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Tips For New #ProDucks From UO Alumni

Four Ducks were selected in last week's NFL draft, and several others agreed to free-agent contracts to begin their professional careers.

It was a monumental weekend in the lives of all the Oregon football players poised to make the jump to the NFL. But what now?

Typically, newly drafted or signed players would attended a rookie mini-camp at team facilities, either this upcoming weekend or the next. But pro facilities are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic; teams are conducting business virtually, as they did for last week's draft.

Few NFL veterans could imagine what that uncertainty feels like.