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If former Nebraska corner Lamar Jackson paid attention to prognostications about the 2020 NFL Draft, he probably expected to be selected sometime this weekend.

A pair of mock drafts — one by The Sporting News and another by CBSsports.com — last week projected Jackson to be selected in the third round. USA Today had him going in the fourth.

Turns out, the 6-foot-2, 210-pound Jackson wasn't taken at all. But he has agreed to a free agent deal with the New York Jets.

Why wasn't he selected in the draft? He's really not sure, he told the Journal Star on Saturday night. He's just ready to move forward after what he acknowledged was a long and difficult day of waiting.

"I can literally say today was one of the most difficult days of my life," he said. "I probably watched about five picks when it first started today, but after that I was pretty much losing my mind. I have a fast mind and I constantly think and process stuff. So I was just hurt. I was taking walks. I was isolating myself. I was walking around the neighborhood yelling. I was truly going crazy.