re: Coaches frustrated after no HBCU players selected in 2021 NFL draft

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How many players from HBCUs are drafted each year?

For FCS ball in general, there arent alot of these guys getting drafted into the NFL. There are plenty of exremely talented guys that gets looked over every year, that's just part of the game. Pro teams want guys from the bigger schools. They'll look at smaller program guys, but it's alot more rare.

I mean let's look at North Dakota State, for example. They are the Alabama of FCS football. Even they struggle to get a lot of guys drafted consistently. In the past decade, they have had 8 guys drafted into the NFL. That's not a bad number at all, but its definitely not competing with P5 numbers. NDSU is the elite of FCS football. I hate to say it, but for the most part the best HBCUs are usually mid-tier in FCS ball. The last time an HBCU won the FCS championship was in 1978.

As for D2 ball, in history going back to 1978, I don't think an HBCU has ever won the championship in that league.

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I believe Winston Salem state has won one or at least gotten to the finals.

The MEAC imo is way better then the SWAC on occasion the MEAC has a team that can win a game or two in the playoffs. The SWAC refuses to play in them because they usually don't win games.

Not playing in the playoffs imo also hurts Recruiting. Kids want to go compete for Natty's. We'll see how the celebration bowl changes that however