If students are not allowed back to campus by the time college football comes around will there even be a season? What would happen with the 2021 draft? I wonder if teams are going to be more willing to use 2021 picks to move up and around in the draft because who the hell even knows what will happen in 2021 with the draft if there is no college football season.
That is a really good point. It is very unlikely colleges will open this fall. It might be a very poor draft next year with all eligibility extended a year. Some kids may come out early but the amount of talent would be very thin.But there also is the possibility of no NFL season this year either basically making this years draft class next year's draft class with an additional supplemental type draft next year. But as greedy as the NFL is I have a hard time seeing them cancelling the season. Maybe they can agree with the players union to do a season where each team is under quarantine all year and the schedule is changed to allow Friday and Saturday games filling the void left by no college and getting the NFL even more TV revenue.
That could happen, but with Lawrence and a few other really good QB prospects in next year's draft, I'll bet that some teams will horde picks, while others foolishly burn them. Even if there isn't a college season, I can't imagine either the NFL not having the draft or some of college players saying screw it and staying in college yet another year. I imagine they'd rather go ahead, get drafted, be signed and paid rather than return to college after sitting for a year, being rusty, not playing well and seeing their value drop or risking injury.
