It’s been a year since Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll met with wide receiver DK Metcalf at the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine.
The meeting was a memorable one, leaving both men shirtless for the interview process. Carroll recalls the memory fondly.
“Coming out of here, I don’t think there is anybody that would make me take my shirt off,” Carroll said at this year’s combine on Tuesday. “He couldn’t have been more impressive. Through our process we just didn’t see the negatives that other people saw, you know. So we were very fortunate that he was there when we had our opp. And, uh, it was a really extraordinary moment when he was still there and we picked him.”
The Seahawks struck gold in the 2019 NFL draft, selecting Metcalf when he was surprisingly available for the final pick of the second round.
“We thought that should never have happened,” Carroll noted. “And he did everything to make it worthwhile, to make it work. And we’re very proud of the whole thing.”
And it all started with this moment . . .
