Huge difference playing against people who won't even sniff the pros in college vs the pros where it's nothing but the best of the best. Same as the ballers in high school vs flaming out in college. The size, speed, physicality and the adjustments the coaches make at the next level exposes many.
Im not talking about a guy balling out in D2 / FCS competition, which is a bad measure of absolute talent when compared against the best of the best (pros)
Im talking about relative performance, in the same conference against the same competition. Shouldnt the top performers in college be more or less the same group in pro league, allowing for changes in relative rank due to their development. Instead, some of the top college performers dont even get a shot at all.
Such is the difference in the game that theyre productive in college **relative** to future-pros, but the game apparently doesnt suit pro league at all
As example, Big East which is a quality basketball conference…in 2006 #2 leading scorer is Randy Foye and #6 is Steve Novak. Both were in NBA for a full decade. In between them are 4 dudes who never made a roster. If those are the 2 with talents to survive the league, shouldnt they have big brothered everyone else in the Big East?