Talk:Mr. Irrelevant

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[edit] Merge?

I would recommend that this article be merged with the Lowsman Trophy article, as they are essentially the same thing. This is how other football awards pages are done (all in one article). What's more, in looking at just the Lowsman trophy article, I see no indication that this nice list of recipients is available here in wikipedia. Why not put everything in one place? It would probably eliminate some repeated material too. Retain this Mr. Irrelevant page as a redirect to the Lowsman Trophy article.--BillFlis 16:59, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

I concur, the articles should be merged.--RLent (talk) 18:03, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reason for name?

I always thought the reason he was called Mr Irrelevant was that it was irrelevant whether you drafted him or not, because you could just sign him through Free Agency anyway (as there are no teams after you who can pick him). I wanted to check this on the official website, but it seems to be down (not sure whether long-term or short-term) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.182.204 (talk) 05:32, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

My understanding is that the name comes from the low probability of making it in the NFL. This was more true when the NFL had 12 or more rounds in the draft. But if a player goes undrafted, then any team can sign him.--RLent (talk) 18:06, 2 April 2008 (UTC)