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Dear NFL, please don't overthink these productive college stars

Do the NFL people overthink it sometimes when it comes to the draft?

Just ask Clemson coach Dabo Swinney, who all but stood on the table last year and told teams they would be sorry if they passed on Deshaun Watson.

"Everybody has to make their own decisions, and I respect that," Swinney said. "I'm in the recruiting world and sometimes we pass on guys who turn into great players. But Deshaun was a guy, to me, who demonstrated such unbelievable leadership and a will to win and character at the highest level and was incredibly productive against everybody we played.