NFL Draft NICK HEPLER JEREMY SMITH Agenda Pre

NFL Draft NICK HEPLER & JEREMY SMITH

Agenda • Pre Draft • Draft Week • Finances • Post Draft

Pre Draft • Scouting • Pro Day • NFL Combine

Scouting • Find new prospects • Search college and professional level • Grade each player (czabe. blogspot. com)

Pro Day • Confirmation of players skill • Scouts selling GM on player • A chance to find out more • If the player is still working hard (Daily. Emerald. com)

NFL Combine • 40 -yard Dash • Bench-press • Vertical Jump • Broad Jump • 3 Cone Drill • Shuttle Run (espn. go. com)

Draft Week • Draft Rules • Value of Draft Picks • Trading Draft Picks • Chain of Command • Pressure • Decisions

NFL Draft Rules • Draft Picks o Each team has one assigned per round o 7 rounds o 32 additional picks are given as compensatory o 256 slots available

NFL Draft Rules(contin. ) • Compensatory Picks o Determined at league’s annual meeting o Based on free agency period (loss vs. gain) o Maximum to gain is 4 picks (one team) o Can’t be traded

NFL Draft Rules(contin. ) • Draft Order o Based on regular season record and playoff finish o Team with the worst record goes first o If expansion team present, they go first o Coin flip occurs if two teams are tied o Team that picks first one round will pick last in the next

NFL Draft Rules(contin. ) • Rules o 1 st Round- Teams have 10 minutes to choose pick o 2 nd Round- Teams have 7 minutes to choose pick o 3 rd-7 th Rounds- Teams have 5 minutes to choose pick o Any team’s draft picks can be traded at any time o 1 st Round is on Thursday night, the others are on Friday and Saturday o Time expires, team can submit their pick still

(Footballperspective. com)

Trading Draft Picks To Trade To Receive Pick Number: 1 Pick Number: 2 Pick Number: 3 Pick Number: 45 Pick Number: 89 Pick Number: 95 Pick Number: 150 Pick Number: 201 Pick Number: 151 Value of the picks: Percent Improvement: 14 Note: You should make the trade 3445 Value of the picks: 3934

Chain of Command Jerry Richardson (Owner) Dave Gettleman (General Manager) Ron Rivera (Head Football Coach) Brandon Beane (Director of Football Operations) Don Gregory (Director of College Scouting) Mark Koncz (Director of Pro Scouting)

Pressure (youtube. com)

(titansonline. com)

Decisions (youtube. com)

Finances • Fan Bases • Salary Caps • Rookie Contracts • Agents • Endorsements

NFC South Salaries Atlanta Falcons [PERCENTAGE] Carolina Panthers New Orlean Saints [PERCENTAGE] Tampa Bay Buccaneers [PERCENTAGE] Buffalo Bills

Agents • Speak on players behalf • Negotiation • Pay players • Sometimes family members • Market players (sportsnetworker. com)

Rookie Contracts • 4 -years with possible option of 5 th year • Max deal of money is pre-defined • Only negotiate guaranteed money and offset language 2014 Draft First Round 1. Jadeveon Clowney, DE, 4 years, $22. 272 million 2. Greg Robinson, OT, 4 years, $21. 284 million 3. Blake Bortles, QB, 4 years, $20. 655 million

Endorsement • Also known as offset language • Players payment through agent • Market company products (athletepromotions. com)

Snickers (www. youtube. com)

Puma (www. youtube. com)

Post Draft • NFL Draft Gems • NFL Draft Busts

NFL Draft Gems (news. yahoo. com)

Kurt Warner • Stocked shelves • Iowa Barn Stormers (AFL) • NFL’s European League • ‘ 98 Started St. Louis Rams (www. thescottsdaleleader. com)

Tom Brady • Passed on MLB • University of Michigan • Drafted by Patriots • Became the starter (www. patriotsgab. com)

NFL Draft Busts

Ryan Leaf • Washington State University • 1998 NFL Draft • San Diego, Tampa, Seattle, Dallas • Imprisoned for prescription drug theft (www. usatoday. com)

Charles Rogers • Michigan State • Drafted 2 nd overall • Detroit Lions • Drug problems • Retired in 2005 (www. scoresreport. com)

Works Cited http: //www. gannett-cdn. com http: //www. footballguys. com http: //www. spotrac. com http: //bleacherreport. com http: //thestashed. com https: //www. youtube. com http: //www. titansonline. com http: //www. footballperspective. com http: //www. nfl. com http: //www. sbnation. com http: //www. nationalfootballpost. com