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[Dynasty] 2017 Draft Prospects (1 Viewer)

massraider said:
I doubt it. 

The first college that tries to enforce that can forget about getting any more 5 star recruits.
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True. Would the NCAA  maybe require it?

And anyway, if I'm a player that would sit out a game I would have no problem paying back a scholarship anyway so it doesn't really solve the problem.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
True. Would the NCAA  maybe require it?

And anyway, if I'm a player that would sit out a game I would have no problem paying back a scholarship anyway so it doesn't really solve the problem.
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No need to pay back the scholarship...just suffer one of those "I already made plans for pro bowl weekend" type injuries before the bowl.

Impossible to mandate attendance at games nobody cares about.

 
UNC junior RB Elijah Hood will return to school for the 2017 season.
Hood will sit out the school's bowl game due to medical reasons. Some might characterize Hood's 2016 season as a disappointment compared to 2015, only topping 100 rushing yards in two games and amassing 858 rushing yards and eight touchdowns on 145 carries. He did improve as a receiver, almost doubling his catch output over the last two seasons. UNC will now wait on Mitch Trubisky's decision, along with quarterback transfer Malik Zaire's. Dec 23 - 9:36 AM

Source: Andrew Carter on Twitter

 
Arodin said:
No need to pay back the scholarship...just suffer one of those "I already made plans for pro bowl weekend" type injuries before the bowl.

Impossible to mandate attendance at games nobody cares about.
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Yep, nothing a self-reported concussion couldn't handle.  

 
Pwingles said:
As others have said, its an apples and oranges scenario youre talking about.

He is weighing the risk and reward and trying to mitigate as much of that risk as possible. Idk where you are getting this top 10 pick idea from. There is nothing he can do in a single game that will make him a top 10 overall pick. He likely isnt a first round guy in any scenario. But round 2 versus a later round due to injury or a horrific performance is a pretty big deal.
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I still don;t see how it's that different. Agree to disagree I guess. If you think it's smart for McAffrey to sit out his bowl game, you should also think Terrel Pryor should sit out week 17 vs the Steelers. Pryer proved what he needed to this year and stands to make good money if he doesn't get hurt in that meaningless game. 

 
you don't see the difference between a professional and amateur athlete?

between a paid contract/job and NCAA athlete?

yeah, we agree to disagree

 
Sebowski said:
I still don;t see how it's that different. Agree to disagree I guess. If you think it's smart for McAffrey to sit out his bowl game, you should also think Terrel Pryor should sit out week 17 vs the Steelers. Pryer proved what he needed to this year and stands to make good money if he doesn't get hurt in that meaningless game. 
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If Pryor blows out a knee, he can sign a one year prove it deal.  He can NOT sign, and still be a free agent.  If he proves himself, he makes big money NEXT year.

Every player getting drafted this spring is locked into a certain contract for four years.  And none of them have received a penny yet, Pryor has already made quite a bit.  

It's a massive, massive difference.  If McCaffrey is a late first rounder, and gets drafted in the 5th because he blows out a knee, he loses out on millions, and cannot recoup that for 4 years.  

 
krsone21 said:
UNC junior RB Elijah Hood will return to school for the 2017 season.
Hood will sit out the school's bowl game due to medical reasons. Some might characterize Hood's 2016 season as a disappointment compared to 2015, only topping 100 rushing yards in two games and amassing 858 rushing yards and eight touchdowns on 145 carries. He did improve as a receiver, almost doubling his catch output over the last two seasons. UNC will now wait on Mitch Trubisky's decision, along with quarterback transfer Malik Zaire's. Dec 23 - 9:36 AM

Source: Andrew Carter on Twitter
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And the hits keep coming.  Chubb, Freeman, Mixon(?), now Hood.  2017 draft is getting less attractive every day.  This is one name away from being 2016 again.

 
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Hankmoody said:
And the hits keep coming.  Chubb, Freeman, Mixon(?), now Hood.  2017 draft is getting less attractive every day.  This is one name away from being 2016 again.
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You said it. Thinking the same thing. The depth of this draft is taking a huge hit. Although I do think it will be a lot better than 2016. 2016 was the worst rookie draft in years. 

