La’el Collins Undrafted: How One Team Faced Puzzle of Talent, Fairness, Murder

May 3, 2015   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

CHICAGO — One team's brain trust, probably like that of teams throughout the NFL, sat in its draft room several hours before the start of the draft and wondered how exactly to handle the unprecedented case of La'el Collins.
The team's executives, officials, coaches and scouts knew the basics of what had happened as of their Thursday meeting: On April 24, a woman thought to be Collins' onetime girlfriend, Brittney Mills, was shot dead in her home in Baton Rouge, as reported by ESPN's Adam Schefter. She was pregnant and the child was still alive. Collins, an offensive lineman from LSU, had come to the draft in Chicago but was leaving to meet with police. Police said he was not a suspect. (The child died Friday. The New Orleans Advocate is one of the outlets that's been reporting the story.)
This team's decision-makers met specifically about Collins approximately three hours before the draft. They went around the room, asking everyone in it—includ...

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