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Message: [QUOTE="timkay99, post: 1383294, member: 635"] I tend to think poor NFL draft showings (for power conference teams) are indictments of the current season for that collegiate team. If you are a bad team, scouts don't want to see you and will try and avoid catching your team (also b/c seeing good players against bad teams doesn't tell you much). As someone who is in the evaluation business, there is nothing worse then seeing a pitcher face a winless HS team or watching a hitter face low caliber pitching he won't see again. Fact of the matter is that both Eskridge and Hickey had mid rounds potential. Both weren't able to offset their issues (size and tackling for Esk, medical for Hickey) to get drafted. One thing to remember is that scouts are human. You play well in front of them (not on video) and they will overlook a lot of things. I guarantee if Esk had 15 tackles against Florida State instead of 8, he would have been drafted. [/QUOTE]