WATCH: Emotional Jalen Coker learns he's signing with Panthers

You don't have to hear your name called at a podium to have your NFL draft moment. Instead, he signed with the Carolina Panthers after 257 of his peers had their names announced—an emotional and powerful moment that was captured on video . A Sterling, Va. native, Coker played at the College of Holy Cross in Worchester, Mass. from 2020 to 2023. Coker measured out at 6-foot-1 and 208 pounds during the 2024 scouting combine.