Supplemental Draft looms large

[ReasonablySober]

Link.

While it is the end of April, decisions are going to be made sooner than later as to how to handle college football 2020. A delay of months or until early next year would have a gigantic impact on players. The only thing certain now is how uncertain everything is.

Who would be eligible for this process? To be declared eligible for the supplemental draft, a player must file a petition, which is reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Normally, it relates to people who lose eligibility after the NFL Draft. However, any delay in the college football season due to the pandemic would have an instant impact on players who would have been eligible for the NFL.

Hadn't thought of this before but it's a really interesting subject. I wouldn't be at all shocked if some prominent names put their names into it.

[jakecronus8]

If this comes to be, bonkers wide receivers in this class as well.

[ReasonablySober]

If this comes to be, bonkers wide receivers in this class as well.

Some names of guys who could be eligible:

RB Travis Etienne, Clemson
OT/OG Alex Leatherwood, Alabama
RB Najee Harris, Alabama
LB Hamilcar Rashed, Oregon State
OT Liam Eichenberg, Notre Dame
RB Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma State
DT Marvin Wilson, Florida State
CB Paulson Adebo, Stanford
LB Dylan Moses, Alabama
WR DeVonta Smith, Alabama

All worthy of first round consideration.

The tricky thing is if there's no college football season but there is a 2021 Draft, how do you figure out the order? I would have to believe it'd be randomized. If you took a guy with a first round pick in the supplemental, you'd have to do so secure in knowing that maybe you'd be picking high next spring with a chance at one of those elite juniors coming out.

[OGLife]

If this comes to be, bonkers wide receivers in this class as well.

Some names of guys who could be eligible:

RB Travis Etienne, Clemson
OT/OG Alex Leatherwood, Alabama
RB Najee Harris, Alabama
LB Hamilcar Rashed, Oregon State
OT Liam Eichenberg, Notre Dame
RB Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma State
DT Marvin Wilson, Florida State
CB Paulson Adebo, Stanford
LB Dylan Moses, Alabama
WR DeVonta Smith, Alabama

All worthy of first round consideration.

The tricky thing is if there's no college football season but there is a 2021 Draft, how do you figure out the order? I would have to believe it'd be randomized. If you took a guy with a first round pick in the supplemental, you'd have to do so secure in knowing that maybe you'd be picking high next spring with a chance at one of those elite juniors coming out.

DeVonta Smith will be a good one

[WeekapaugGroove]

This is super interesting and something I hadn't thought of. But yeah I could absolutely see a decent amount of guys go this route with all the uncertainty of the college season guys might choose to get their pro careers started.

It will be very interesting to see how the teams view this. I have to think some good players would fall because teams won't want to risk making a 1st round pick then being terrible and missing a shot at Lawrence next draft. Could be some good value to be had for teams that think they will be good.

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