NFL Draft 2022: Greg Olsen recalls experience, thinking he'd be picked by Jets, advice for rookies

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LAS VEGAS – Greg Olsen played tight end in the NFL for 14 seasons with the Chicago Bears, Carolina Panthers and Seattle Seahawks.

The three-time Pro Bowler who retired after the 2020 season opened up to Fox News Digital in a recent interview about what he remembered from the time he was selected in the NFL Draft.

The Bears selected Olsen with the No. 31 pick in the first round of the 2007 draft. The New Jersey native played college football at Notre Dame. He said what he remembers most is just how long the day was.

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Greg Olsen of the Chicago Bears looks on during practice on July 30, 2007, at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

"What I remember the most was back then there were 20 minutes between every pick. When you’re the 31st pick, it takes a long time to get from one to 31. It was a long day, almost six hours, five and a half, until I was selected," he told Fox News Digital. 

"It was a long stressful day so to hear Chicago call my name and realize that everything that I had worked for the last few years to get drafted and have an opportunity to play in the NFL and go to a city like Chicago, who was just coming off a Super Bowl appearance a few months earlier, went to a great team, learned a lot, lived in a great city with awesome fans, just the whole idea of knowing that all that had work leading up to it led to the ultimate best-case scenario was something 15 years later that I still remember."

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The Bears' Greg Olsen warms up before a