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Message: [QUOTE="SuFTW, post: 5407826, member: 7766"] Pena was a fringe candidate to be drafted if he had declared. Without going through any evaluations his chance to be drafted is zero. Anyways looks like he is not eligible for the draft because he still has eligibility and he didn’t declare. Still could try to sign with a team as a free agent, but could probably make more money via NIL. [URL unfurl="true"]https://operations.nfl.com/journey-to-the-nfl/the-nfl-draft/the-rules-of-the-draft/[/URL] [HEADING=3][B]PLAYER ELIGIBILITY[/B][/HEADING] To be eligible for the draft, players must have been out of high school for at least three years and must have used up their college eligibility before the start of the next college football season. [B]Underclassmen and players who have graduated before using all their college eligibility may request the league’s approval to enter the draft early.[/B] Players are draft-eligible only in the year after the end of their college eligibility. Before the draft, NFL Player Personnel staff members confirm the eligibility of draft prospects; that means researching the college backgrounds of approximately 3,000 college players each year. They work with NCAA compliance departments at schools across the country to verify the information for all prospects. They also check the rosters of college all-star games to make sure that only draft-eligible players play in the games. The Player Personnel staff also review all of the applications submitted by players who want to enter the draft early. [B]Underclassmen have until seven days following the NCAA National Championship Game to declare their intentions to do so. [/B]For the 2017 NFL Draft, 106 undergraduates received NFL approval to enter the draft, as did 13 players who graduated without using up all their college eligibility. Once players have become draft-eligible or have declared their intention to enter the draft early, the Player Personnel staff work with teams, agents and schools to clarify the players’ status. They also work with agents, schools, scouts and teams to enforce league rules for Pro Days (where NFL scouts come to colleges to observe prospects) and private workouts. During the draft, Player Personnel staff confirm that all players who are drafted are draft-eligible. [/QUOTE]

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