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Plum’s Pat McAfee steals the show at the NFL Draft in Nashville

Jerry DiPaola
By Jerry DiPaola
1 Min Read April 29, 2019 | 7 years Ago
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Before Friday night, Bobby Okereke was known merely as a guy who had a sack against Pitt in the Sun Bowl while building a reputation as one of the top inside linebackers available in the NFL Draft.

Then, former Plum, West Virginia and Indiananpolis Colts punter Pat McAfee showed up on stage in Nashville, holding a card with Okereke’s name on it. McAfee was announcing the Colts’ third-round draft choice, and he did it in style.

He referred to Colts quarterback Andrew Luck as a “Stanford nerd,” and he proclaimed Okereke as a “future Hall of Famer.” He also said Titans fans probably don’t know him because the Colts didn’t have to punt much against Tennessee.

In the video, McAfee sounds much like a WWE analyst or a stand-up comedian, which makes sense — he is both of those things now that he’s retired from the NFL.

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Jerry DiPaola is a TribLive reporter covering Pitt athletics since 2011. A Pittsburgh native, he joined the Trib in 1993, first as a copy editor and page designer in the sports department and later as the Pittsburgh Steelers reporter from 1994-2004. He can be reached at jdipaola@triblive.com.

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