While the Stanford Cardinal find themselves firmly in the Top 25 of many college football pundits’ early poll projections, the absence of playmakers such as Christian McCaffrey and Solomon Thomas will be noticeable this year on the Farm. Of the seven Stanford players who entered the NFL Draft this year, four have found there way onto an NFL roster, with Conrad Ukropina potentially following suit. If Stanford plans to string together its seventh 10+ win season in the last eight years, the team’s younger players must step up and fill the holes left by those who departed for the NFL.
Next Man Up: Replacing Stanford’s NFL Departures
