For the second year in a row, the NFL has decided not to hold a supplemental draft. This “other” draft was first introduced by the league in 1977 to give players a chance to enter the league without having participated in the regular event taking place earlier during the offseason.
The supplemental draft has produced some noteworthy talent over the last four decades— from Bernie Kosar to Cris Carter to Josh Gordon — but saw only a small number of players actually get selected: in total, just 45 men heard their names called.
Two of those players were picked by the New England Patriots, even though neither of them had any noteworthy success with the club.