BAKERSFIELD, CA - Many aspiring professional football players work toward the NFL Draft all their lives. Bakersfield's Derek Carr is one of those athletes.
Draft day will be one of the biggest days in his life. The NFL will announce first round draft picks Thursday night.
For Carr, it's a family affair. His brother David was the number one overall pick back in 2002. Derek is expected to follow in his brother's footsteps.
He is expected to be picked up in the first round and will likely begin a promising career as a professional football player. Unlike most top prospects, he's not at the draft in New York. Instead, he's here at home.
Derek Carr said, "All that traveling I want to spend those 3 days working out in the gym and getting ready for mini camp and I don't want to do all the visits and parties I want to work and run and throw and I have so much family I am not getting there on my own and there are too many people that have helped me that i want to be around."
Family plays a major role in his life, working closely with his older brother.
"Ever since he was little I knew he would be looked at as a first round pick where will he go and I was just hoping I could be there for him and fortunately I have been," said David Carr.
As the dream plays out for Derek, he's still looking to his brother for guidance.
Derek Carr said, "Who else would you want the guy went number one in the draft, 13 years, a super bowl ring, you put that resume people wish that guy could help them he has been there the whole way, he made me move into his house, he dragged me because I didn't want to live with him. But no it has been good it has been a blessing."
Derek says the best advice his brother has given him is to enjoy it.
Derek Carr said, "Looking back at it everything flew by fast and you put this work into it and it is gone and it shows you how fast things go and have to enjoy it and that's one thing that is hard is to remember to enjoy the process."
The draft starts at 5 p.m Thursday.
If Derek is picked in the first round, he'll be on his way Thursday night to starting his NFL career in a new city.
Draft day will be one of the biggest days in his life. The NFL will announce first round draft picks Thursday night.
For Carr, it's a family affair. His brother David was the number one overall pick back in 2002. Derek is expected to follow in his brother's footsteps.
He is expected to be picked up in the first round and will likely begin a promising career as a professional football player. Unlike most top prospects, he's not at the draft in New York. Instead, he's here at home.
Derek Carr said, "All that traveling I want to spend those 3 days working out in the gym and getting ready for mini camp and I don't want to do all the visits and parties I want to work and run and throw and I have so much family I am not getting there on my own and there are too many people that have helped me that i want to be around."
Family plays a major role in his life, working closely with his older brother.
"Ever since he was little I knew he would be looked at as a first round pick where will he go and I was just hoping I could be there for him and fortunately I have been," said David Carr.
As the dream plays out for Derek, he's still looking to his brother for guidance.
Derek Carr said, "Who else would you want the guy went number one in the draft, 13 years, a super bowl ring, you put that resume people wish that guy could help them he has been there the whole way, he made me move into his house, he dragged me because I didn't want to live with him. But no it has been good it has been a blessing."
Derek says the best advice his brother has given him is to enjoy it.
Derek Carr said, "Looking back at it everything flew by fast and you put this work into it and it is gone and it shows you how fast things go and have to enjoy it and that's one thing that is hard is to remember to enjoy the process."
The draft starts at 5 p.m Thursday.
If Derek is picked in the first round, he'll be on his way Thursday night to starting his NFL career in a new city.