With the Big Ten and Pac-12 having postponed their college football seasons this fall, the NFL scouting community is facing an unprecedented challenge.
Take Trevor Lawrence, for example. He is widely projected to be the 2021 No. 1 pick, but what if Clemson's star quarterback struggles? Does Ohio State's Justin Fields or North Dakota State's Trey Lance jump ahead of him despite not playing this fall? Or will it go the other way, with Fields and Lance gradually slipping while guys like Sam Ehlinger and (if he even starts for Georgia) Jamie Newman move up the draft board by virtue of actually playing?