But I'm telling you they are the same. I'm looking at list right now -- you have LSU, Georgia, Bama, Penn State, Clemson, Tennessee, TAMU, Oklahoma, etc.. and that's just from last year. These are just the kids who went undrafted, not even the kids who stupidly left and were drafted later than they're supposed to go. And these are the 4 star and 5 star kids who are 3 and out like you're saying. You can look at the list below for yourself if you don't believe me. Kids are doing this dumb **** all around the country, no matter how good or bad the program is.
Underclassmen Going Unselected 2019
Just b/c a kid goes undrafted, doesn't mean it was the wrong decision to take a gamble. You're talking about 1000's of players vying for 224 draft spots.
So let's go over some of these kids that went undrafted from the link you provided:
Let's take the Jeff Allison for example from Fresno St. Dude avg. 122 tackles his sophomore/junior seasons, won DPOY for his conference his Jr year, all while playing for a Fresno team that went 22-6 his last 2 years. Why wouldn't he declare?
Elijah Holyfield is another example. Kid plays for a top school, goes over 1000 yrds his Jr year, while splitting carries, avg. 6/carry his sophomore/junior year. NFL like productive running backs w/ low mileage, so why wouldn't he declare?
Tyrel Dodson, avg. 87 tackles between his sophomore/junior year with housing a couple of TDs as a LB.
Lil'Jordan Humphrey put up the 3rd most receiving yards in a single season for UT, put up 9 TDs his Jr and he's 6'4 225lbs. Why wouldn't he declare?
Savion Smith was JUCO transfer, former 5 star kid (from the crib) who played one year of P5 football and did extremely well for Alabama as a lock down corner....but there is only one year of film on him. 6'1 200lb DB. Why wouldn't he declare?
Look, all I'm doing is providing some context; all things are not equal. Just b/c a kid that declares early for the draft and not get drafted or go lower than his draft grade, doesn't mean they made a dumb decision based upon their production. Furthermore, we're talking about 1 or 2 from aforementioned schools that went undrafted.
What I'm saying is here, NONE of these mofos have the justification to declare early. Jon Ford....if I wasn't a Canes fan, I wouldn't even know who tf he was, and neither would any of us. Travis, RJ, Norton, Yearby (another head scratcher). At least w/ 70% of the guys who went undrafted or went lower than their original grades, I can justify why they would declare, especially if you play at a top tier program. We have no viable reason for any of our underclassmen leaving here, yet they are still leaving. The guys listed on the site you provided, most of them had draftable grades, and I remember very distinctly Mel Kiper being in shock at the number of quality players that became UDFA, in particular Holyfield.