NFL Draft Advisory Board
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The NFL Draft Advisory Board (sometimes initialized
as the NFLDAB) is a panel of professional football
scouting experts who offer advisory opinions to college football
players as to the likely level of demand for the players' services during the NFL draft
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sports agent
s had deluded many of them as to their likely demand by teams and future salaries. 76 of the first 165 underclassmen to apply were not drafted, and once a college football player has entered the draft, he is no longer eligible to play college football. Thus, it was important that such players understand whether they would likely be among the small number of players drafted, and what their salaries might be, before committing to the process.
The panel issues an advisory opinion that a player has potential to be picked:
or some range thereof. These apparently can include a specific opinion that a player will be drafted in the "third or fourth round" or "first or second round", which is usually known as a "first day" pick, because Rounds 1 and 2 are selected on the first day of the draft.
The Board has a fair track record that has successfully predicted pick placement for some underclassmen but not others.
The Board's written opinion is delivered confidentially to the player. While some of the draft-eligible candidates choose to disclose the results to their coaches or to the press, either fully or partially, others do not.
For some players, the Board opinion determines whether they enter the draft while for others, little heed is paid to the opinion. Some players are so sure of what the opinion will say that they do not even wait for it to arrive before deciding on their course.
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as the NFLDAB) is a panel of professional football
Professional football
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scouting experts who offer advisory opinions to college football
College football
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players as to the likely level of demand for the players' services during the NFL draft
NFL Draft
The National Football League Draft is an annual event in which the National Football League teams select eligible college football players and it is their most common source of player recruitment. The basic design of the draft is each team is given a position in the drafting order in reverse order...
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Background
The board was created in 1994 to assist those college football players who were eligible to continue playing NCAA football or enter the NFL draft. Although the NFL had begun permitting such "underclassmen" to apply for the draft in 1989, within a few years it was clear that commission-basedCommission (remuneration)
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sports agent
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s had deluded many of them as to their likely demand by teams and future salaries. 76 of the first 165 underclassmen to apply were not drafted, and once a college football player has entered the draft, he is no longer eligible to play college football. Thus, it was important that such players understand whether they would likely be among the small number of players drafted, and what their salaries might be, before committing to the process.
Board logistics
The board is composed of general managers and personnel directors from a number of NFL teams, along with the directors of the NFL's two scouting combines.The panel issues an advisory opinion that a player has potential to be picked:
- in the first round
- as high as the second round
- as high as the third round
- after the third round
- in no round at all
or some range thereof. These apparently can include a specific opinion that a player will be drafted in the "third or fourth round" or "first or second round", which is usually known as a "first day" pick, because Rounds 1 and 2 are selected on the first day of the draft.
The Board has a fair track record that has successfully predicted pick placement for some underclassmen but not others.
Player's role
167 underclassmen applied for an evaluation during the 2007-2008 season. Players typically submit their requests for a Board opinion by late December and, after receiving the panel's report, have until mid-January to decide whether to enter the draft.The Board's written opinion is delivered confidentially to the player. While some of the draft-eligible candidates choose to disclose the results to their coaches or to the press, either fully or partially, others do not.
For some players, the Board opinion determines whether they enter the draft while for others, little heed is paid to the opinion. Some players are so sure of what the opinion will say that they do not even wait for it to arrive before deciding on their course.