I don’t think you can just go out and be a doctor straight of High School even if Doogie Howser made us think we could. Same with being a licensed electrician or plumber or lots of things. Not arguing the process is great but the process is the process. Don’t want to do your residency/apprenticeship in college football then find something else to do.
You go to school to gain either knowledge/skills or a required industry license (which doesn't exist in football) for those professions.
Trevor Lawrence needs neither at this point to get paid, yet he can't.