GREEN BAY — Fans from every franchise across the country have descended on the NFL Draft, bringing their passion and creativity to the event. Some are painted head to toe in team colors, others wear custom outfits made specifically for draft weekend, and a few entrepreneurial spirits are even selling their own handmade items.
Sharon Meyer has been creating custom crocheted beer can hats for nearly three decades.
"I gotta have something to say I was here," Meyer said.
"For two years, every time I walked by this certain fan he said make beer can hats," Meyer said. "It took me about 22 hours to make my first one."
The Draft Experience features fans wearing everything from crocheted beer can hats to the iconic cheese heads of Green Bay Packers fans.
"GO, PACK, GO," shouted some enthusiastic Packers fans.
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Some super fans take their dedication to another level with elaborate costumes and body paint.
Nikki McGlockton, known as "Tally Jag," is a Jacksonville Jaguars super fan who traveled from Florida for the event.
"I'm always dressed out as a super fan, Tally Jag," McGlockton said. "Football is my passion, it's been my passion. My cousin's here. This is our annual cousins trip. We made the draft our annual cousins trip, so we're on I think our seventh year."
The Draft has become a destination event, drawing fans like the Daniels family who traveled from Kansas City to experience the atmosphere in Titletown.
"Wanted to be different as a kid and I saw the Packers beat the Chiefs in the first ever Super Bowl and that was my choice," said Zaydin Daniels, a Packers fan from Kansas City.
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