If things had gone differently, Melvin Gordon could have played for his hometown team in the NFL.

The Green Bay Packers never had a chance to take the Wisconsin Badgers running back in the 2015 NFL Draft, but he was a serious consideration if he had fallen on draft day.

At this year’s NFL Draft in Green Bay, Gordon told the story of his pre-draft meeting with the Packers back then and the connection he felt with the team.

The Packers told him on the front end that they weren’t expecting to draft him because they knew he would be off of the board before they had the chance.

Green Bay was picking 30th in that draft after going 12-4 and taking a trip to the NFC Championship game the year before.

Gordon went 15th overall to the then-San Diego Chargers.

He certainly wasn’t upset about being taken earlier in the first round (and the bigger contract that comes with it), but he knew deep down it would have been cool to play for a Packers team he grew up watching from Kenosha.

Green Bay didn’t end up taking a running back in that draft, and they had a disappointing season from Eddy Lacy in 2015 that marked the beginning of the end of his time with the Packers.

Gordon could have provided a big boost to the running game, had they gotten the opportunity. It would have been fun for everyone.