how much players in the nfl get drafted
How the NFL Draft Works That means that just nine in 10,000, or .09 percent, of high school senior football players are eventually drafted by an NFL team. Teams can draft almost anyone they want. In fact, the Dallas Cowboys have drafted two players with no football experience -- Olympic gold-medallists Carl Lewis in 1984 (12th round) and Bob Hayes in 1964 (7th round).