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Amid NFL draftees' best moments, why did ESPN's graphics showcase their worst?

Over the weekend, the 2020 NFL draft saw 255 young men selected by teams, a huge first step in their dream of becoming professional football players.

But if you watched the events on television, you might have noticed the on-screen graphics got a little ... graphic.

Every player has hurdles to overcome to make it to the NFL. The minuscule odds of being drafted — according to a 2013 study, it’s around 0.08 percent (or 8/10,000) of football-playing high school seniors who are drafted by an NFL team — underscore the incredible difficulty of making it even to this point.