9000 Seniors in College Football

Every year there are about 9000 Seniors that are viable candidates to be evaluated by NFL scouts every football season across the USA from the 699 colleges that play competitive football. With only 256 getting drafted in this 2010 NFL Draft which includes the underclassmen who entered the draft, you are in a very unique group if you are one of the 256 who's names are called by the NFL commissioner and assistant commissioner on the now 3 day draft. Let's go even further. In the 2009 NFL draft, out the of 256 players selected, 234 were chosed from NCAA Division 1A Schools, 19 from NCAA Division 1AA schools, and only a mere 3 from NCAA Division 2 schools. The U. of Southern California had 11 players selected which was the highest of any school. There were 57 Defensive Backs chosen and only 12 Quarterbacks. Michigan State QB Brian Hoyer was not selected, signed with New England as an undrafted free agent, and presently is Tom Brady's back-up. New England released their other QB's and kept Hoyer as a back-up to Brady. What this tells all interested parties, that undrafted free agents(UFA's)can become very valuable candidates in the overall scheme of the draft process. Ask Steeler's James Harrison(UFA)and see what happened to his meteoric rise after bouncing from the Ravens to the Steelers. Ask Shippensburg U. of PA Corner Brent Grimes(UFA)who starts at Corner for the Atlanta Falcons. The NFL draft is an inexact scientific process similar to meterology(remember February 5 & 6, 2010 when 5 to 8 inches were predicted and this region got 2 feet). As an NFL prospect, keep moving forward, and hope for the best.