Round 8 of the NFL Draft. It’s not really an official round but it is an opportunity for teams to get better by acquiring talent that was bypassed during the draft’s seven official rounds. These players are the NFL’s undrafted free agents – UDFA’s.
Some will populate practice squads. Most will bounce around from team to team for a bit until the realization hits that their respective livelihoods won’t unfold on an NFL field. But every now and then, a diamond in the rough is uncovered. Maybe the player was a late bloomer. Maybe he played for a small school that didn’t attract the attention of scouts.