Geez, where to begin . . .
We're going to conserve our limited resources by having our college scouts skip most of the country so they can watch high school games in the southeast?
We're going to ignore the fact that even college freshmen haven't matured enough (physically) in most cases to make a difference in the NFL, so we'll get a situation like the NBA used to have for most of its kiddies (not the superstars): draftees would sign a rookie contract with someone and then leave via free agency just when they're ready to contribute?
And by the way, the Lakers didn't draft Kobe out of high school. The Charlotte Hornets did, and then immediately took Vlade Divac in a trade for his rights even-up.