The 2021 NFL draft will once again be marred the same way normal life has been for everyone stateside and around the world. After the 2020 college season was set on it’s head with a slew of game cancellations and alterations, the impact was already going to be felt in the draft process.
Players who opted out of the entire season are eligible to be selected with year-old tape and no insight how they’ve developed their football skills. The pre-draft process that includes the scouting combine and in-person workouts was going to be paramount in seeing those kids and trying to measure them against the group that played during the season. Well, that’s out too as the NFL has cancelled the combine and the workouts.
A copy of the memo sent to NFL teams today that means the traditional Indianapolis scouting combine is off this year and there will be no in-person workouts. pic.twitter.com/yrvsqlljN5
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 18, 2021
Universities are still going to be able to host Pro Days, in some capacity, and they will likely scramble to make those safe as well. In addition, the post-season all-star circuit will certainly see it’s fair share of interest spikes.
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