Owen Schmitt is going to be drafted this weekend. It will most likely happen on Sunday, but if the omnipotent authors of everyday life get it right, it’ll happen Saturday. That’s the proper ending to what is, in all honestly, an amazing journey.

It started at Wisconsin-River Falls, a tiny Division III school that was, of course, too small for Schmitt and his talents. He shopped himself around Division I and was famously told by Maryland to stay put and become a three-time All-American.

I’ve always liked that quote, but another, authored by Bill Stewart, is just as meaningful:

“Whatever legend you’ve heard about Owen Schmitt, double it and you’re getting close to the truth.”

Schmitt told me Tuesday there’s about a half-dozen or so teams that he feels good about and he thinks the feeling is mutual. That said, he’s heard he’ll be drafted anywhere from the second round to the sixth. He’s putting his faith in his career in WVU and that it was enough to convince the next level he can play.

That career at WVU? Unlike any other, in his own unique ways, and it cannot be matched in the future. Instead, it can only be appreciated.