NFL Could Invite Tim Tebow And Colt McCoy To Draft Day

NFL News - March 1st, 2010 - Written by John Ritter

Tim Tebow, Colt McCoy and Myron Rolle are among those who stand to benefit from a potential change in the NFL's Draft Day policy.

According to ProFootballTalk, league officials are exploring an option of allowing potential second-round picks to attend the second day of the draft at Radio City Music Hall on Friday, April 23, so they can be filmed and photographed. The draft is broken up into three parts this year with the first round being held on Thursday, and the second and third rounds going on Friday.

The league typically invites those believed to be off the board right away to attend the draft's first round and shake hands with commissioner Roger Goodell on stage when selected. However, there have been mistakes in judgment in the past, leaving some players (i.e. Aaron Rodgers and Brady Quinn) waiting several hours to be called.

Under the new proposal, the "toss-up" players could wait out the first round in privacy, and then attend the second round where their selection is a lot more likely.

The aforementioned trio are not believed to be serious first-round contenders, but their backstories make them attractive for added exposure.

Tebow has the possibility of going in the first round if his delivery improves, but most scouts have graded him anywhere between a second-to-fifth-rounder. The Jacksonville Jaguars have been targeted as a potentially-interested franchise. But as a 55/1 underdog to win the 2011 Super Bowl, according NFL Betting Lines offered on Bodog, there are certainly more pressing issues for them to address in the first round.

McCoy and Rolle are in the second-to-third-round range.

The remaining four rounds of the draft will be held on Saturday without any draftees in attendance.