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re: Any word on Miller Forristall, Ben Davis, Josh McMillon or LaBryan Ray?
Posted on 1/18/21 at 9:25 pm to Robot Santa
Posted on 1/18/21 at 9:25 pm to Robot Santa
I get that and agree. Just wondering why they have to officially declare for the draft? Can’t they just say, hey finished two degrees, moving on with life, hope to get a tryout with an NFL team, thanks for the memories!
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 9:28 pm to tider04
I still have to ask why you believe the NFL would be ok with them circumventing the draft process? It exist for parity purposes and the NFL has no idea who teams are willing to draft.
This post was edited on 1/18/21 at 9:29 pm
Posted on 1/18/21 at 9:28 pm to tider04
"You miss every shot you don't take - Wayne Gretzky" - Michael Scott
Entering their names into the draft doesn't penalize them or anything. Might as well hope for the best. Also I think you have to file paperwork to be eligible for NFL employment as a player.
Entering their names into the draft doesn't penalize them or anything. Might as well hope for the best. Also I think you have to file paperwork to be eligible for NFL employment as a player.
This post was edited on 1/18/21 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 1/19/21 at 10:37 am to tider04
The NFL Draft rules:
McMillon and Tucker still have a year of eligibility, even though they are seniors, due to the weird COVID rule. So they have to declare if they want to be draft-eligible.
See this discussion on the topic.
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"To be eligible for the draft, players must have been out of high school for at least three years and must have used up their college eligibility before the start of the next college football season. Underclassmen and players who have graduated before using all their college eligibility may request the league’s approval to enter the draft early.
Players are draft-eligible only in the year after the end of their college eligibility."
McMillon and Tucker still have a year of eligibility, even though they are seniors, due to the weird COVID rule. So they have to declare if they want to be draft-eligible.
See this discussion on the topic.
quote:
"Due to Covid-19, the NCAA has given each player this year another year of eligibility, which on the surface sounds great but it does come with some complications with the NFL Draft process, unless the NFL changes their rules.
All players will have college eligibility left, which means any player that wants to be included in the 2021 NFL Draft must declare for the draft by the declaration deadline (which normally is around January 15th).
Since all players will have to declare, NFL scouts can’t interact with “underclassmen” (or players with NCAA eligibility left) until after the declare date. All-Star games such as the Tropical Bowl, East-West Shrine Game and NFLPA Collegiate Bowl all normally host their event before the declare date, so no scouts would be able to attended until after the declare date, unless the NFL changes their rules for this year.
NFL Combine Invites normally sent out to senior prospects after the schools bowl game will likely not be sent out since the NFL Combine won’t know for sure who is staying and who is declaring, so they will have to wait until after the declare date to send out invites."
This post was edited on 1/19/21 at 10:43 am
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