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Lions don't shy away from small-school prospects, but lack of pro days will hurt players in 2020

Allen Park — How many NFL players do you think you could name? 50? 200?

Even the most passionate fans would struggle to identify the 53rd man on their favorite team's roster, let alone the starting right guard or nose tackle for the Houston Texans, Arizona Cardinals or New York Jets.

During the offseason, teams are actually permitted to employ 90 players and those rosters will soon be fleshed out with rookies, many of them undrafted. Some of those players will come from big schools, such as Georgia or Ohio State, while others will have you scrambling to Wikipedia to figure out where Franklin College or the University of the Incarnate Word are located.