Eli Apple has become a big name since the Giants selected him with the No. 10 pick in the NFL Draft a week ago. So too has his mom, Annie Apple, with her witty tweets and, now, a first-person essay describing her experience for Sports Illustrated.

Apple discusses how her son got to this point in his career - NJ Advance Media profiled Eli Apple's football upbringing on Wednesday - and the whole draft experience, with a number of great anecdotes and funny lines, as we've come to expect from the mom of the newest Giant from Voorhees, N.J.

You can read the whole column by following the link, but here are some of the highlights:

No bling. Annie writes that Eli was offered a Rolex watch and diamonds to wear at the draft. But she quickly put her foot down.

Eli was offered Rolex watches and diamonds to wear on draft day. I told him, "Dude, you're an unemployed college dropout (Apple declared early for the draft). You will not be on TV with a Rolex." So we decided if he needed to know what time it was, he could just look at his phone. I bought him a portable charger.

Where's the dessert? The NFL had a great food spread at a reception for the invited draft prospects and their families in Chicago. But something was missing.

There was a wonderful welcome reception for the family, though whomever planned the event forgot to include desserts. This is what happens when skinny women rule the world: they forget the chocolate. Clearly the commissioner owes me a brownie.

Oh, and about that green room. Cheer the place up, NFL.

The green room was draped in black curtains, which made it feel like you were attending a happy funeral. The NFL really needs to get more festive colors in there.

And of course. There is no doubt Eli Apple is a Jersey guy now.

Upon our arrival, we walked to baggage claim to pick up our luggage. Carson (Wentz, who was on the same flight home to the Philadelphia airport) was followed by a slew of cameras as he walked to a waiting black Cadillac Escalade. Meanwhile, we headed to my brother's waiting minivan to drive back home to New Jersey (but not before picking up Wawa sandwiches). I appreciated the way the New York Giants do business. Having Eli go home and decompress before formally meeting the media in the No. 1 city in the world is smart, bold and effective.

Wawa!

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