Four More Dukes to Get a Shot at the NFL

The NFL Draft came and went this year without any JMU players being drafted. Free Safety Dean Marlowe had an outside shot after participating in the NFL Scouting Combine, but his name was never called. That’s not too surprising, seeing as how about 320 players participated in the combine and 105 weren’t drafted. Marlowe was quickly picked up in the hours after the draft, as the Carolina Panthers inked him to an undrafted free agent deal. In addition to Marlowe, the Duke who was attracting the most attention from NFL teams was Sage Harold. The Chiefs signed him to an undrafted free agent deal as a linebacker. Fellow Dukes Daniel Brown and Brandon Lee didn’t sign contracts, but were both invited to training camp tryouts with the Ravens and Seahawks respectively.

All four of these guys have their work cut out for them to make a roster. As players under contract for training camp, Marlowe and Harold will have it a little bit easier. They still need to be considered long shots to make an NFL roster though. Brown and Lee are going to get looks, but have the deck stacked against them. Here’s to all four of these JMU greats defying the odds and playing on Sunday.