What will happen with players who opted out of this season to "Prepare for NFL draft ? "

[Jeff from Jax]

Is there really an NFL team stupid enough to waste a draft pick on any of these opt out players ?

Undrafted Free Agent - maybe !

Doubt they are in football shape & as Dan Mullen says " no current tape/film" to show NFL

See if you recognize / remember any of these players -

• RB Kennedy Brooks, Oklahoma
• S Paris Ford, Pittsburgh
• RB Kenneth Gainwell, Memphis
• RB Javian Hawkins, Louisville
• RB Kylin Hill, Mississippi State
• S Jevon Holland, Oregon
• CB Jaycee Horn, South Carolina
• OT Walker Little, Stanford
• WR Terrace Marshall Jr., LSU
• QB Jamie Newman, Georgia
• DT Levi Onwuzurike, Washington
• CB Asante Samuel Jr., Florida State
• DT Tyler Shelvin, LSU
• OT Rashawn Slater, Northwestern
• WR Sage Surratt, Wake Forest
• LB Joe Tryon, Washington
• RB Pooka Williams Jr., Kansas

Truth is stranger than fiction -

"...COLLEGE STATION — Two of Texas A&M’s players who opted out of playing this season have opted back in — senior cornerback Elijah Blades and freshman linebacker Ke’Shun Brown.

A&M coach Jimbo Fisher and the three seniors available Monday for media interviews all said they welcomed back the duo to the program."

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/te...ijah-Blades-Ke-Shun-Brown-return-15782443.php

 

[fsu939913]

Asante will be drafted.... Easily. Probably 2nd or 3rd rd.... Also... He played every game this yr.... Except these last 2 that are being rescheduled

 

[TennesseeGator]

I expect RB's Kenneth Gainwell and Kylin Hill to be drafted.

Gainwell had 4 family members pass away due to Covid.

 

[PacoGator19]

Jaycee Horn & Terrance Marshall Jr will be drafted. I honestly don’t know too much about most of the others on that list.

 

[fsu939913]

Jaycee Horn & Terrance Marshall Jr will be drafted. I honestly don’t know too much about most of the others on that list.

Sage surrat was wakes best player for a few yrs.

 

[Jeff from Jax]

IMO, the lucky ones - possibly including Jamie Neuman - are 6th or 7th round draft picks; all the rest are undrafted free agents - maybe !

Think a lot depends on how NCAA structures the "return to school" option & how many seniors take advantage of it.

From the perspective of an NFL team, drafting a player in the late rounds has a low cost & teams will use all their picks looking for the "hidden gem."

Undrafted Free Agents even cheaper; teams will invite a lot of them to camp. NFL may create special 1 yr rules for roster size.

Unless they have a legitimate chance for the Super Bowl, NFL teams always looking to replace expensive - high salary - veteran players with low salary rookies who are "almost as good."

Asante, who played most of this season, MAY be the exception.

 

[fsu939913]

IMO, the lucky ones - possibly including Jamie Neuman - are 6th or 7th round draft picks; all the rest are undrafted free agents - maybe !

Think a lot depends on how NCAA structures the "return to school" option & how many seniors take advantage of it.

From the perspective of an NFL team, drafting a player in the late rounds has a low cost & teams will use all their picks looking for the "hidden gem."

Undrafted Free Agents even cheaper; teams will invite a lot of them to camp. NFL may create special 1 yr rules for roster size.

Unless they have a legitimate chance for the Super Bowl, NFL teams always looking to replace expensive - high salary - veteran players with low salary rookies who are "almost as good."

Asante, who played most of this season, MAY be the exception.

I do agree that if a player opted out of the entire season.... Its not a good look for them and i wouldnt draft them