
Driver was in 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 rookie season, with three trapped in six goals for 31 yards and a touchdown.
Driver explained how he could stay motivated to continue playing despite not having a wide game time immediately.
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“I think everyone has a passion and a purpose of why they enter the National Football League,” he said. “My purpose was that I wanted to make sure that my family did not have to work again. My mother worked. He worked multiple jobs. He worked on cleaning the house. It was also a security guard, and then raised four other brothers myself, and it was difficult.
“There are nights in which mom had no food to eat, and we didn’t know. We were fighting living in U-Haul trucks. We saw suffering. And for that, I wanted to make sure that she never had to go through that pain and suffering again, I knew that this was a great opportunity for me and sometimes we have to find a purpose. For me, that was my purpose, to make sure I could take care of her rest of my life.” “”
Open receiver of the Green Bay Packers Donald Driver (Mark J. Rebilas-USA Today Sports)
The driver played 14 years in the NFL.
He currently serves as a motivation director for BSN Sports. He is looking to empower young women to stay in sports and help male coaches to have the tools to keep those girls properly motivated.
