Jamir Tillman, Caleb Campbell, and Keenan Reynolds are just a few names the NFL wanted as much as Uncle Sam- but all of that came to an end for Mr. Tillman the day of the NFL Draft. The Pentagon’s Secretary of Defense James Mattis put into effect a new rule that said graduates from West Point (Army), Annapolis (Navy) and the Air Force Academy can pursue athletics as a profession but not for two years after they serve for the armed forces. This is a drastic change from the rules laid out for Keenan Reynolds in 2016.
How the Pentagon’s rash decision can hurt service academy athletics
