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Rob Rang
NFL Draft Analyst
Even longtime scouts will tell you that tracking underclassmen in the NFL Draft has never been more complicated.
Multiple factors have made a once-easy process infinitely more difficult.
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Previously, any player three years removed from his high school graduating class was eligible. Now, with the NCAA granting players an extra year of eligibility due to the pandemic, it means that many fourth and even fifth-year collegians can petition the NCAA for an additional year. There are dozens of players across the country that scouts assumed would be available in this spring’s draft who will not be.
The second quandary for scouts to wade through is determining just which college campuses those prospects will be on. The wide-open transfer policy and the massive dollars potentially available to players via Name, Image and Likeness (often abbreviated to NIL) means that some college prospects will earn just as much money staying at the “amateur” level, rather than jumping to the pros.
Nevertheless, many underclassmen have already announced their plans to forgo their remaining college eligibility and enter the 2024 NFL Draft. We’ve provided both brief scouting reports and projected grades for those players below.
Players have until Jan. 15 to officially contact the NFL and request special admission into the 2024 draft. While opting out of a bowl game would seem a strong indication of a player’s intention to head to the NFL, players also might be planning to transfer and simply want to protect their bodies following the long layoff. As such, only prospects who have publicly announced their plans have scouting reports below. Prominent prospects who have opted out of bowl games, however, are listed as well.
All players are listed alphabetically within their position group. All sizes are provided by the schools’ official websites.
Quarterbacks
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Publish date : 2023-12-21 14:43:54
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