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NFL will not have a supplemental draft in 2022

The NFL will not have a supplemental draft in 2022

It’s been 40 years since the Detroit Lions made a selection in the annual NFL supplemental draft. That count will climb to 41, though it’s out of the Lions control.

The NFL told teams on Friday that there will not be a supplemental draft this offseason, according to Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network. The supplemental draft is optional per the terms of the CBA, and the league decided not to hold an extra draft.

The supplemental draft is typically for players who were not eligible for the regular NFL draft but became eligible after the deadline to declare. No players have been selected in a supplemental draft since the Cardinals selected Washington State CB Jalen Thompson in 2019. Detroit last used a supplemental pick on CB Kevin Robinson in 1982. He never made an NFL roster.

No supplemental draft in 2022

The NFL informed teams that there is no supplemental draft this summer.

Arizona Cardinals safety Jalen Thompson was acquired through the supplemental draft in 2019. He has been great.

However, the Cardinals will not have the opportunity to find another gem in the supplemental draft this year.

According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the league informed the 32 teams that there will be no supplemental draft this summer.

Per the collective bargaining agreement, the league makes the decision to hold the supplemental draft for players with special eligibility. These are players who were not eligible for the traditional NFL draft but applied to be able to play in the next NFL season without having to return to college for another season.

In some cases, a player is suspended for the next college season or there is a coaching change that makes the player rethink returning to his school.

That will not happen this year.

Since the Cardinals moved to Arizona, they have selected three players in the supplemental draft.

Thompson was the most recent in 2018 in the fifth round. They selected quarterback Timm Rosenbach in the first round of the 1989 supplemental draft and offensive lineman Willie Williams in the ninth round of the 1990 supplemental draft.

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NFL will not hold supplemental draft for 2nd straight year

For the second straight year, there will be no NFL supplemental draft. The Cardinals were the last to select a player in it.

The NFL has held a supplemental draft for years for those college players with different circumstances. For whatever reason, those players were not eligible for the April draft or did not declare and wish to enter the NFL.

If a team selects a player in the supplemental draft, they forfeit the pick they have in the following year’s draft in the round they selected the player.

However, for the second year in a row, there will be no supplemental draft, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.

It was canceled last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The league is not required to hold one, Pelissero notes, per the collective bargaining agreement with the players.

Because of the pandemic season in 2020, this year’s draft class was smaller than ever.

Supplemental picks are rare. Only 16 players have been selected in the supplemental draft since 1999.

The Arizona Cardinals were the last team to take a player in the supplemental draft. They did so in 1999, selecting safety Jalen Thompson, who starts alongside All-Pro Budda Baker.

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NFL supplemental draft history: Ex-Chargers DT Jamal Williams among best picks ever

The wide-bodied nose tackle was among the very few who had success.

For the second year in a row, the NFL has elected not to hold the supplemental draft, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.

Last year, the league decided against holding the event largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a supplemental draft, each team would “bid” on a player by declaring the round they would take them, and the team that lists the highest round wins the rights to them.

The supplemental draft pool features players who didn’t enter the traditional NFL draft due to eligibility, disciplinary or other reasons.

The last supplemental draft in 2019 saw one player selected. The Cardinals gave up their 2020 fifth-round pick to take safety Jalen Thompson.

Normally, finding real talent in these drafts is slim. However, there are diamonds in the rough here and there, and it just so happens that the Chargers were able to find one, with that being defensive tackle Jamal Williams.

Williams was drafted in the second-round of the 1998 NFL supplemental draft out of Oklahoma State University.

A three-time Pro Bowler, Williams was a huge piece of the Chargers’ success on the interior part of the defensive line for more than a decade. He was a wide-bodied, run-stuffing nose tackle who kept linebackers clean by occupying two and three defenders at a time.

In 12 seasons with the Bolts, Williams had 396 total tackles, 54 tackles for loss, 13 sacks, four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries.

He was named four-time Chargers Lineman of the Year, three-time Chargers Defensive Player of the Year and 2008 Co-MVP.

NFL supplemental draft: Taking a look at all picks since 1999

The NFL won’t be holding a supplemental draft in 2021. Nonetheless, here is a look back at such picks since 1999.

The NFL announced Tuesday they will not be holding a supplemental draft for the second straight year.

Players in the supplemental draft are generally players, who for one reason or another, failed to enter that year’s draft.

How teams pick players in the supplemental is by submitting a bid to the commissioner — in essence, where that team would pick that player. Highest bidder gets the player, but then has to forfeit that pick in the upcoming draft. For instance, if the Houston Texans used a second-rounder in the 2021 supplemental, they would forfeit their second-round pick in the 2022 NFL draft. More about the rules of the supplemental draft can be found here.

