How many players have ended career's with bowl game injuries?

That running back from Miami is the one that really pops for me.

Willis McGahee. He still had a good NFL career but it cost him draft money.

There was a TE from Notre Dame too. I can’t think of his name.

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Seems like this narrative is driven by agents that are over promising benefits to players.

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It’s a risk vs reward thing. If a player decides to go pro in their minds and their agents how much more will playing in a random bowl game help them over the possibility that they could get hurt in said game. Is it a high probability? No but it is probable and one game film doesn’t make or break you as a draft prospect.

Jaylon Smith LB for Norte Dame in the fiesta bowl. Didn’t end his career but his draft stock dropped considerably and he was decent in Dallas but never lived up to his pre injury potential.

Doesn’t Allstate donate money to scholarships when they raise the field goal backstop? Since, most of these players are already getting a full ride why don’t they give them injury insurance instead?

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It’s a risk vs reward thing. If a player decides to go pro in their minds and their agents how much more will playing in a random bowl game help them over the possibility that they could get hurt in said game. Is it a high probability? No but it is probable and one game film doesn’t make or break you as a draft prospect.

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I understand the risk/reward, my point is that the risk is so very low that it is almost incalculable.

I remember Lael Collins going from 1st rounder to undrafted over a rumor about an ex girl friend. In other words, anything can happen and quitting on your teammates that have helped you get where you are seems to be a high price to pay for avoiding something that is such a statistical improbability.

The players are just as likely to get hurt in the weight room, driving to work out (Chad Jones). The quitting has risen beyond sensical and has become somewhat of a norm based on zero data.

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I understand the risk/reward, my point is that the risk is so very low that it is almost incalculable.

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But it is there and there is zero reward for playing in one more game. A guy like Clark and Farrell and TDP have 3+ full seasons of film out there.

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Jaylon Smith LB for Norte Dame in the fiesta bowl. Didn’t end his career but his draft stock dropped considerably and he was decent in Dallas but never lived up to his pre injury potential.

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Definitely impacted his draft, but still went in the beginning of the second round.

You know what kills a draft stock more than injury? Being questioned by police in a murder(La'el Collins). Youd think these agents would tell these dudes to stay away from their no good cousins and friends from back home.

Jake Butt?

I personally think it’s ridiculous- it’s one more game. I mean there is risk in every game.