Before the implementation of the transfer portal, an average 20.5 FCS players were invited to the combine between 2016 and 2021, according to league data shared with ESPN. That average has dropped to below 15 since 2022.
Only one HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) player was among the seven FCS prospects invited to the combine this year: Alabama A&M offensive tackle Carson Vinson.
Prospects from even smaller schools — D-II and D-III level — are now essentially gone from the combine.
Last year, the difference in guaranteed money for a first-round draft selection vs. a seventh-round one was $19.9 million, according to NFL Operations. Between the first and second rounds, guaranteed money dropped by $14.2 million.
A seventh-round pick was guaranteed only $97,374.
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