Another year of the NFL Draft and yet another disappointing outcome for HBCU players.
Another year of the NFL Draft and yet another disappointing outcome for HBCU players. For the second time in four years, not one single HBCU player was drafted by an NFL team. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
Furthermore, the problem is that while HBCU players still need to be drafted, they are making teams as free agents. In any given year over the last 5-7 years, 30-40 percent of HBCU players who make opening day rosters were undrafted free agents. As to why players make the team, call it extra motivation from the players. Call it teams getting a second look. Call it what you want. I call it a travesty.At this point, we're beyond writing about the lack of players being drafted.
We have one general manager, Brad Holmes of the Lions, a North Carolina A&T graduate. Since Holmes came aboard, the Lions, once an abysmal organization, have become one of the up-and-coming franchises. The Lions' ascent began with Holmes and what was perceived at the time as an unpopular trade, in trading the player that meant everything to the franchise, Matthew Stafford, to the Rams for Jared Goff and a lot of draft capital.
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