I think because of the bizarre responses I got to my article about this topic, monitors chose to delete the thread. I want to repeat a couple of key points that I expect.
1 No college or high school season (though spring college games possible if vaccine).
2 2021 draft will happen, but imagine where Joe Burrow would have been drafted without his senior year.
3 Likely fewer rounds.
4 Most kids who can afford it will wait for 2021 college year
5 NCAA has granted another year of eligibility.
6 Honestly I didn’t think about the supplemental, but much depends on what the NFL & colleges agree upon for eligibility. They will work together.
I expect this may get amended but here’s the current process
“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.
Before the draft, NFL Player Personnel staff members confirm the eligibility of draft prospects; that means researching the college backgrounds of approximately 3,000 college players each year. They work with NCAA compliance departments at schools across the country to verify the information for all prospects. They also check the rosters of college all-star games to make sure that only draft-eligible players play in the games.
The Player Personnel staff also review all of the applications submitted by players who want to enter the draft early. Underclassmen have until seven days following the NCAA National Championship Game to declare their intentions to do so. For the 2017 NFL Draft, 106 undergraduates received NFL approval to enter the draft, as did 13 players who graduated without using up all their college eligibility.
Once players have become draft-eligible or have declared their intention to enter the draft early, the Player Personnel staff work with teams, agents and schools to clarify the players’ status. They also work with agents, schools, scouts and teams to enforce league rules for Pro Days (where NFL scouts come to colleges to observe prospects) and private workouts.”
I’ll forego my hibernation to try to get you some names. Keep in mind we don’t even know if there’s a season. The NFLPA will have to agree to salary structures. What will be the roster limits? How about the cap? What do you really know about the guys you just drafted? It’s quite possible there’s no supplemental. I’ll see what I can do.
