“Is FCS Football’s Future at Stake? Uncovering the Secrets to Reviving NFL Draft Dreams!”
The drop during the 2020s stands out particularly. The number of NFL Draft picks during the first half of this decade – the five drafts from 2020 to ’24 – is down 34% from the 2010s and to the lowest average of selections per year.
Much of the cause is the FCS losing key NFL prospects to the extreme rise in transfers, especially up to the FBS, and the pursuit of NIL at college football’s highest level. Overall, the number of NCAA football players across all divisions who entered the portal in 2023-24 exceeded 11,000, NBC Sports reported.
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