Day 3 of the NFL draft is about finding lesser-known prospects with the necessary traits to become contributors down the road.
"Players gotta have a certain amount of talent," Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard told reporters about the event's second day. "We always ask about a guy: 'What's unique? What's going to give him [an] advantage?' You hope you're taking guys that have those unique traits."
Selections from the fourth to seventh rounds aren't heralded, but they're vital to teams' progress.
As Spotrac's Michael Ginnitti noted prior to the start of the 2021 campaign, players who heard their names called after the third round or went undrafted comprised 57.