Jim Kelly provides the best moment of the 2015 NFL draft

The NFL brings out a former great from each team to announce second-round picks. It’s a cool tradition. Usually the player gets a nice bit of applause.

Jim Kelly came out to announce the Buffalo Bills’ pick and Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre erupted.

Kelly was far from Buffalo but that doesn’t matter. All NFL fans followed the Hall of Fame quarterback’s battle with cancer, which spread from his jaw to his sinus, and rooted for him to beat it. And he did. As fans chanted his name and stood and gave him a long and warm ovation, it looked like Kelly was having a tough time holding his emotions together. The same can be said for his wife Jill and daughter Erin, who were just off stage.

It was the best moment of the NFL draft.

“Wow,” Kelly told NFL Network after he announced the Bills’ second-round pick of defensive back Ronald Darby. “I never thought that was going to happen. Total surprise.”

When Kelly was at the lectern, he thanked everyone for their support. The outpouring from the NFL community was tremendous during his battle. He told NFL Network that he feels “great.” Tests last year showed Kelly was cancer-free.

“I just want people to know out there, that, they talk about me being an inspiration to them,” Kelly told the NFL Network. “I want them to know how much of an inspiration they’ve been for me. It keeps me fighting and want to come back and make a difference for other people.”

Who would have thought that one of the members of the famed Class of 1983 would have stolen the show in 2015?