Brett Hundley on being drafted by Packers: 'It's a blessing in disguise'

After watching pick by pick go by without his name being called, former UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley decided it was time to change the channel. 

"I came in my room and started watching some Family Guy," Hundley told Ryan Wood of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. "That was the only thing I had. I had a pingpong table as well."

Considered by most as the third-best quarterback in this year's class behind Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota, Hundley had high expectations for himself entering the draft. 

"My goal is to be No. 1," he proclaimed in February.

Hundley didn't go in the first round. Nor did he come of the board in the second, third or fourth. The Green Bay Packers, who selected Hundley with the 147th pick, didn't expect him to still be available when they picked in the fifth round. 

"I was shocked," director of player personnel Eliot Wolf said.

The Packers didn't draft Hundley with the expectation of him becoming an Aaron Rodgers-type talent, but they do like the upside he offers. Head coach Mike McCarthy in particular was intrigued by Hundley's raw, natural ability.

"Brett has a ton of that," McCarthy said. "He's a tough guy. That stands out. He's athletic. Everyone wants to be critical. Just like every quarterback, you look at their throwing motions. In my time evaluating quarterbacks, it's tougher to evaluate off film than standing next to the quarterback prospect when he's throwing, but we felt like he had very, very good video."

Hundley didn't imagine himself competing for a backup spot, but he plans to make the most of his opportunity with the Packers. 

"It's a blessing in disguise and you know I have a chip on my shoulder, and I'm coming in to work, and that's what I've come down to," he said. "I'm just coming in, I've got my opportunity. That's the way I look at it. It's a blessing in disguise."