There were 256 football players picked at this year's NFL draft in Texas, leaving a large number of fresh-out-of-college athletes on the sidelines and hoping for a call to be an undrafted selection, to have one more chance to impress.
Once called, either during the draft itself or after, there's still no guarantee of making the final 53-man roster in the week leading up to the start of the season.
Months of training and grinding in the preseason could all be for naught, and as of this past weekend, the players' fates have been sealed ahead of the season kickoff on Thursday.