Where Are They Now Former Rams LB Mel Owens

Jim Gehman

With only one chance to make a good first impression, the Rams unknowingly did so in 1965 in the eyes of a six-year-old Midwestern boy named Mel Owens.

And it'd pay off 16 years later when they chose him in the first round of the 1981 NFL Draft.

"I loved it because the Rams were my favorite team growing up as a kid. It was unbelievable. Just unbelievable," Owens said. "The Rams always had t