Why not high school students then?
This is stupid and further splits the point of going to college (for scholarship/academia) as just a pathway to the NFL.
NFL should just pull directly from high schools and colleges should get out of varsity sports altogether.
College sports have been about academia for about 75 years. They’re about money. Making it for the college. As for high school players, honestly why not? We let high school students get jobs. Why not let student athletes have a job of being in a commercial for the local burger joint other high school students are working at.