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To: scrabblehack
there could be as many as 16000 eligible in any given year.

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.

91 posted on 01/02/2022 4:46:48 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (They call me mellow yellow)
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To: Hot Tabasco

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.


92 posted on 01/02/2022 5:54:21 PM PST by scrabblehack
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