Ex-NFL star Ricky Williams wishes he went to Browns in 1999

Ricky Williams rehashed the 1999 NFL Draft on OutKick's "Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich."

Ricky Williams will forever be in NFL lore because of how he entered the league.

The New Orleans Saints traded their entire package of picks during the 1999 draft and two picks in the 2000 draft to the Washington Redskins to get the No. 5 overall pick. And with that, New Orleans took Williams, and he quickly became one of the most hyped NFL prospects.

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Ricky Williams of the New Orleans Saints eyes the camera during a game against the Rams in St. Louis. (Elsa Hasch/Allsport)

He churned out two 1,000-yard rushing seasons before he was traded to the Miami Dolphins before the 2002 season. He retired from the NFL after the 2011 season with the Baltimore Ravens.

Recalling the epic trade, Williams said Monday on "Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich" he did feel like some of the Saints members were resentful and even suggested he would’ve liked to have gone to the Cleveland Browns who were selecting No. 1 overall that year.

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Running back Ricky Williams #34 of the New Orleans Saints runs the ball as Kenny Wright #20 of the Minnesota Vikings struggles to make a tackle at the Superdome in New Orleans. (Ronald Martinez/Allsport)

"I felt like all of them were resentful," he said. "It wasn’t like in the movies when someone took me under their wing. Everyone was kind of at a distance. At least that first year, I was making more money than pretty much everyone on the team and I hadn’t done anything yet in the NFL. I can understand, and it wasn’t like they had a winning tradition. They didn’t win their first playoff game until