Georgia State offensive lineman Ben Chukwuma, a native of Nigeria who moved to the U.S. at 17, did not begin playing football until 2020 when he showed up for an open tryout.

Undrafted free agency is a madhouse for NFL teams after the draft ends, as everyone competes for the same players, and it becomes a bidding war like any other free agency. Despite these players going undrafted, in some instances, it is because teams will be drafting them because they know they may not be able to retain them in free agency.