Draft Rewind: Connor McGovern
Missouri offensive lineman Connor McGovern came off the board on Saturday, selected by the Denver Broncos as the fifth pick of the fifth round in the 2016 NFL Draft.
Here's a look at McGovern's road to the NFL, from high school in Fargo, N.D., to starring in the SEC for the Missouri Tigers.
Easy choice for McGovern ... via PowerMizzou.com, Aug. 13, 2010
Missouri is a family affair for McGovern. Both sides of his family have relatives in St. Louis or Kansas City, and his uncle went to Missouri's law school.
"He played college ball somewhere first," McGovern said of his uncle. "I'm not sure where, though."
Now, McGovern gets that same opportunity. Missouri offered him as a center -- a position he's never played before.
"After this camp, they told me if they offered, it'd be at center," McGovern said. "So I've been practicing snapping the ball."
| Year | Games played | Games started |
|---|---|---|
|
2011 (RS) |
0 |
0 |
|
2012 |
9 |
0 |
|
2013 |
14 |
14 (RG) |
|
2014 |
14 |
14 (RT and RG) |
|
2015 |
12 |
12 (LT) |
|
TOTAL |
49 |
40 |
McGovern carrying the weight of Mizzou ... via PowerMizzou.com
Connor McGovern is so strong he makes Evan Boehm sound like he's working on a dad bod. Boehm, Missouri's starting 315-pound center and a projected early-round NFL draft pick, knows that McGovern is strong. He's called him a "freak."
While the times were admittedly dark after his first Connor McGovern leg workout, Boehm came out a better, if perhaps broken, man.
Because a Connor McGovern workout isn't some pretty-boy-curls-for-girls, wide-grip-bench-press, weekend-warrior-at-the-Planet-Fitness yawner. A Connor McGovern workout is a man's workout. It works the muscles that carry a team - legs, back, shoulders. A Connor McGovern leg workout is a half-a-workday-affair.