Dearth Of HBCU Players Drafted By NFL Indicative Of Larger Issue

By Donal Ware www.boxtorow.com www.radio-boss.com Photos: YouTube Screenshots Another year of the NFL Draft and yet another disappointing outcome for HBCU players. For the second time in four years, not one single HBCU player was drafted. Zero. Zilch. Nada. The teams can draft who they want and it’s not a matter of just drafting players because they played at an HBCU. There is some real talent. The issue is that the players at our schools have now been relegated to the UDFA (undrafted free agent) tracker regularly, yet so much is made of them prior to the draft. There’s the Legacy Bowl, a combine and all-star game for HBCU players. There are all kinds of profiles, specials, and vignettes done on these players. Yet, not a one gets drafted? Three years ago, zero players were drafted. Two years ago, four players were drafted and Troy Vincent, executive vice president of football operations for the NFL, wrote a piece for the Fayetteville Observer, almost bragging about four players being drafted. Then last year, there were just two players drafted. I want to see what Mr. Vincent will write this year. If anything. And further, the problem is while HBCU players are...