Andre Carter II, a rare football player from one of the military academies with legitimate first-round NFL Draft pick potential, could lose his eligibility for 2023 and several years after.
There are hundreds of players who have hopes of being selected by an NFL team in the annual draft each year. However, only a small amount actually can reach that goal. That scenario is even more infrequent when it comes to players competing for military academies like Army, Navy and Air Force.
Those academies are built to train future leaders of the armed forces, not eventual NFL stars. Yet, on occasion, some servicemen are gifted enough to make the leap to the next level. Army Black Knights star linebacker Carter II is a special enough talent that some NFL observers project he could be selected in the first round of next year’s draft.
Unfortunately for Carter II, the government he serves is in the process of installing a new military guideline that would prohibit him from being drafted in 2023 and at least several more years after that.
