when can you get drafted to the nfl
National Football League Draft The rules do not state that a player must attend college, but virtually all of the players selected in the NFL draft have played college football, usually in the United States but occasionally from Canadian universities as well. Rules only state that a player must be three years removed from high school graduation, regardless of what the prospective draftee did during that time. A few players are occasionally selected from other football leagues like the Arena Football League (AFL), the Canadian Football League (CFL), and the German Football League (GFL). A small handful of players have also been drafted from colleges who played other sports than football.