Getting drafted is the easy way. One of 32 NFL teams uses one of its finite number of picks on you and, therefore, there’s immediately more buy-in and interest in you working out than there would be in someone the team picked out of the undrafted free agent pool.
I’m looking at you, Drew Lock. And Emanuel Hall. And Terry Beckner.
With this year’s draftstravaganza coming up Thursday, I thought it’d be fun to look at former Missouri players who took the other route. The one where you sit around for three days waiting for your name to be called and, as soon as Mr.