Clay Matthews details hilarious NFL Draft night story where mom thought Tom Brady-led Patriots took her son

Green Bay Packers legend Clay Matthews told Fox News Digital his hilarious NFL Draft Day story, where his mom thought he was going to New England after missing Green Bay trading back into the 1st round to grab him.

In 2009, Clay Matthews wasn't in New York City to hear his name called live in the NFL Draft. 

Instead, like many others before and after him, he spent time at home with family and friends, all of whom were waiting to hear the phone ring in front of them to see where he would be heading. 

Matthews ended up going to the Green Bay Packers, and Thursday night will be a full-circle moment as he spends time in the Lowe's Green Room with the 2025 NFL Draft potential first-round picks, who will all be waiting patiently and eagerly to see where their NFL journey begins.

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Packers' Clay Matthews celebrates during game against the San Francisco 49ers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Sept. 9, 2012. (John Biever/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

All of these prospects will be able to tell their Draft Day story once it's all said and done, including those that will be at home or elsewhere surrounded by family and friends. 

"It’s nerve-wrecking to say the least," Matthews told Fox News Digital about his Draft Day experience. "Unless you’re the guy who’s going No. 1, or top-two or three, you know your financial security and where you’re going to be is. 

"For me, having gone 26th, not knowing where I was going to go, I thought I was going to end up in Denver at one point, perhaps Houston, and then New England was on the clock. Green Bay, which had already drafted that year with the ninth pick for B.J. Raji, I didn’t expect to end up in Green Bay. They traded back