A simulated prediction of the National Football League’s annual player selection event held in 1999, the focus replicates the order in which college athletes were anticipated to be chosen by professional teams. It serves as an exercise in scouting and analysis, attempting to foresee the strategies and needs of each team participating in the draft.
Such forecasts provide insight into the perceived value of individual players and the overall talent pool available that year. They offer a historical snapshot of pre-draft evaluations, revealing which projections proved accurate and which diverged from the actual selections. This allows for retrospective analysis of player assessment methodologies used by analysts and teams.