The NFL often holds a supplemental draft during the summer for players who became eligible after the final date to enter the regular NFL Draft, or for players with special eligibility circumstances. However, the league will not hold a supplemental draft in 2024.
In a memo from the league obtained via ESPN, the NFL informed the 32 teams that there will not be a supplemental draft this year. It will mark the fourth time in five years that the supplemental draft, an optional activity in the collective bargaining agreement, will not take place.
The league did hold a supplemental draft in 2023, but neither of the two eligible players wound up being selected. Washington State safety Jalen Thompson was the last player selected in a supplemental draft, by the Arizona Cardinals in the fifth round back in 2019.
