John Glennon

jglennon@tennessean.com

Kalan Reed said he was just happy the Titans made him the last person selected in the NFL draft on Saturday.

He had no idea of the good times that await.

The Titans made the Southern Miss cornerback “Mr. Irrelevant,” an unofficial title bestowed upon the last person selected in the draft — No. 253 this year.

Every year, the new Mr. Irrelevant is flown to California for Irrelevant Week, which includes media events, fundraisers, and a banquet at which the honoree is given the Lowsman Trophy — as opposed to the Heisman Trophy.

“No sir, I really haven’t heard anything much about what comes with it,” Reed said. “I just thought you got picked like everyone else. I didn’t know anything came with it.”

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Reed will become the second Mr. Irrelevant player on the Titans roster. The first, kicker Ryan Succop, has done pretty well for himself. He’s made 152 of 185 career field-goal attempts and is 19th among active NFL players in points scored.

“I’m just happy to get picked,” Reed said. “Been waiting the whole time and then the Titans calling me, it was a dream come true.

“I didn’t believe it until I saw it, I know coaches were calling me and then it was surreal just watching it. They told me and I didn’t really know until I saw it and then I was like, 'OK, I’m a Titan now.’ ”

The pick couldn’t have worked out better in Reed’s mind, as he spent part of his childhood in Nashville, playing for a youth football team called the Flatrock Vols. Reed even recalls playing on the Titans’ field.

“I did play on their field when I was five,” Reed said. “We played there at halftime. That’s one of my big memories growing up, we played there at halftime. I had a couple of pictures with the cheerleaders when I was five years old.”

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Reed said his family erupted in pandemonium when the Titans picked him.

“That was my team growing up — you don’t go to your favorite team,” Reed said. “It was like, `I am a Titan,’ so it’s just crazy.”

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