The NFL will hold its Supplemental Draft on Tuesday.
Through this event, players not eligible for the NFL Draft in April may be drafted after becoming eligible. (Issues affecting a player’s eligibility for the April draft include academics and discipline during their most-recent college season).
Wide receiver Josh Gordon (2012) and quarterback Steve Young (1984) are among the well-known players who joined the league through this process — but the NFL hasn’t held one since 2019.
The Kansas City Chiefs haven’t acquired a player this way since 1992, when they gave up a second-round pick to get defensive end Darren Mickell, who appeared in 45 games (including 19 starts) over four years in Kansas City.