Free-Agents

[pantherball]

Have any of our seniors signed a free agent deal yet? We have some guys that deserve it.

[ronfitch]

Have any of our seniors signed a free agent deal yet? We have some guys that deserve it.

Have not seen any signings, though Trevor Allen shows up on at least one list ranking unsigned free agents (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...2020-nfl-draft).

In kind of related news, former Panther DB Deiondre' Hall was cited in a pre-draft interview with Jeremy Chinn, who ended up being the Carolina Panthers number two pick this year:

"'The biggest thing for me when I was coming in, I saw (NDSU's) Carson Wentz and (Northern Iowa's) David Johnson ... and really for me? It was the DB from UNI, Deiondre' Hall, and I remember watching him,' Chinn told HERO Sports this week. 'I was watching his highlights and I'd try to make the same plays he did, things like that. And I'd see the top players he'd played against, like (WIU's) Lance Lenoir, and when I'd played Lenoir, I made a couple of plays against him, too. Any way I could try to compare myself to guys making it before me, those are the guys who made an impact on me as an FCS player.'

Hall went on to be drafted in the fourth round of the 2016 draft and is currently under contract with the Tampa Bay Bucs."

Entire read:

https://herosports.com/fcs/football-2020-nfl-draft-jeremy-chinn-southern-illinois-ajaj

[BCPanther]

Jackson Scott-Brown should get a look somewhere.

[panther-state]

Only 6 FCS draft picks this year. I believe that's the lowest total in a long time (if not the record). I knew that we didn't have anyone in the conversation but I wouldn't have guessed that the entire subdivision was in a similar position.

[pantherball]

Lowest since 2003 when there was 12. Not having pro days had to have hurt the FCS player.

[vbfan19]

Lowest since 2003 when there was 12. Not having pro days had to have hurt the FCS player.

I only minored in math, but isn't 6 fewer than 12?

I-AA/FCS picks since the draft decreased from 12 to 7 rounds in 1993:
1993: 17
1994: 22
1995: 22
1996: 29
1997: 27
1998: 17
1999: 27
2000: 21
2001: 16
2002: 18
2003: 12
2004: 15
2005: 16
2006: 15
2007: 18
2008: 21
2009: 17
2010: 17
2011: 19
2012: 15
2013: 16
2014: 17
2015: 17
2016: 20
2017: 15
2018: 19
2019: 13
2020: 6

[pantherball]

My bad. I’m not an English major. Your graph shows what I was trying to say. Only 2 schools that haven’t had a player sign in the Valley are Missouri State and UNI. Hopefully that changes.

[clenz]

My bad. I’m not an English major. Your graph shows what is was trying to say. Only 2 schools that haven’t had a player sign in the Valley are Missouri State and UNI. Hopefully that changes.

I'm not sure it will

This last senior class was small and didn't really have any true NFL talent. Doesn't mean they weren't assets to UNI. Doesn't mean they weren't quality players for UNI. I just don't see any NFL caliber guys out of this years class - which tells you quite a bit as to how heavily underclassmen were relied on this last season.

Roosevelt Lawrence - no...was a split time defensive back/special teams guy.
Christian Elsworth - no...no explination needed
Christian Jegen - no...size/speed isn't going to get an NFL look
Trevor Allen - no...wasn't productive and injury prone. Didn't have the blocking to be super productive but still just no
Aaron Graham - no...no true position. Way to small to be a FB/TE. Way too slow to be a WR.
Colton Lueck - no...3rd string center
Sam Drysdale - no...3rd string kicker
Hezekiah Applegate - no...only saw the field as a protector on punts
Jackson Scott-Brown - potential mini camp. He has the size, but I just didn't see NFL guy watching him. Won't be shocked to see him be a late camp add though
Jaylin James - no...routes weren't super clean. Hands were...well...bad.
Joe Friedrich - no...long snapper
Seth Thomas - potential mini camp...Karter bounced around mini and training camps. Never stuck. Nothing against Seth, but if Karter doesn't stick I don't see Seth even getting what Karter got.

[SteinPizza]

Lowest since 2003 when there was 12. Not having pro days had to have hurt the FCS player.

That certainly didn't help.

I did notice an OL from St John’s (MN) got taken in the 4th round. That’s really high for a DIII player. I know St Johns is a historically good program, but to get taken in the 4th as a DIII player, he must have been man against boys dominant at that level.

[BCPanther]

That certainly didn't help.

I did notice an OL from St John’s (MN) got taken in the 4th round. That’s really high for a DIII player. I know St Johns is a historically good program, but to get taken in the 4th as a DIII player, he must have been man against boys dominant at that level.

His highlights looked like a video game. Just stupid.

[UNIdad]

Only 6 FCS draft picks this year. I believe that's the lowest total in a long time (if not the record). I knew that we didn't have anyone in the conversation but I wouldn't have guessed that the entire subdivision was in a similar position.

Is this a blip? Or something worse? I hear people say that if you are good, the NFL will find you. Really doubting that now. It isn't like anything really changed during the last football season. So, I have to think it is the absence of pro days.