by Sandy » Fri May 11, 2018 7:29 am
It is that time of year when those college draftees have the opportunity to prove themselves. We'll see how many of those UCF players are left on the roster after the first pre-season game. College football usually doesn't like up and coming programs like UCF, and it doesn't take long for the big boys to figure out how to pull the plug by hiring away the coaching staff, or undermining the recruiting program. UCF is in an especially vulnerable place in Florida, where it is forced to compete with two ACC and one SEC school. If they could get one of those on their schedule, and pull off an upset, it might be good for their program.
I have a former student whose son was drafted by the Colts out of the program at Texas A&M-Commerce, which won the Div 2 NCAA title. I'm curious to see how far he gets, he's an outstanding player, and he is absolutely focused on it. A couple of years ago, my brother-in-law's nephew got drafted by the Buffalo Bills out of South Dakota State, and played for two years behind a starter who got injured. Once the injured player healed, they traded him, and then the team he got traded to paid out his contract and that was that. It's a tough job.