When the NFL Draft rolls around starting April 28, Eastside High School will have its first ever NFL draftee as former Eagle Sheldon Rankins is projected by ESPN to be picked in the first round. For Rankins and his family, this is a lifelong dream come true. “One thing I have on my wall is a life map Sheldon created back in seventh grade,” said Cheryl Rankins, Sheldon’s mother and a Newton County teacher.