For the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL will hold a supplemental draft this year. The official supplemental draft will take place on Tuesday, July 11th in the first edition of the midsummer selection process since 2019.
There are only two players who are eligible for selection in the supplemental draft, which is designed for players whose draft eligibility changed after the regular draft deadline. Both are wide receivers.
Jackson State’s Malachi Wideman and Milton Wright from Purdue are up for selection. Wideman is a transfer from Tennessee who had a big year at FCS-level Jackson State in 2021. Wright did not play for the Boilermakers in 2022 after being ruled academically ineligible.
Taking either wideout in the supplemental draft would cost any team the equivalent round pick in the 2024 NFL draft. No player has been selected in the supplemental draft since the Cardinals snagged safety Jalen Thompson back in 2019.
