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Enhanced new draft evaluation process for underclassmen

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September 26, 2016 at 8:08pm
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Just stumbled across this at landgrantholyland.com.  "NFL, college coaches announce enhanced new draft evaluation process for underclassmen", by Luke Zimmerman. 

UFM has been calling for "an underclassmen combine of sorts" for some time.  Well, this looks like a major step in that direction. 

From the article:

The specifics of the agreement are as follows:

-Each year, schools can nominate five worthy underclassmen for consideration for “enhanced contact” with NFL scouts/executives.

-If approved, those players get to go through the “Senior Pro Day” process just like draft declaring juniors or upperclassmen do.

-After this evaluation, the following season, NFL clubs will continue to be able to scout and inquire about these approved players as though they were seniors.

-If a school has more than five strongly-possible-to-be-drafted underclassmen — think like an Alabama or, oh I don’t know, Ohio State -- they’ll be able to apply for more than five players, subject to NFL verification of their draft worthiness.

These changes go into effect in Winter of 2017 for the 2018 NFL Draft.

It's a short, worthwhile read -

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