Milton Wright, Malachi Wideman Only Players Eligible for 2023 NFL Supplemental Draft

The NFL hasn't held a supplemental draft since 2019. This year's edition won't have many options available for teams.

According to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero, only Purdue receiver Milton Wright and Jackson State wideout Malachi Wideman are eligible to be selected during Tuesday's event.

Pelissero added that "any team selecting a player in the supplemental draft would give up the corresponding pick in the 2024 NFL Draft."

The last player selected in the Supplemental Draft was safety Jalen Thompson in 2019. The Arizona Cardinals used a fifth-round pick to add him.

The most notable recent players added during the event were Terrelle Pryor in 2011 with a third-round selection by the Oakland Raiders, and Josh Gordon the following year to the Cleveland Browns with a second-round pick.

The event is essentially for players who were deemed ineligible for the annual NFL draft or would be ineligible for their upcoming college season. Wright, for instance, was deemed academically ineligible for the 2022 season and thus lost his draft eligibility. He qualified for the Supplemental Draft, however.

In three seasons at Purdue, Wright caught 99 passes for 1,325 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Wideman was also deemed ineligible during the 2022 campaign. He had an excellent season for Jackson State in 2021, however, catching 34 passes for 540 yards and 12 scores.

Here's how the Supplemental Draft works.

NFL teams are split into three pools based on the results of the prior season: Non-playoff teams with less than six wins; non-playoff teams with more than six wins; and playoff teams. The selection order is determined by a lottery that favors the teams with the fewest wins from the season prior. Teams then bid for players with the round they would be willing to draft the player, and the team highest in the selection order that submits the earliest-round pick is granted the player.