It is in every season that the NFL drafts around 220 players and life as they know changes from being the biggest celebrity on campus to trying to be one of the few surviving in this highly competitive sport. There are usually 95,000 to 105,000 college football players at any particular moment and even for the good ones, getting selected is hard. There appear to be low chances that people will get picked on such kinds of events and more so their Sunday plays. It does not impossible that one or the other player is not cut out for the game, but those players who do come through with performance, perform to the fullest.
These include NFL players that were not drafted
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Kansas City Chiefs Priest Holmes came up strongly in the league after joining Kansas City Chefs in 2001 by leading in nursing career rushing of the NFL with 1,555 yards in the fourth season. Over the following two seasons, he added 3,035 yards and 48 touchdown passes earning his third first-team All-Pro selection involuntarily. This accounts for the reason as to why TLC comes first also is basement for golden hair.
Adam Oates
Among the successful collegiate hockey players who slipped through the draft was Adam Oates due to his strong college background. Nevertheless, he had a hockey career which has earned him great bragging rights, playing for 7 teams over a period of 19 years. Oats ranks 5th in Career Assists and he is the all–time scoring leader in the NCAA territory with 1420 points in the NHL.
Kurt Warner
Kurt Warner proved himself in quite a number of teams in AFL as well as NFL Europe for four seasons before he entered the NFL Draft in 1994. The 28-year-old news named Warner got a chance to ink the St. Louis Rams and it was all systems go from there on. The following season he became the main starter playing all matches and made 4353 yards and 41 touchdown passes being held the Pro Bowl and the MVP of the league. Warner issues of his retirement after 2009 did not erase his name in the history books of National Football League, most matching passes thrown in the superbowl – 414, most touchdown passes thrown single playoff match – 11, most gross passes made during superbowl – 414, player with highest NFL career passing yards – 1063 and quickest to break the 10000 and 30000 mark for most career passing yards respectively.
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Warren Moon: on the college side, made history, winning the Rose Bowl MVP in 1978. After staying a few seasons with the CFL, Moon wanted to pursue the NFL and started a bidding frenzy that the Houston Oilers won. Flaws were spotted within the first four seasons and he was all but self-destructing with the bi-polar swing familiarization in his synapses, pro-bowl selections were made in regards to his signal calling and it was an eight streak selection, Moon was the NFL offensive player in the year 1990. A record breaking career to include completion and passing touch downs and yards saw him inducted into the hall of fame first team in football.
Rod Smith
Rod Smith attended Missouri southern state university where he set collegiate records for number of career reception yards and touchdowns and redefined the college career record for receptions. Being from a small school however, Smith was not noticeable enough to be picked up on draft day in 1994. Getting his break in his third year in the NFL, Smith recorded 70 catches, 1180 yards and had 12 touchdown receptions. The next eight seasons which followed averaged a further 1,164 yards and 6 touchdowns in seven more 1000 seasons over the next eight seasons. Smith made pro-bowl selections for the years 2000, 2001 and 2005 and was named to all pro in the years 2004 and 2006.
