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Bowl season is upon us and with it presents another opportunity for potential prospects to improve their draftability. Ironically, there will be players who withdraw from post-season bowl competition while hoping to improve their draft positioning. Avoiding injury and focusing on training for the NFL combine are among the top reasons why more prominent collegians decide to not play in post season games year after year. This is the beginning of the slow grind toward the NFL combine and college pro days, so players must be as proactive as they can to better position themselves. As a result, it will be interesting to see how much our mock draft changes over the upcoming months.