How NFL Teams Put Together a Big Board for the NFL Draft

February 8, 2014   ·   Greg Gabriel   ·   Jump to comments

I became a full-time scout in 1984 after having been a part-time scout for three years with the Buffalo Bills. I covered the Great Lakes region for National Football Scouting, one of the two scouting services at the time. My area included Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.
At the December scouting meetings that year, the New York Giants offered me a position as an area scout covering the Midwest region which I of course accepted. The following April was the first time I participated in a draft as a full-time team scout, and along with the other scouts and the scouting director, I helped put together the value board for the 1985 draft.
In 1985, the draft was not like it is today. It lasted 12 rounds, and there were no compensatory picks. The draft was also completed in one day, starting at 8 a.m ET and lasting until about 2 a.m. the following morning.
In the late 1980s, when we put together a value board, we lined up 12 rows of 28 pla...

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