draft prospects
Future team selections
Draft prospects are athletes eligible to be selected by professional sports teams in an upcoming draft.
The term appears constantly in sports media during draft season, when scouts and analysts evaluate college players or international talent: The team needs to evaluate draft prospects at the combine.
A top draft prospect commands attention; a late-round prospect might go undrafted entirely.
- scoutingObserving to gather information
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- mockScornful imitation or fake
- big boardNYSE nickname
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
talent · potential · pick · selection · evaluation · projections · upside · sleeper · bust · ceiling · floor · rankings · lottery · measurables · workout · tape · intangibles · raw
- college sportscollege athletics, college basketball, college football, college baseball, NCAA
- College Athleticsbasketball, football, NCAA, baseball, Division II
- Latin BaseballMexican baseball, winter leagues, winter ball, Roberto Clemente, Pedro Martinez