Irish NFL hopefuls can relate to celebration of the underdog as 2024’s Mr Irrelevant picked in draft
Rory Beggan, Mark Jackson and Darragh Leader in attendance at the Pittsburgh Steelers' kicking clinic in Dublin.
The name Jaylen Key is unlikely to mean much to you. But over the weekend he achieved questionable notoriety when chosen as the final pick in the NFL draft.
Key, a safety out of Alabama, was the 257th and final player to be taken from the college ranks by the 32 franchises across three days, earning him the cruel moniker as 2024’s ‘Mr Irrelevant’, so called because the player usually taken last in the draft rarely forge a career in the NFL.
