Sporting News

● By Vinnie Iyer
The countdown to the 2021 NFL Draft has already begun and with college football in flux for 2020, the clock feels like it's ticking faster toward next April. This fall, with two Power 5 conferences (Big Ten, Pac-12) postponing their seasons to curtail the spread of COVID-19 and a few top players opting out as part of their personal protocol, the evaluation process for scouts, analysts and general managers got a lot tougher.

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