Tales from the green room: Players remember the waiting

Augusta Stone

CHARLOTTE - Ikem Ekwonu was just there.

This time last year, the highly-rated tackle out of N.C. State waited to hear his name called from the green room at the NFL draft in Las Vegas, unaware that he'd soon be picked by his hometown team, Carolina. Ekwonu and a dozen loved ones sat in silence as he heard selections play out on a television. He chugged 19 bottles of water while waiting; it wa