Kenneth Gainwell

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/n...ow-important-undrafted-players-are-in-the-nfl

 

Last year NFL teams collectively signed 64 first and second round picks, and over 500 UDFAs to ultimately help fill 1,696 roster spots, and Sherman finds this stat 'staggering'.

 

this was from 2016 so sherman would be mystic knowing who was signed last year. the udfa usage dropped during covid. it still rings true though that they are a big part of the nfl like it or not.

 

Lol, yeah I saw that. I wonder how 2024 levels compare to 2016. I'd think they're reasonably close.

At any rate, I like that UDFAs represent a chunk of the base, I'm just saying it shouldn't be that surprising that they do. And tales of Brady, AB, Harrison, etc. are more anecdotal than the norm considering the large pool of players in their ranks.