Throughout the draft , PERSON@1 was assured by PERSON@2 of the ORGANIZATION@1 ' interest -LRB- PERSON@1 was also intensely pursued by LOCATION@1 head coach PERSON@3 -RRB- , and shortly afterwards was signed as an undrafted rookie free agent by the ORGANIZATION@1 .

He was signed by the ORGANIZATION@1 as an undrafted free agent in NUMBER@1 .
