"Everything happens for a reason, and I can't be any more happier where I'm at in life, right now," Mostert told Eisen.
Mostert was a breakout player last season, rushing for 772 yards with eight rushing touchdowns while averaging 5.6 yards per attempt, and adding two receiving scores. His best performance came in the NFC Championship Game when he rushed for 220 yards and four rushing touchdowns against the Green Bay Packers.
Eisen asked Mostert what the draft means to him now, and if being passed on for seven rounds provided a chip on his shoulder.
"It's one of those things where it's a lifelong dream to get drafted," Mostert responded. "And at the time, when I was coming out, I didn't really have that many stats under my name, and I was really struggling to even cope with the fact that I [saw] all these rounds go by, and my name wasn't getting called.
"But I knew, at the end of the day, if I could get one team to believe in me, that would just give me the confidence that I needed in order to go into the organization, and just try to prove myself, and prove all the doubters wrong, and go on from there."
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