MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL WITH LIONS WR TIM TOONE
On what his reaction was being the last pick in the draft: "I was super excited and relieved and I don't know, I feel honored to be Mr. Irrelevant, but also to get drafted."
On whether he minds the nickname Mr. Irrelevant: "I don't. I'm going to make my mark. I'm going to work hard and prove myself and show everybody that I'm a great player and I'm going to be a benefit to the Detroit Lions."
On whether he averaged almost 20 yards a punt return: "Yeah. I had two punt returns for a touchdown, one was 95 yards and the other was 90 yards, so that helped out a lot. People stopped kicking towards me towards the end and I was able to have a great punt return team that set up a lot of blocks so I could make the moves and get down field."
On whether he had much conversation with the Lions prior to being drafted: "I really hadn't talked to them at all this whole time. I think they called my agent a couple of times and we were actually leaning towards them for free agency because it was a good situation and they really showed interest. Then when I talked to them right now they sounded excited to have to me and I'm excited to go there. I believe that they know that I'm going to work hard and prove myself."
On whether he knows about Irrelevant Week: "They just told me about it. I think it will be fun to have more exposure for the NFL and having fun with the whole situation would be a great opportunity."
On being a little older: "Yeah, I guess I'm more mature. I went through a lot on my mission that has shaped me into the person I am today and I think I can focus better and it can help me focus and set goals and priorities that I need to achieve and to do well."
On where he did his mission: "I served my mission in West Africa from 2004-06."
On what he did in West Africa: "We went around and we did some service, but we also talked about the Mormon Church and tried to teach people about God."
On whether he's a speedy guy: "I ran the 40 in a 4.4.2-4.43. That's what the scouts told me."
On whether he thinks he plays like any other players in the NFL: "A lot of people tell me I'm like Wes Welker and having him in the league has helped me out a lot because he's not the biggest guy, but he's a hard worker and he runs great routes and he's quick and that's why people compare me to him because I work hard and I try to find open holes and do everything I can to help the team win."
On what he needs to work on in his game: "Probably blocking and I guess reading coverage's because the NFL disguises stuff a lot, so that's one thing. I'm going to need to study a lot of film to be able to pick up everything."
On whether he had other scholarship offers coming out of high school: "I had one for Northern Arizona, but they wanted me to go two years before I left on a mission and I didn't want to do that, so pretty much Weber State was the only school that worked with me leaving on a mission."
On whether he thinks he might have played at a bigger school if he hadn't gone on the mission: "Maybe. You never know in situations like that. The whole recruiting process is hard anyway, but everything has worked out. I got sent to a great school. That program got built up and now I'm going to move on to the next level and continue progressing."
On whether he was recruited for baseball: "I wasn't. My school wasn't very big on baseball, but I did play baseball."
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