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Can a college football player forgo the NFL draft and sign with any team?
Now, granted, this would probably be a stupid idea since you will get the most money out of being in the NFL draft.
However, let's say there is a very talented college football player (top-10 prospect) who is determined to only play for one specific team (let's say the Green Bay Packers, who would have a late first round pick). Would he be allowed, in theory, to forgo the NFL draft and just show up to the tryouts and sign with the Packers if he really wanted to? Yes, he would make considerably less money, but I just want to know if it is legally possible...especially since you see a lot of times where no-name players make and NFL team (like that Invincible movie with Mark Wahlburg).
Well, if you aren't allowed to do that, then how many years must you wait before you are allowed in the NFL?
The NFL has college guys pretty much over the barrel in this situation. When a team drafts a guy, they own his NFL signing rights for 1 year. If he remains unsigned, he can reenter the next years draft. Of course, there is no guarantee a team he likes better will draft him, nor is he likely to get as big of a contract offer.
In your example, a guy whose signing rights are owned by a team, can not work out with the Packers or be offered a free-agent contract by the Packers. The league has strict non-tampering rules.
But there is no law that says a guy has to sign with an NFL team that drafts him, he could sign a 1 year deal with the CFL or UFL and play, or just sit out a year. The closest that came to happening recently was with Micheal Crabtree in 2009 when he refused to sign until after mid-season.
Of course, teams don't want players they can't sign or who don't want to play for them. And they certainly don't want to completely waste a first round draft choice. So if most cases, they'd be trying to work out a trade deal. And if the Packers had an interest in the guy, that's where they'd focus.
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