 
 

The Sporting News' Eric Galko reports that Wyoming junior RB Brian Hill will forego his final season of collegiate eligibility to enter the 2017 NFL Draft.
Hill will join 2017's monster-class-to-be at the position. He is fresh off a 2016 campaign in which he rushed for 1,860 yards and 22 touchdowns over the course of 14 games. In mid-October, Draft Insider's Tony Pauline noted that the 6-foot-1, 220-pounder is a "bigger back who can handle a lot of carries," one who "should do well as a rotational ball carrier on Sundays." Hill figures to be a Day 2 selection come spring 2017, assuming the glut of running back talent in this draft doesn't swamp him down to Day 3.

 
 
Source: Sporting News 
Dec 24 - 12:44 PM
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Denver724 said:
You said it. Thinking the same thing. The depth of this draft is taking a huge hit. Although I do think it will be a lot better than 2016. 2016 was the worst rookie draft in years. 
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To me what made 2017 so special is the depth at WR, and TE. At the RB position you still have Cook, Fournette, McCaffrey, Hill, Foreman and a few others so my board hasn't changed too much. 

The way I view it, with several going to to college gives even MORE value to those that have the top picks.

Tex

 
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Hankmoody said:
And the hits keep coming.  Chubb, Freeman, Mixon(?), now Hood.  2017 draft is getting less attractive every day.  This is one name away from being 2016 again.
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2 things are said about rookie drafts:

1)  This year is deep, but not top heavy

2)  Next year will be awesome!

Every year, it's the same thing.  This board has ADD.

 
Dedfin said:
2 things are said about rookie drafts:

1)  This year is deep, but not top heavy

2)  Next year will be awesome!

Every year, it's the same thing.  This board has ADD.
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Wish more Jr's that were expected to declare declared (James Washington, Chubb, etc.). I was ready to flip my 2017 1st's for 2018's. 

 
Washington State senior WR Gabe Marks accepted an invitation to the East-West Shrine Game.
Marks could have jumped to the draft last season, but decided instead to return to the Cougars for one final season of collegiate fun in Pullman. In 12 regular-season games, the prolific wideout (he is the all-time Pac-12 receptions leader) logged an 85-867-13 receiving line. Those 2016 numbers are respectable enough, but represent a step down from the career-best 104-1192-15 line he posted a year ago. A vacuum out of the slot, Marks figures to hear his name called some time on Day 2 or Day 3 of the spring draft. He will wrap up his season with a Holiday Bowl appearance against Minnesota before he begins the draft process proper.

 
 
Source: Shrine Game on Twitter 
Dec 26 - 2:52 PM
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I guess that might be good for me! I had little chance of getting this year but next year I might have a better chance.

Tex

 
Dedfin said:
2 things are said about rookie drafts:

1)  This year is deep, but not top heavy

2)  Next year will be awesome!

Every year, it's the same thing.  This board has ADD.
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Will there is also the "other" guy is the prospect to want versus the well known, much talked about player. 

 
fruity pebbles said:
Translation......."i prefer not to play in Cleveland"
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Exactly. Nothing like being obvious that you don't want to play for a loser. Hate to tell him that he is going to play for a loser barring a trade up by some other team. Both CLE and SF are losers because they have no QB of the future.

 
 

Louisiana Tech junior WR Carlos Henderson will declare for the 2017 NFL Draft, according to Tony Pauline.
Louisiana Tech will lose its top two receivers. Henderson totaled 82 receptions for 1535 yards and 19 touchdowns while averaging over 32 yards per kick return. Henderson is a sub-6-foot receiver, so it is unlikely he will be a first round prospect, but second day status is possible depending on workouts.

 
 
Source: Tony Pauline 
Dec 27 - 9:55 AM
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Is it just me or does there seem to be a larger than normal amount of players opting to stay in school?  I went from really excited about this class to having normal excitement levels.

 
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