Quote Originally Posted by smallcollegefbfan View Post
It is hurting for sure. Jared Verse was at Albany but instead of being their first player drafted in the first round, I think, he went to Florida State for example. There use to be over 25 FCS players drafted and now we are almost to single digits so it has depleted the numbers big time.
Would he have been a first rounder out of Albany? Maybe, Maybe not....I know the Patriots' fans were livid with the Cole Strange pick in the first round in '22....but dude was a dude...and many of them are eating their hats (my Brother in law has actually bought me a beer to apologize for his lack of knowledge of REAL FOOTBALL when he said "How do you draft a non-D1 player in the first round!"). Did Verse up his status with a transfer to FSU? Maybe...but He would have been given a shot if he hung at Albany....because he is a talented player!!!