According to a story released by the Associated Press, there are 56 non-seniors that are leaving their college squads to enter the 2011 NFL draft, a record number.
Now, the reasons could be many. For one, there is rampant speculation that in the upcoming labor dispute, the owners and league are going to almost mandate a rookie wage scale, much like the NBA has.
What that means, is that the No. 1 pick would get whatever money is slotted for that pick, as opposed to the pick getting a load more than last year's No. 1 pick, like Sam Bradford did en route to his monster, guaranteed deal out of Oklahoma.
Because of the wage scale, many pundits have said that this could cause more underclassmen to leave in an effort to recoup a little bit of the money via an extra year that they'll lose in initial signings.
Or, it could be that this year's senior class is a weak one, and underclassmen see the opportunity to get picked higher than they would in a stronger draft.
Here's the full story, from the AP via Yahoo: Record 56 leave college early
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