draft eligible
Ready for selection
Draft eligible describes an athlete who meets the requirements to be selected in a professional sports draft.
Rules vary by league—typically involving age, years since high school, or college status.
A player who is draft eligible can be chosen by teams; one who isn't must wait.
He declared for the draft after his junior year, making himself draft eligible.
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- scoutingObserving to gather information
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
selection · undrafted · college · one and done · amateur · age limit · enlisted · conscription · signup · military · NFL · NBA · freshman · sophomore · junior · senior · declare · entry
- conscriptionconscription, conscript, conscripts, draftees, compulsory service
- eligibilityqualified, disqualified, means testing, income threshold, income limits
draft eligibleineligible
Not meeting requirements
signed · under contract · too young · underage · banned
draft eligibleexempt
Not subject to
deferred · conscientious objector · overage · underage · too old
draft eligibledrafted
Enlisted by requirement
signed · under contract · rostered · professional · picked
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