La'el Collins Agent: Draft Him Now Or He Won't Sign

[KendrickPanther]

I understand it's a business but.. This comes off as a money grab.

What is the monetary difference between his originally projected draft position vs say, a 4th round..?

 

Let's compare Kelvin Benjamin and Tre Boston, our 1st and 4th round picks last year.

 

 

Kelvin Benjamin: 4 yr(s) / $7,664,250    $3.8m Signing Bonus, $6.1m Garaunteed

 

Tre Boston:4 yr(s) / $2,625,468      $405k garaunteed

 

So a late 1st round pick makes more the day he signs the contract than a 4th rounder does in 4 years of play. It's significant when you consider the 4th rounder could blow a knee in mini camps and never collect that 4 years of salary.

[Frank Hollywood]

I'd love him in round 3. Round 2 even.

[O-Ther]

If he didn't pull the trigger, but did hire a hitman to kill her like Rae Carruth, it would be ironic if he was charged with conspiracy to commit murder just before next year's draft.

[asknoquarter]

I could be wrong on this, but could this be a ploy to try to get himself out of being drafted?

 

If he isn't drafter today he is losing a lot of money, but why sit out a season when you could try to force your way to being undrafted then start calling teams you feel you could be successful with.  If he signs as a UDFA I don't think he has to sign for a 4 year deal and maybe he could sign as a 1 year try out essentially and do better for himself in the long run.

 

He is betting on himself, but it is also going to the situation he picks.  Not someone else.

[Growl]

trade up to the top pick of the 4th and draft him for the lulz

[Montsta]

Wow agent has balls demanding some poo like that.

[t96]

A team could draft him in the 7th and whether he signs or not that team has his rights for 4 years so they have no leverage at all. 

[R0CKnR0LLA]

If he's innocent then I don't really blame him.

 

He was going to be a top 15 pick most likely, now dropping to a mid rounder because the cops want to ask him questions (which they do to tons of people during an investigation). He's not even accused of anything, much less found guilty.

[KendrickPanther]

There is nothing about this situation that is right or fair. If the young man was involved in murder. That is a horrible thing. If the young man had no involvement it would be incredibly cruel for him to fall well below his market value in the draft. And it would almost feel like exploitation for a team to enjoy his services for near league minimum with no right to negotiate a better contract.

[top dawg]

He either has balls, or he knows that his guy is absolutely innocent.  

[Montsta]

A year older. A year away from football and conditioning programs. A lingering cloud of suspicion hanging over him. Making demands from NFL teams.

Sure, that'll get him drafted higher than the 4th next year.

[Proudiddy]

Yeah, with all the questions already surrounding him, this just creates more of them and makes him look worse.

[MrBubba]

I could be wrong on this, but could this be a ploy to try to get himself out of being drafted?

 

If he isn't drafter today he is losing a lot of money, but why sit out a season when you could try to force your way to being undrafted then start calling teams you feel you could be successful with.  If he signs as a UDFA I don't think he has to sign for a 4 year deal and maybe he could sign as a 1 year try out essentially and do better for himself in the long run.

 

He is betting on himself, but it is also going to the situation he picks.  Not someone else.

 

You are correct, not drafted he becomes a UDFA, and can wait a month (clear his name) and let teams bid for his services, still wouldn't get first round money.  But would demand more money than the later rounds

[EMSMedic79]

Take him in the 3rd