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Talent evaluators have been forced to adapt in the 2021 NFL Draft process. Some players made the decision to sit out the 2020 regular season and begin preparations for the draft. Others may have played a few games -- or one game, in the case of North Dakota State -- and decided they had shown enough to prematurely end the season. It is a fluid process and the most prepared could have a competitive advantage.

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