Post #4 The NFL Combine

This week's topic is the 2017 NFL Combine. This event is stretched out through a three day span consisting of collegiate athletes across the nation to compete to be drafted in this years draft. This day is special for these athletes because this is one of the tools they get to use for their chances in the NFL. Some of these athletes perform great numbers and some perform average numbers. This event includes several agility drills, a 40-yrd dash, a vertical jump and a broad jump. These numbers give NFL coaches and scouts ways to study players and decide who they want to draft this season.
          This is my topic this week because three of our Washburn football players are currently training for the draft. Hoping to get their name called, these players are Cody Heiman, Zach Franklin, and Michael Miller. All three were great players for us! Being a Chiefs fan, I love the NFL draft, also because I am a college football player dreaming of being drafted to an NFL team one day. Anyways... I think what I'm trying to say is why does the NFL make it so hard and nerve-racking to make it in the NFL. These guys go through years of training and practice, yeah most of them don't even think of making it to the next level after college but the ones who have the talent and ability have to go through so much work and basically have to prove themselves to these coaches and scouts. Is the dream of playing in the NFL worth all this effort and time just to fall short and not get drafted at all? Less than four percent of all high school athletes go to college to play sports, 1.6 percent of college athletes make it to professional sports.
          I love the NFL draft, I love watching athletes compete, I have no problem with anything towards the process of getting to the NFL. What do you guys think? Do you think it should be easier to get drafted or should every athlete get their shot on an NFL team? I'd love to hear what you guys think! Please comment your thoughts!