Here's one from the excellent website overthecap.com - lots of cool stuff here
This one is about how quickly the dream ends for many players, especially late round picks
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Makes draft picks like Donald Driver & Mark Tauscher in round 7 seem practically impossible
Interesting study, but does the data they collected apply to today's NFL?
I decided to look at the NFL drafts from 2000 thru 2008 to identify the success rate of players by round.
With the new CBA in 2009 and the rookie cap, it seems there is less financial pressure to try and make it work with a 1st, 2nd, or even 3rd round pick.
Hopefully OverTheCap is around in a few more years so they can do this analysis again utilizing the rookie salary constraints of the current CBA.
Very interesting read from a perspective we don't often get to see/read. Thanks, Satori!
It's a nice thought to think there are actually agents, and players, with these kind of scruples, but I suspect the majority of scenarios to be towards the opposite end of that spectrum. Thus, it's likely this is reflected in his stats.
His comments about college football were very timely and spoke volumes, IMO, about the current situation that the NCAA and 'amateur' athletes find themselves in. Perhaps this should have been factored into his research...
I have an acquaintance who did 2.5 years on scholarship at a Big Ten school. He was at his peak a backup guard. After his junior season ended he gave up his ride. He took overloads for the last 18 months and graduated on time. Subtracting football made the scholastic part easy. He ended up paying 1.5 years tuition for a degree from a respected school. He isn't much for reminiscing but he did mention how guys below him on the depth chart were sure they were going to be drafted 4th, maybe 5th round.
Good story, Grignon. Folks who pound the amateur gavel for college athletes do not understand the time contraints on these guys, or maybe they just don't give a ****. It is getting to the point where summer jobs are impossible, at least for football players.
Good article - thanks!
Expectations for 5-7 round guys needs to be lowered just a bit - by me. Some make it - most don't long term. Yet TT seems to find 3 un-drafted guys each year. But I have noticed they don't generally last long either.