In the South? Are you kidding me?
Of course they fewer options.When did SEC schools start signing AA players? If a AA kid from the south preferred to stay in his home state what were his options pre SEC integration? Even schools that were supposedly integrated weren't exactly overflowing with multiple AA's on the roster.

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The narrative might be that black athletes had to play in P5 conferences or they might be ignored for opportunities in the NFL and therefore could not risk playing for HBCUs.

Nah.Pretty far fetched

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is a great case. But, I said small colleges or HBCUs.
However, here is a list of players from HBCUs in the NFL as of 2021:

18 players? Out of 35 HBCU's? Do you think this is that impressive? It's less than 1% and I can assure you it was more than that (percentage wise and numbers wise in the 60's and 70's) Heck the Southern Conference has 9 teams and 15 active NFL players.

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guess somebody should have warned them that they were ruining their career chances when they went to HBCU's

Never once said this and no idea why keep tying to attribute it to me.

HBCU players were a dominant force in the NFL during the 60's, 70's and 80's not so much today and it's obviously a clearer path to the NFL with a P5 school.The P5 schools have never been more dominant when it comes to the draft and NFL roster spots.

This post was edited on 1/10/22 at 12:21 am