Ex-Packers first-round pick Darrell Thompson on his NFL Draft experience: 'It’s your childhood dream'

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LAS VEGAS – Darrell Thompson was a stud college football player out of Minnesota in the late 1980s and was the first-round pick of the Green Bay Packers in the 1990 NFL Draft.

Thompson only played in the NFL from 1990 to 1994 after suffering injuries that hampered the length of his professional career. In his last few seasons, he played with Brett Favre, Sterling Sharpe and Reggie White.

Green Bay selected Thompson with the No. 19 pick of the draft. He was selected two picks after Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith. He was also in the same first-round class as other Hall of Famers Cortez Kennedy (No. 3) and Junior Seau (No. 5).

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Green Bay guard Harry Galbreath blocks for running back Darrell Thompson during the Packers' NFL Wildcard Playoff victory, 28-24, over the Detroit Lions on Jan. 8, 1994, at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. (Betsy Peabody Rowe/Getty Images)

Thompson told Fox News Digital in a recent interview he wasn’t sure what team would pick him but thought it was definitely going to be in the middle of the first round.

"At the time, we didn’t have the technology we had now but there still was a tremendous sense of anticipation," he said. "I think everyone knows within 10-12 spots of where you’re going to be picked. I was blessed to be a first-round draft choice, so I had around 10 spots where I felt like I would be somewhere between like Nos. 15 and 25 or something like that. That was kind of where I felt like I was almost positive that I was going to go. There’s just this wonderment. I was like am I going to be a Chief? Am I gonna be a Raider? Am I gonna be a Packer? Am I