The NFL has identified the land-rush of underclassmen declaring for the draft as a problem, and set out this week to start addressing the problem at the college level. Earlier in the week, college coaches received a memo from NFL Executive Vice President Troy Vincent, outlining a new set of guidelines that Alabama coach Nick Saban referenced at SEC Media Days on Thursday. Among them is a streamlined grading system, as well as limitations on the number of players per school who can put in for grades with the draft advisory board. .... The idea, from the league's perspective, is to have the college coaches share in the responsibility of guiding the player's future by advising on which athletes are and aren't ready for the NFL. Eight schools exceeded five requests last year -- LSU, Alabama, Florida State, Miami, South Carolina, Oregon, Stanford and Cal. LSU led the way with 11 requests (counting for 13 percent of the 85 allotted scholarships), while Alabama, Florida State and Miami had 10 apiece. Missouri, Oklahoma, Rutgers and Texas had five each. From this article, from the official NFL site.
