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<blockquote data-quote="Samuel S" data-source="post: 129453440" data-attributes="member: 1754664">I doubt Worley would get drafted. I'd be amazed if Shell did. Smallwood is a late round guy, maybe.&nbsp; As long as they don't hook up with agents, they can get an objective appraisal of their likely draft status and some input on what the League thinks are their strengths and weaknesses.&nbsp; RBs actually should consider going early more than any other position. They have limited NFL career-spans for the most part and the potential&nbsp; extra year of making money (and maybe qualifying for a pension) could be significant. A year in college as a 200 or more carry guy probably takes as much or more off your shelf life as does a year in the NFL because most will have many fewer touches as a rookint in the NFL compared to what thety would get that last year in school. You could also get badly injured and miss out entirely.&nbsp;&nbsp; Smallwood should give it some serious consideration, depending on what he is told. One thing is it can depend on what you are told are seen as your negatives. Some things you can improve&nbsp; but others (size, speed,..) you really can't. If the main negative is they tell you your lack of high end speed is an issue, you're not going to be faster the following year. If they tell you you need to learn to cut back into thehole better or things like that, you might be able to impress them more with a nother year.&nbsp; Unless the other 2 just hate school they need to return.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Samuel S, post: 129453440, member: 1754664"] I doubt Worley would get drafted. I'd be amazed if Shell did. Smallwood is a late round guy, maybe. As long as they don't hook up with agents, they can get an objective appraisal of their likely draft status and some input on what the League thinks are their strengths and weaknesses. RBs actually should consider going early more than any other position. They have limited NFL career-spans for the most part and the potential extra year of making money (and maybe qualifying for a pension) could be significant. A year in college as a 200 or more carry guy probably takes as much or more off your shelf life as does a year in the NFL because most will have many fewer touches as a rookint in the NFL compared to what thety would get that last year in school. You could also get badly injured and miss out entirely. Smallwood should give it some serious consideration, depending on what he is told. One thing is it can depend on what you are told are seen as your negatives. Some things you can improve but others (size, speed,..) you really can't. If the main negative is they tell you your lack of high end speed is an issue, you're not going to be faster the following year. If they tell you you need to learn to cut back into thehole better or things like that, you might be able to impress them more with a nother year. Unless the other 2 just hate school they need to return. [/QUOTE]

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