Well, Collins goes undrafted, so if he is cleared he can go into next year's draft, unless he decides to take the free agent route.
Wrong He cannot go into next years draft so his only shot will be to get picked up as an UDFA and sign and play. Which I have no doubts that he will. Sucks that he doesn't get his day in the sun as a 1st rounder but he will play for whatever team he wants now instead of getting stuck in some outhouse like the Browns or whatever else. May turn out to be a blessing for him.
What I read was it didn't matter. Let me find it http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...lins-goes-undrafted-not-eligible-for-16-draft
Stand corrected. I wonder who he will sign with if he is cleared. I'm thinking Cincy may be in play, he went to a few of their games last year to watch Jeremy Hill.
Did you see my post, Whitworth said for them to not draft his replacement, the draftee would be sitting the bench
Collins plans to sign, once he’s cleared Posted by Mike Florio on May 2, 2015, 7:18 PM EDT Getty Images As expected, LSU tackle La’El Collins went undrafted on Saturday. And it appears that’s exactly what he wanted. Collins intends to meet with police on Monday for questioning in connection with a murder case that now involves two deaths — a 29-year-old woman and her infant child. Collins is not a suspect in the case, but because he has not been cleared, no one could touch him in the draft. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Collins plans to sign with a team after he is cleared. Making Collins less attractive in the draft was a vow to sit out the year and re-enter the draft in 2016, if he were drafted this year. Ultimately, that may have been a ploy aimed at ensuring he wasn’t drafted at all. Ultimately, Collins can salvage the early portion of his career by signing the standard three-year deal as an undrafted rookie. While he’d be eligible for restricted free agency after three years, the numbers suggest that he’ll do fairly well, given the current amount and the historic growth of the restricted free agency tenders. If the tenders continue to increase at a rate of five percent annually, Collins could make more than all drafted players except the top 41 picks, based on three years of minimum salaries and the first-round tender for 2018. With the second-round tender, he’ll make more than all but 52 of the picks. With the original-round tender, he’ll make more than all but 65 of the picks. It’s a formula that demonstrates how little draft picks make beyond round one, relative to undrafted playera. That said, the balloon payment in year four requires the undrafted player to earn one of the three RFA tenders. But Collins already has a leg up on the guys who typically slide through seven rounds; he has skills that would have potentially made him a first-round pick but for the unusual circumstances that unfolded in the past few days. The analysis has one important caveat. Players taken in rounds three through seven are eligible for the proven performance escalators, which bumps their salary for the fourth year of their rookie deal into the range of $1.5 million. Still, Collins can end up getting a decent four-year rate of pay even as an undrafted player — and he’ll be eligible for a new contract after only two seasons. Drafted players have to wait for three. Also, and perhaps most importantly, Collins gets to pick his NFL team. No drafted player gets to do that. For now, none of this matters until he’s cleared. That process begins Monday.
It's awful what happened to La'El, but I hope as a Saints fan we land him. Loomis has been a creative wizard with contracts in the past, but he's limited to what he can offer a rookie UDFA.. so does La'El look to have a one-year contract? I don't even think he can sign an incentive-heavy deal. So this is where Loomis could come into play. I know the Saints were very interested in La'El, and if he signed on they would with Peat and Unger and Armstead and Jahri have arguably the best OL in the league. They would probably play him at guard, and Jahri's on his way out. Would be interesting. I think La'El can be a LT in the league, but in the end you want to be spotlighted and in a good position and I think NOLA would be that blocking for Brees, with a lot of talent around you. More exposure = more money ultimately.
Are they dragging it out or putting the investigation where it belongs on the list? I know nothing about the case but I don't think it would be right to give extra time or attention to this investigation simply because a player is hoping to get drafted. How would the families of other victim's feel if they have been waiting for updates on their loved ones?
