“No way” 257 players in the 2024 NFL Draft were better than me

Frank Gore Jr. is ready to prove his doubters wrong in his rookie season.

Gore went unselected in the 2024 NFL Draft, but would eventually find a home with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent. 257 players, including 20 running backs, heard their names called during draft weekend.

In his first media appearance Friday during rookie minicamp, Gore talked about how motivated the experience was.

“It really pushed me,” Gore told reporters. “I feel like 257 people weren’t better than me in this draft, but now that this process is over, I’m a Bill. I’m here to compete and I’m here to push my teammates and push my teammates. the running backs room and try to join the special teams.

Gore is the son of five-time Pro Bowler Frank Gore, who notably played a season with Buffalo in 2019. His father rushed for 16,000 yards, and Gore will now try to live up to that legendary career.

He played four seasons for Southern Miss, totaling 4,022 yards and 26 touchdowns while recording 692 receiving yards and four touchdowns. He was ranked as the No. 296 overall player and No. 25 running back in the 2024 NFL Draft by Bleacher Report’s NFL scouting department.

He enters a Bills team that already had James Cook, Ray Davis, Ty Johnson and Darrynton Evans on the depth chart. Davis was notably a fourth-round pick in the 2024 draft.

Gore nonetheless said he was “here to prove people wrong” and would potentially get the chance to do that for a team that has won four straight AFC East titles.