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HBCU representation in the NFL draft has been dwindling, but how can the league reverse the trend?

This NFL draft cycle has featured the HBCU Combine and the HBCU Legacy Bowl, added in an effort to give players from historically Black colleges and universities a chance to get noticed.

Texas Southern running back Jeff Proctor does a long jump at the NFL HBCU Combine at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Ala. on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. (Dan Anderson/AP Images for NFL)
Texas Southern running back Jeff Proctor does a long jump at the NFL HBCU Combine at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Ala. on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. (Dan Anderson/AP Images for NFL)Read moreDan Anderson / AP
    by EJ Smith
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