How does Power Five bias affect Group of Five NFL Draft prospects?

As I was looking through NFL draft profiles of the players from my alma mater, I saw something that was truly disappointing. Instead of judging players based on their merits on the field, they are judged based on recruiting interest from Power Five programs. Under USF DT, Deadrin Senat’s strengths, his first strength listed was “initially a Florida State commit.”

I was obviously appalled by this as it’s another example of the divide between the P5 and the G5, despite some of the best players in the NFL coming from the G5 and FCS ranks. Despite all of Senat’s accomplishments at USF, the fact that a Power Five coach thought he was worthy of a scholarship coming out of high school outweighs…