Devin Hester is about to make more NFL History, becoming returning man to enter the pro football Hall of Fame. that is an honor no other player is likely to achieve , which speaks to the incredible the former miami product had on the sport. what nobody ever knew was how the Chicago bears came around to Drafting Hester in the first place . There were various snippets here and there, but no hard evidence of how it went down. That finally changed the organisation released a video clip from the 2006 draft, showing them GM Jerry Angelo and his front office people debating who to take with the 57th overall pick.
initially, the arguments were whether they should select Hester with their first 2nd round pick at 42nd overall or Abilene Christian safety Danieal Manning. Chicago opted for Manning . As luck would have it , Hester was still on the board when the bears went on clock again. The video shows Angelo and scouts chris ballard, Mark sadowski, and Jeff shiver debating who to take at that spot. They felt Hester had the highest ceiling, but there were two other players they liked. one was Fresno state cornerback Richard Marshall, and the other was ohio state defensive back Ashton Youboty
