Reply to "Can you be drafted without being contacted?"

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Originally posted by 20dad:
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Just because they are drafted also doesn't mean they are going to make a real effort to sign them.

i believe if a team drafts you, they must offer you a contract. it may be a burger and a bus ticket but its an offer.

I think you're right. I know a player drafted as a DFE in the 49th round, who immediately took his signed contract to Pirates camp in Bradenton. He was cut in 10 minutes and sent home. His D1 scholly also went in the trash. They no longer draft DFE, but they still may not want all they draft. Its a numbers game. They don't know all the players to be cut, before they draft the next bunch.

In the case of the Pirates draftee, some contact from them and context of his draft might have been beneficial.

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