The NFL supplemental draft returns for the first time since 2019, when the Arizona Cardinals used a fifth-round selection to draft safety Jalen Thompson. There will be at least two players eligible.
Only one player was previously known to have been accepted for eligibility — Purdue receiver Milton Wright.
A second receiver has received eligibility, per multiple reports.
That second player is former Jackson State receiver Malachi Wideman.
The supplemental draft, held by the NFL from 1977-2019, was designed to give eligibility to players who would have been eligible for the regular draft earlier in the year but opted not to declare and then had extenuating circumstances. It could be a suspension for the upcoming college season, a coaching change that would change the player’s potential prospects to perform and then be selected in the next draft.
The last player selected in the supplemental draft was Arizona Cardinals safety Jalen Thompson in 2019. They used a fifth-round pick to select him out of Washington State after a team violation made him ineligible for the 2019 season.
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