Peterson WANTS to go to the draft in NY.

[csx]

just recently, The Golden Calf of Bristol...and (drum roll) jimmy clausen both turned down draft invitations.

mark sanchez is another.

despite stating there are a limited amount of invites, the reason why it seems like so many accept is because the nfl keeps inviting until a certain amount of top prospects accept.

it wouldn't look good on tv if they limited the invites and no one showed up.

wrong : http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft09/news/story?id=4060012

[nosuchthingasapanther]

wrong : http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft09/news/story?id=4060012

yes...and no.

Eight more players have accepted their invitation to attend in the past week or so, bringing the total number to 16.

Invites remain out to the other three top quarterbacks -- Jimmy Clausen, The Golden Calf of Bristol and Colt McCoy, according to a source. The league may also still invite other players.

With a full three days of the draft now in order, the NFL is inviting more players, and some likely to go outside the first round.

the new draft format means they will keep inviting players until whenever...