NFL scouts begin scouting players when they step onto college campuses but primarily focus on draft-eligible prospects. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the extra year eligibility players gained, some draft-eligible prospects choose to stay an extra year in school, giving scouts more information on prospects than ever. This year’s draft is the last year of the COVID-19 extra season, and Pittsburgh Steelers director of college scouting Dan Colbert recently sat down with Rob King for the Steelers YouTube page and explained the unique benefit the team has this year.
“I’ll say the thing that’s unique about this class is it’s kind of the culmination of all the COVID eligibility rules,” said Colbert.