When Round 7 of the NFL Draft finally ends, more fun begins with undrafted free agency, often referred to as Round 8. This is when teams fight to sign the best players who didn’t get drafted. Some of these guys end up having huge NFL careers. From the Bengals, Vontaze Burfict, Ryan Hewitt, Vincent Rey and Alex Erickson are a few current players who once went undrafted and were quickly scooped up by Cincinnati.
Quarterbacks often get much of the undrafted buzz, and that’s the case with one of the players the Bengals signed.