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Published: April 29, 2008

Better to be drafted seventh or be a free agent?
Free agents don't get preferential treatment

By Mike Baldwin

It might be better to be an undrafted free agent than a seventh-round NFL draft pick.

It's more myth than fact.

On rare occasions — Oklahoma kicker Garrett Hartley is a good example — it might be better to choose the team you sign with to enhance your chances of earning one of 53 roster spots.

Most times it's better to be drafted.

"Draft picks are treated differently and preferentially in camp...

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