There’s a common thread linking most of the Football Championship Subdivision players who expect to hear their name called in the NFL draft.
They didn’t participate in their schools’ pandemic-delayed spring season.
“Ultimately, it just comes down to athletes taking care of their bodies,” North Dakota State offensive tackle Dillon Radunz said. “You can go out and have fun and do that, and there’s a certain purity to that, but next thing you know, some guy tears his ACL in the spring, and now he misses out on the spring season, and misses out on the fall season. Then he has to wait another whole year and a half just to play football again.”
When the NCAA announced that the FCS season wouldn’t start until February, it left draft prospects from those schools facing a dilemma. Do they stick with their schools for the spring season or use that time to get ready for the draft?
Most decided to start preparing for their future.