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Penn State's Kalen King calls long draft wait a humbling experience

Apr. 28—The stunning fall from a potential first-round pick to being taken near the end of the NFL draft will motivate Kalen King, he said Saturday night.

The Green Bay Packers selected the Penn State cornerback in the seventh round with the 255th overall pick, the third-to-last choice in the draft.

"The experience I got the past three days, it was nothing but a humbling experience for me," King said on a conference call with Packers reporters. "I'm going to use it as fuel to the fire.

"There's been a lot of doubters in my ear.