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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — With the 181st-overall pick, the Broncos brought Netane Muti to tears. They had selected him, and even though it wasn't the first round, or the second or the third, the team's decision carried the same weight in the sixth round.
"All the things I have been through," Muti said. "... This was all I ever wanted, just someone to have faith in me."
Muti's journey to the NFL was an unconventional one.
In the small archipelago country of Tonga, Muti's main sport was rugby, but when he moved to Hawaii, his interests largely lied in the marching band as he entered high school. It was from that vantage point that he discovered football.
"Marching band was the reason I found out about football," Muti said. "I would watch them play and it made me more interested in the game."