I'm not talking about eligible, my statement was about actual NFL draftees...........
There has never been 16,000 draftees in the history of college football. I think you get my point.
What I meant was how many seniors in college football?
32 teams x 8 rounds = 256 players is definitely the numerator (how many were drafted?)
The denominator is tougher.
D1-FBS schools get 85 scholarships. 85/4 = 21 per year.
(some years will be more some will be less).
130 x 21 = 2730
D1-FCS schools get 63 scholarships. 63/4 = 15 per year.
I count 126 D1-FCS schools. At some schools football is not such a big deal, and not all scholarships are used. On the other hand there are walkons (kids without scholarships)
126 x 15 = 1890. So we’re up to 4620 in the denominator.
I counted 153 Division II football schools. That’s approximate.
225 Division III football schools.
It’s extremely rare for a D2 or D3 player to get drafted but it has happened. I would think you’d have to be a starter to even be considered. 22 starters offense/defense, kicker, punter, returner, long snapper, etc...let’s say 7 players on each team x 378 = 2646.
OK, the denominator is up to 7266, well short of 16000.
256 / 7266 = 3.5%.
I’m scanning over last year’s draft. Mike Strachan - Charleston WV; Zach Davidson Central Missouri; Chris Garrett Concordia-St. Paul; Quinn Meinerz Wisconsin-Whitewater. I’m pretty sure those are the only D2 & D3 players taken. 4/2646 = 0.15%.
When I get ambitious I’ll count how many FCS and FBS players there were.