NFL draft-eligible juniors can play all-star games

• Jeff Legwold, ESPN Elder WriterNov 8, 2023, 04:11 PM ET Close Jeff Legwold is a senior writer who covers the Denver Broncos and the NFL at ESPN. Jeff has covered the Broncos for more than twenty years, signing up with ESPN in 2013. He likewise helps with NFL draft coverage, including his yearly leading 100 prospects. Jeff has been a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Selectors because 1999. He has attended every scouting combine considering that 1987.

In a long-awaited modification for some in the scouting neighborhood, NFL authorities sent out a memo to all 32 groups Wednesday to inform them that juniors who formally state for April’s NFL draft will now be permitted to participate in college football postseason all-star games, sources informed ESPN.Previously, just

juniors who had already graduated could participate in the all-star games.The letter, sources said, stated that juniors who officially have declared for the draft might participate, if invited, in the Elder Bowl, the East-West Shrine Video Game and the HBCU Legacy Bowl.Editor’s Picks This previous year, players who had actually been out of high school

for a minimum of 3 seasons needed to officially submit their ask for unique eligibility to enter the NFL draft by Jan. 16, and the list of the 69 players who were approved eligibility was given to teams Jan. 20. Players got here for the East-West Video Game on Jan. 26 for weigh-in and practices. Gamers showed up for Elder Bowl practices on Jan. 30. The HBCU Legacy Bowl held 2 padded practices for the players ahead of the Feb. 25 game.In in 2015’s draft, 62 underclassmen were chosen, with 19 of those going in the preliminary.