How does the NFL’s supplemental draft work?

Wide receivers Milton Wright and Malachi Wideman are each eligible for the NFL’s first supplemental draft since 2019.

For the first time since 2019, the NFL’s supplemental draft is back. On July 11, teams in need of young wide receiver help will have their choice … of two approved prospects.

Purdue’s Milton Wright and Jackson State’s Malachi Wideman are the only two players to be approved for the summer’s occasional bonus draft. If teams are willing to part with a 2024 NFL Draft pick, they can take a crack at two players low on name recognition but who could, with the right environment, develop into contributors on Sunday. If selected, they’d join the ranks of supplemental draft veterans that includes Cris Carter, Josh Gordon and Terrelle Pryor.

But what is the supplemental draft, and how do prospects wind up there? It’s simple, actually.