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75 different collegiate teams had picks in the 2026 NFL Draft

Posted on 4/27/26 at 5:56 pm
Posted by RollTide1987
Baltimore, MD
Member since Nov 2009
70979 posts
Posted on 4/27/26 at 5:56 pm
That is the lowest number the sport has seen since 1938.

The transfer portal is doing exactly what everyone thought it would do: it is taking talent away from the G5 and concentrating it within the P4. The mid-majors are about to go the way of the Dodo bird.

Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
80496 posts
Posted on 4/27/26 at 5:59 pm to
They need to separate
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
80251 posts
Posted on 4/27/26 at 6:01 pm to
Only 4 FCS players drafted is insane
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
70064 posts
Posted on 4/27/26 at 6:07 pm to
College sports are about to go the way of the Dodo bird


Fixed it for you
Posted by saintsfan92612
Taiwan
Member since Oct 2008
30402 posts
Posted on 4/27/26 at 6:07 pm to
and 2 of the 4 are from NDSU which is an FBS school starting this year.
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
91269 posts
Posted on 4/27/26 at 6:21 pm to
This insinuates we need more than 75 good teams.

We don’t.

I think talent spread out over 75 teams is way better than talent spread out over 120 teams.

By OPs logic, let’s go 400 teams and spread it out even more.
Posted by RollTide1987
Baltimore, MD
Member since Nov 2009
70979 posts
Posted on 4/27/26 at 6:24 pm to
quote:

By OPs logic, let’s go 400 teams and spread it out even more.



What logic are you deducing from my OP that leads you to that conclusion?
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
40722 posts
Posted on 4/27/26 at 6:30 pm to
The do-gooders and race-baiters' plan is working to perfection.
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
91269 posts
Posted on 4/27/26 at 6:34 pm to
One sec let me read it again

Ah, I should have read more.


I assume most folks talking about this are disappointed that talent isn’t flowing to the bottom programs. I shouldn’t have assumed.
This post was edited on 4/27/26 at 6:38 pm
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
39382 posts
Posted on 4/27/26 at 7:15 pm to
1960s thru the 1970s....

Raiders used to raid the HBCU's during a time when a lot of the "major" programs were stil mostly White.

That was a time period when you really did find the best talent you didn't see on TV on Saturday.

NFL teams had to do real homework back then.
This post was edited on 4/27/26 at 7:17 pm
Posted by RBTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
9167 posts
Posted on 4/27/26 at 11:09 pm to
+ Texas Tech DB Cole Wisniewski was a North Dakota State transfer
Posted by lionward2014
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2015
13991 posts
Posted on 4/27/26 at 11:35 pm to
SLU one of the top 75 college football programs. Lion up!
Posted by tigerfan84
Member since Dec 2003
26456 posts
Posted on 4/28/26 at 2:00 am to
When I was in college at an FCS school, FBS players would transfer there to avoid having to sit out a year. I remember having classes with players from LSU, Ole Miss, SMU, etc.
Posted by McMillan
Member since Jul 2018
7267 posts
Posted on 4/28/26 at 7:08 am to
5 if you want to count Jeff Caldwell who spent the first three years of his CFB career at Lindenwood before transferring to Cincinnati.
Posted by RTN
Member since Oct 2016
887 posts
Posted on 4/28/26 at 8:11 am to
quote:

5 if you want to count Jeff Caldwell who spent the first three years of his CFB career at Lindenwood before transferring to Cincinnati.


I think that’s the point… pre transfer portal he might have stayed and been drafted from Lindenwood but they are getting poached now
This post was edited on 4/28/26 at 8:36 am
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
54673 posts
Posted on 4/28/26 at 8:36 am to
quote:

I think talent spread out over 75 teams is way better than talent spread out over 120 teams.


This. Think of all the talent in the past stuck on teams we couldn’t watch…
Posted by RelicBatches86
Florida
Member since Nov 2024
1458 posts
Posted on 4/28/26 at 8:43 am to
imagine all of those James Madison players that Coach Cignetti wouldnt have been able to bring to Indiana under the old rules

a 0 star , or 1 star recruit can work his arse off at a JUCO, FCS or D3 school and start at Auburn next season. in the past, he wouldve been stuck.

What's wrong with that?
This post was edited on 4/28/26 at 8:43 am
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
25590 posts
Posted on 4/28/26 at 8:46 am to
quote:

The mid-majors are about to go the way of the Dodo bird.

Are mid majors having a drop money? Isn’t that what will cause their demise rather than number of players drafted
Posted by McMillan
Member since Jul 2018
7267 posts
Posted on 4/28/26 at 9:26 am to
The last player to be drafted there was Pierre Desir in 2014
Posted by RolltidePA
North Carolina
Member since Dec 2010
5570 posts
Posted on 4/28/26 at 9:34 am to
Only 24 players were drafted from non power 4 schools overall. I think only 9 teams outside of the power 4 were represented. Only 17 players from outside the power 4 were invited to the combine.

This isn't good for the sport.
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