Underrated benefit of NIL, might even help ND

[chaseball]

3rd year players with mid-round NFL draft projection might buck NFL and stick with college more often for senior year if the NIL money is right.

Would be awesome to have more star-players in the college game stick with their schools and finish their degrees.

Thoughts?

 

[jerbach]

I thought about this as well. Could happen.

 

[tkirish]

very interesting topic and take. I will be curious to see how players handle the choice between going to the NFL as a mid to late round prospect or stay and get a degree and some NIL benefits. I would go out on a limb and say if a player chooses to go to ND , then there has to be some desire to get a degree anyway. Your theory is definitely something to consider.

 

[Irishjohn68]

IMO the top players are still going to want to get to the NFL as soon as possible so they can get to there second contract.

 

[TheSodFather]

3rd year players with mid-round NFL draft projection might buck NFL and stick with college more often for senior year if the NIL money is right.

Would be awesome to have more star-players in the college game stick with their schools and finish their degrees.

Thoughts?

 

[chaseball]

IMO the top players are still going to want to get to the NFL as soon as possible so they can get to there second contract.

about third of the players drafted are lucky to make an active 53 man roster, let alone survive the league for another 4 years for a 2nd contract. Notre Dame has a lot of these types of players they've been sending to the league under Brian Kelly and hopefully even more with MF going forward.

If i'm a mid-round NFL prospect and i could potentially make another 6+ figures staying for my senior year in NIL, get another crack at a national title with my brothers, AND get my ND degree with my classmates, it's a WAY more compelling tug to stay in school than the old model (imo)

 

[SubwaydomerDFW]

3rd year players with mid-round NFL draft projection might buck NFL and stick with college more often for senior year if the NIL money is right.

Would be awesome to have more star-players in the college game stick with their schools and finish their degrees.

Thoughts?

I think all players should be given an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA. It would help out schools like Notre Dame Wake Forest Stanford etc who have plenty to offer academically compete with football powers.

I think as one other poster said is the draw of the NFL is going to be too strong for kids getting graded out in rounds 1-4 or 5 and most even with a 6-7 round grade.

But where you can really make up the difference is in the role player who is just there for grad school where as you have a 23-24 year old guy on your roster who's been there done that and can outplay the 4-5* kid who's leaving Bama and Georgia after 2 years playing one on the bench etc. In certain positions, concepts, and schemes, and subsets of the playbook in college, experience can trump athleticism.

I really really really think that something needs to be done to standardize 5 year schollies and you'll see more parody at least with in the 4-15 ranks of CFB if not cause a major shakeup among the top teams randomly.

Trying to legislate how the top dogs operate with NIL is only going to strengthen the top dogs.

 

[Holycrossover3]

I believe this is exactly what enticed Blake Corum to come back for his senior season at Michigan.

 

[echowaker]

about third of the players drafted are lucky to make an active 53 man roster, let alone survive the league for another 4 years for a 2nd contract. Notre Dame has a lot of these types of players they've been sending to the league under Brian Kelly and hopefully even more with MF going forward.

If i'm a mid-round NFL prospect and i could potentially make another 6+ figures staying for my senior year in NIL, get another crack at a national title with my brothers, AND get my ND degree with my classmates, it's a WAY more compelling tug to stay in school than the old model (imo)

That's way off. Are you saying only approximately 85-88 of the approximately 260 players drafted every year make rosters ? Without researching it I'd say at least 80% of the players drafted each year make the 53. Virtually every pick through the first 4 rounds is pretty much guaranteed a spot on signing bonus money alone.

 

[echowaker]

about third of the players drafted are lucky to make an active 53 man roster, let alone survive the league for another 4 years for a 2nd contract. Notre Dame has a lot of these types of players they've been sending to the league under Brian Kelly and hopefully even more with MF going forward.

If i'm a mid-round NFL prospect and i could potentially make another 6+ figures staying for my senior year in NIL, get another crack at a national title with my brothers, AND get my ND degree with my classmates, it's a WAY more compelling tug to stay in school than the old model (imo)

Per Pro Football Reference of the 262 players selected in the 2022 NFL
Draft 235 of them appeared in at least one game. Around 90 %.

 

[sjb75]

Per Pro Football Reference of the 262 players selected in the 2022 NFL
Draft 235 of them appeared in at least one game. Around 90 %.

Thank You for the actual facts.

 

[chaseball]

Per Pro Football Reference of the 262 players selected in the 2022 NFL
Draft 235 of them appeared in at least one game. Around 90 %.

Thanks for correcting the record. I was going off of old information i wasn't sure what that specific number was but apparently i was far off base.

I still think the overall point i was making is correct though: when you have 6+ figures staring you in the face, the decision to stay or go becomes a more difficult one.

edit (after reading your other post in this topic): The average NFL career is still 2-3 years long. And my guess is a significant amount of players drafted don't ever get a 2nd NFL contract.

 

[echowaker]

3rd year players with mid-round NFL draft projection might buck NFL and stick with college more often for senior year if the NIL money is right.

Would be awesome to have more star-players in the college game stick with their schools and finish their degrees.

Thoughts?

Well

Thanks for correcting the record. I was going off of old information i wasn't sure what that specific number was but apparently i was far off base.

I still think the overall point i was making is correct though: when you have 6+ figures staring you in the face, the decision to stay or go becomes a more difficult one.

Sure. I looked it up and Sam Howell was the 1st pick in the 5th round. He received a 361k signing bonus and a salary of 705k which was the minimum for first year players in 2022. Now Qbs will certainly have higher NIL numbers but any mid round draftee is looking at 7 figures their first year in the league. Not sure how many non QB college players will approach 7 figure NIL deals. Should be real interesting going forward.