2014 NFL Draft News: Projected first-round pick Erik Ebron proposes to girlfriend atop Empire State Building ahead of draft

UNC tight end Erik Ebron will remember May 8, 2014, for more than one reason. The young, explosive athlete is tipped to be a first-round pick in tonight's 2014 NFL Draft. Surely that's enough of a reason to smile, right? Well it turns out he's added to his story by proposing to his girlfriend on top of the Empire State Building. Which team will draft, and welcome the happy couple?

The star is confident, perhaps a tad cocky, but he's been labelled 'The next Rob Gronkowski', so it's understandable that Ebron would be a bit full of himself. Ebron is being targeted by the playoff teamd of lazt year, so he may find himself quickly becoming the final piece of the jigsaw in a team's Super Bowl pursuit.

At 6-foot-4 and 250 pounds it's easy to see why many believe he's a definite NFL-ready player. With NFL coaching and training, a team cod have a monster of a tight end on their hands. The star caught 62 passes for 973 yards and 3 touchdowns, and scouts believe these statistics could be the minimum he achieves in the NFL.

Who will draft Ebron, and are we looking at a star in the making? It seems he's already got class when it comes to romance, so can he bring that to his NFL performances? It seems like things couldn't be going any better for the talented tight end, but could he be one of the best players in a loaded draft class?