However, the real call was much more exciting.

"A guy from the Seahawks called, and he said, 'I just want to see how you're doing.'" Kacyvenski said. "He asked about everything, high school football, and he says, 'Are you a little nervous? You been watching the draft?' And I'm thinking, 'Why doesn't this guy cut to the chase?' "

"Everyone was over, and I couldn't hear anything, so I was outside," he continued. "And he says, 'Look at the TV right about now,' and right when I opened the door, everyone erupted."

"Everyone went crazy, and he was laughing pretty hard at my reaction," Kacyvenski said. "He said that they had had some excited people, but we were the most excited of all."

Kacyvenski had about 20 people over at his house in Endicott, N.Y., during the day, and he had to deal with media the entire day, including an nfl.com chat and a conference call with the Seattle media--many of whom must have been wondering, "Who is this guy?"

If they had been following Harvard football for the past four years, they would have known that Kacyvenski started from the first game his freshman year. He called the defensive signals as a freshman, and worked hard every year to improve.

Kacyvenski said Seattle had a "poker face" leading up to the draft, with the only real contact coming during a psychological interview at the Blue-Gray game. He had been flown out to Green Bay and Cincinnati and visited the Patriots and said he thought he would be drafted by one of those teams.