Coaches express frustration after no HBCU players were selected in the NFL draft

All 32 NFL teams sent a scout to North Carolina Central to gather information about Mills, Oliver said, but Oliver wondered how decision-makers ultimately used the evaluations. For years, Williams and James Harris, another former Grambling quarterback, worked in high-ranking personnel positions. New Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes graduated from North Carolina A&T, but otherwise NFL executives from HBCUs are a rarity.