Path to the Draft: How each projected 1st round pick was recruited and developed
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Football Scoop
By Zach Barnett One has been the top player at his position since childhood, another was slated to attend junior college just days before he started college. All others fell somewhere in between. Let’s get this out of the way early: Stars matter. Study after study has proven that recruits are orders-of-magnitude more likely to be drafted as 5-stars than 4- or 3-stars. If you’re arguing otherwise, you’re wrong. With that out of the way, the NFL draft is a uniquely American institution, so beloved it’s basically become a sport unto itself. It brings America’s two most popular sports (professiona…