There are the workouts you see on television, but there are also rounds of interviews with teams, with the media, meeting with medical and athletic training staffs.
"They kind of try to prep you for it," said Nelson. "They have a lot of prep guys that come in and talk to athletes at the training facility. They prep you for meetings with teams, interviews, IQ tests. All kind of things. One thing they failed to mention was being woken up at crazy hours. There is no prepping for that."
The players aren't the only ones who prep for it. The teams do as well, researching players backgrounds so when they go in for interviews there are no secrets.
"Some teams were different," said Nelson. "I think some were more aggressive, coming at you, seeing if you could handle the criticism and so forth, seeing if you were going to break or not. That is another thing they failed to mention in the prep. They tell you how to talk football, but they don't tell you these guys are going to attack you and stuff.
"It was interesting they knew everything, my childhood stuff. Things I forgot about and moved on from they brought up. These people really do their analysis on somebody. There is nothing you can hide. I went to five different high schools. I moved around a bit. One of the schools was an alternative school. I knew somebody would bring that up and sure enough they did."
While it might sound like it, it wasn't all bad for Nelson. He enjoyed the football side of it and hopes that those taking part in the Combine now do the same thing.
"That was definitely the fun part," said Nelson. "I am a competitor. All through college you see other guys at your position, their stats and what they are doing. At the Combine you get everybody under one roof, and you try to outshine one another. That was my highlight. I think I had a decent above average Combine. It wasn't exceptional. I could have run faster, jumped higher. But I killed my drills and my interviews.
"For the guys there now, I would say just enjoy it. Go in there, embrace it and have fun with it. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity. A lot of kids don't get that invite. To go there you are blessed. Go out there and act like you belong. Have fun."
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