Miles
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“I talked to the Broncos one time, and that was at the Combine. I had an official visit with them at the Combine, and that was the only time I talked to them.
“I really didn’t put too much pressure on myself for the first night. I had heard that if anything, [I would be drafted] late first round or early second. So I had a small gathering with my family for the first night — nothing too big. I knew I had a chance to go the second day, so I had a bigger thing for family and friends for the second night. We were just playing it by ear and seeing what was going to happen. We knew all the teams that had picks in the top five-to-10 picks in the second round, they all needed a receiver. So we were just playing it by ear, seeing what was going to happen. When I saw the 303 [area code] pop up on my phone, I was just super excited, because the first thing that popped into my head was that [SMU alum] Emmanuel [Sanders] was there. And then I started thinking, ‘That’s a winning team. That’s a winning organization. I’m pretty sure that being there, I’m going to be able to win a lot of Super Bowls.’”
“[That night] was amazing. It’s still pinned on my Twitter, because I watch it and I still get chills whenever I’m on the phone. My family’s in there, and they don’t know who I’m talking to. … I could’ve said any team, but being able to say I was going to be a Denver Bronco, they were all super excited for me, because they all knew the same things I knew. I get to go to an amazing organization, I get to go to an amazing city, I get to go play with Emmanuel. Anyone who’s followed that story [knows that] he grew up 15 minutes [away], we both went to SMU and now we get to play together here. All the same things that I was excited about being able to be a part of this organization, my family was excited about, too. It was awesome to share that with them.”