Supp draft date set … The NFL has announced that this year’s supplemental draft will be held next Thursday, July 9th. Four players are known to be available for the supp draft including Clemson OT Isaiah Battle who could be selected with a reasonably early pick. Other players who has applied to the supplemental draft include DT Dalvon Stuckey and DE Darrius Caldwell, both of West Georgia, and North Carolina Central WR/KR Adrian Wilkins. Unlike the regular draft, to choose a player in the supplemental draft teams submit a ‘bid’ indicating the round they would take the player and the player is awarded to the team bidding the earliest round. If more than one team bids in the same round then that player is awarded to the team with the earliest pick in that round. The selection for the supplemental draft is also different from the regular draft in that it is set by a weighted lottery among three groups of teams: those with 6 or fewer wins in 2014; the other non-playoff teams; and playoff teams. If a team is awarded a player in the supp draft then they forfeit their pick in the same round in the regular draft. Players not selected in the supp draft then become free agents eligible to sign with any team.