NFL decides not to hold the supplemental draft in 2021

For the second year in a row there will not be a supplemental draft

The Detroit Lions haven’t selected a player in the NFL’s annual supplemental draft since taking a shot on defensive back Kevin Robinson back in 1982. They won’t snap that long string this year, either.

There won’t be an opportunity, not with the NFL opting to not hold the supplemental draft in 2021. It’s the second year in a row the league has canceled the special draft, which happens in the summer months after the standard draft.

The supplemental draft is for players who were not eligible for the standard draft but had circumstances change so that they could meet the NFL’s guidelines for eligibility. Teams bid on players who submit for the supplemental draft and the rights are awarded to the team with the highest round of bid. The team then forfeits that round’s pick in the following year’s draft.

Typically only one or two players are selected. The last was in 2019 when the Cardinals selected safety Jalen Thompson from Washington State. Thompson, a part-time starter, has been one of the more successful supplemental picks over the last 25 years.

Robinson never made the Lions, by the way. He cost the team a ninth-round (!) pick in the 1983 NFL draft.

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The NFL cancels 2020 supplemental draft

NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero is reporting that the NFL has canceled its annual supplemental draft for 2020.

NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero is reporting that the NFL has canceled its annual supplemental draft for 2020.

“Under the CBA, the NFL may elect to hold a supplemental draft each year,” Pelissero said. “The matter was discussed with the NFL Management Council Executive Committee, and in light of current conditions, the decision was made not to hold one.”

With uncertainty surrounding how sports will happen this fall, including college football, it’s believed there were concerns about an influx of players flooding the market, trying to make an early jump to the NFL.

In the past four years, only three players have been selected in supplemental drafts, defensive back Jalen Thompson was taken in the fifth round by the Arizona Cardinals last year, while 2018 saw cornerbacks Sam Beal and Adonis Alexander selected by the New York Giants (third round) and Washington (sixth round) respectively, and no players were selected in 2017 or 2016.

The Detroit Lions have only used a supplemental draft pick once in its history, back in 1982 when they selected cornerback Kevin Robinson out of North Carolina A&T in the ninth round. He never played in the NFL.

The NFL cancels the supplemental draft for 2020

Only 4 players have been selected in Supplemental Drafts since Josh Gordon in 2012

The NFL has elected to not hold the annual Supplemental Draft this summer. League officials announced on Wednesday that the draft for players who successfully meet the eligibility requirements for the Supplemental Draft will have to wait for the 2021 NFL Draft.

The move was made in the climate of an uncertain college football season. There has been considerable speculation that some collegians would prefer to jump straight to the NFL instead of sitting through the unknown college football experience, but that now is not an option.

The Supplemental Draft typically sees little action. Just one player, Washington State safety Jalen Thompson, was selected in 2019. The Cardinals used a 2020 5th-round pick to select him. Teams bid future draft selections to select players in the auxiliary draft.

The Browns have two of the most famous Supplemental Draft success stories. Josh Gordon was selected with the team’s 2nd-round pick in the 2012 edition. Quarterback Bernie Kosar was the team’s first-round pick back in the 1985 Supplemental Draft.

Only four players total have been selected in the Supplemental Draft since the Browns took Gordon eight years ago.

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NFL will not hold supplemental draft in 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL will not be holding a supplemental draft this year

The 2020 NFL Draft went off without a hitch, despite being an entirely virtual experience due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the current public health crisis has now forced another NFL draft to be cancelled.

The league will not be holding a supplemental draft this year, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero:

It’s unclear how many players would have made themselves available for a supplemental draft this year, but with the pandemic potentially impacting this year’s college football season, it’s possible that some talented prospects may have considered going that route.

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NFL not holding 2020 Supplemental Draft

Though the Ravens have only taken advantage once before, they won’t have a shot this year as the 2020 Supplemental Draft is canceled.

For those that love the NFL Draft, you’ll have to wait until next April for those sweet picks. The NFL announced they’re not doing a supplemental draft this year, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.

Under the CBA, the NFL is permitted to hold a supplemental draft every year. However, with the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing restrictions in place, players can’t easily travel for tryouts or make an impression on teams to be selected, forcing the league into skipping the event this year. Instead of becoming free agents as is usually the case for those players not selected in the supplemental draft, they can enter the 2021 NFL Draft.

It likely won’t have much of an impact on the Baltimore Ravens, however. The Ravens have made just one pick in a supplemental draft before, taking offensive tackle Jared Gaither in the fifth round of the 2007 Supplemental Draft.

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