East cornerback Elijah Riley, of Army, during the second half of the East-West Shrine Game on Jan. 18 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Credit: AP / Chris O'Meara
By the week of the NFL Draft, teams have done all their work on the incoming rookie class. Typically, they've seen the players work out live, collected basically every bit of information about them and often have had at least one in-person conversation with the guys they like.
But this is not a typical year.
The coronavirus pandemic has made this year's pre-draft process far more complex, especially for those players not among the 337 invited to February's NFL Scouting Combine.