Desperate potential draftees drank their own blood to feign ulcers and gorged on licorice stew because that was supposed to elevate blood pressure.

The question of how difficult it would be to sign potential draftees had a major impact on the team's choices this year.

Usually the decision not to run would hurt a potential draftee.

Such an approach worked best in a larger city where there was no stigma to not serving, and the potential draftee was not known to those reviewing him.

A list of potential draftees, including Robertson, was distributed by the league to the teams.

Doctors and draft board members found themselves being pressured by relatives or family friends to exempt potential draftees.

Now, not a great place to work because the GM actually expects us to do some work like gathering statistics and film of potential draftees.

Handley talked today about the routine, starting with an evaluation of all Giants, developmental-squad players, Plan B candidates and potential draftees.

West was not listed in any of the popular pre-draft player guides, including one that listed more than 1,300 potential draftees.

He was challenging the N.F.L. rule that potential draftees must be three years removed from high school.