LAFAYETTE – Louisiana-Lafayette star running back Elijah McGuire is waiting for an outside opinion before he makes a decision whether he’ll be running against Sun Belt defenders or NFL defenders next season.
Coach Mark Hudspeth said Wednesday that he met with McGuire earlier in the week and learned that McGuire is planning to submit his name to the NFL draft advisory board.
“McGuire is testing the waters,” Hudspeth said. “He’s going to … submit his name to the (NFL Draft Advisory Board). He is going to do that and evaluate that and see where he falls.”
The deadline for underclassmen to declare for the 2016 NFL draft is January 18, but Hudspeth said he should hear a decision back from McGuire by the first week of the new year.