There are two wide receivers available to teams in Tuesday’s NFL Supplemental Draft

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The NFL will hold a draft Tuesday, but don’t look for anyone to make a mock draft.

That’s because there are only two players available in the NFL Supplemental Draft, which works much differently than the traditional draft.

Here’s a quick guide for the draft, which hasn’t been held since 2019 when the Arizona Cardinals took Washington State safety Jalen Thompson.

Who’s eligible?

CBS Sports’ Jordan Dajani reported the Supplemental Draft is open to players in “unique situations, most commonly being a collegiate player getting ruled ineligible for the upcoming season after the regular (April) draft, which, without the Supplemental Draft, would leave him in limbo for an entire year.”

Players petition the league for inclusion in the Supplemental Draft, the CBS Sports story said.

The draft order

This is not the traditional 1 to 32 process of the annual NFL Draft.

Per the Athletic, there are three groupings for the draft:

  1. Teams that won six or fewer games

  2. Other non-playoff teams

  3. The 14 playoff teams

A team that makes a pick “gives up its corresponding pick in the regular 2024 draft,” NBC Sports reported. “So if a team were to pick a player with a sixth-round supplemental pick, that team would lose its sixth-round pick in 2024.”

Who’s available in the draft?

There are only two players available and they’re both wide receivers: Purdue’s Milton Wright and Jacksonville State’s Malachi Wideman, per the NFL Network.

Here’s what the Pro Football Network wrote about Wideman:

“Wideman enjoyed a breakout 2021 campaign, producing 540 yards and 12 touchdowns on only 34 receptions. He benefited from his immense 6’5″ frame and basketball background against smaller, less physically gifted defenders. However, in 2022, he caught only three passes for 49 yards in six games. (Former Jacksonville State coach Deion) Sanders said Wideman was suspended due to academic shortcomings before he returned in early October 2022.”

As for Wright, here are his measurables from Pro Football Focus’ Marcus Mosher:

That 4.69-second time in the 40-yard dash may hurt Wright’s chances of being drafted Tuesday.

Will the Chiefs make a pick?

Justin Melo of the Draft Network believes there is a chance the Chiefs draft one of the receivers.

“Chiefs should be a low-key suitor to make a late-round bid on one of these ascending receivers,” Melo wrote. “JuJu Smith-Schuster departed in the offseason, throwing the receiver room into a blender. General manager Brett Veach has also flashed a willingness to take risks at the receiver position — rostering Kadarius Toney and Justyn Ross is an example of that.

“You can take risks when Patrick Mahomes is your quarterback and Andy Reid is your head coach. Wright or Wideman would compete for a spot on Kansas City’s final 53-man roster.”