2024 NFL Draft: Rome Odunze staying 'cool' as he gets ready to showcase 'blue-collar' game to fans

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Rome Odunze will likely be one of the first wide receivers taken off the board in the NFL Draft Thursday night after putting together a stellar collegiate career with the Washington Huskies.

Odunze came on strong for Washington in his last two seasons. 

He caught 75 passes for 1,145 yards and seven touchdowns in 2022. He had 92 catches for 1,640 yards and 13 touchdowns as the Huskies advanced to the national championship game last season.

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Rome Odunze of the Washington Huskies prior to the Pac-12 championship game against the Oregon Ducks at Allegiant Stadium Dec. 1, 2023, in Las Vegas.  (Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images)

By Friday morning, Odunze will likely know which team he will be catching passes for this fall. He could be a top-10 pick with a run on quarterbacks expected early. Odunze, Marvin Harrison Jr. and Malik Nabers are the top receivers.

For now, Odunze's keeping a level head.

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"I’m a pretty cool, calm, collected kind of guy, and that’s exactly how I’m kind of approaching that situation," he told Fox News Digital. "I don’t know exactly where I’ll end up, and I don’t want to be disappointed with anything if I had picked a favorite team or anything — which I haven’t. I’m just enjoying the process and whatever happens, happens."

Odunze played at Washington all four years of his collegiate career, which means most of the East Coast probably didn’t get to see him aside from the rare 3:30 p.m. ET game or in the College Football Playoff.

He shared with Fox News Digital what fans should know