If you don’t find something fun about watching a small-school prospect succeed in the NFL, you may need to check your pulse.
The Bears had 7 players on their roster last year who finished their collegiate careers at the FCS level. Two of their picks from the 2022 draft — Braxton Jones and Ja’Tyre Carter — both came from FCS schools. Since 1978, there have been 8 players to play at the FCS level to make it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including the likes of Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Terrell Owens and Richard Dent.
To entirely avoid small-school prospects because of arguments surrounding their competition is incredibly short-sighted, and there have been several stars to come out of the FCS ranks.