The NFL draft will be in a little more than three months away. It will include as many as 58 underclassmen.
The league announced that 54 players were granted special eligibility for the draft. They met the three-year rule (of being past high school) and have renounced their college football eligibility by submitting written notification to the league office on or before the Jan. 15 deadline.
Another four “underclassmen” were eligible because they completed their degree requirements in three years and notified the NFL.
Each of those players, grouped by position is listed below.
Quarterbacks
- Drake Maye, North Carolina
- J.J. McCarthy, Michigan
- Caleb Williams, USC
Running back
- Braleon Allen, Wisconsin
- Jonathon Brooks, Texas
- Audric Estime, Notre Dame
- Bucky Irving, Oregon
- Jaden Shirden, Monmouth
- Carson Steele, UCLA
- Jaylen Wright, Tennessee
- Will Shipley, Clemson (completed degree)
Wide receiver
- Ajou Ajou, Garden City CC
- Arland Bruce, Oklahoma State
- Keon Coleman, Florida State
- Troy Franklin, Oregon
- Marvin Harrison, Ohio State
- Adonai Mitchell, Texas
- Malik Nabers, LSU
- Ja’Lynn Polk, Washington
- Brian Thomas, LSU
- Xavier Worthy, Texas
Tight end
- Brock Bowers, Georgia
- Ja’Travion Sanders, Texas
Offensive line
- T Joe Alt, Notre Dame
- Kiran Amegadjie, Yale
- Blake Fisher, Notre Dame
- J.C. Latham, Alabama
- Amarius Mims, Georgia
- Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon
- Roger Rosengarten, Washington
- Kingsley Suamataia, BYU
Defensive linemen
Defensive ends
- Austin Booker, Kansas
- Jonah Elliss, Utah
- Chop Robinson, Penn State
Defensive tackles
- Michael Hall, Ohio State
- Maason Smith, LSU
- Leonard Taylor, Miami
- Mekhi Wingo, LSU
- Byron Murphy, Texan (completed degree)
Linebackers
- Junior Colson, Michigan
- Jeremiah Trotter, Clemson
- Dallas Turner, Alabama
- Trevin Wallace, Kentucky
Defensive backs
- Terrion Arnold, Alabama
- Cole Bishop, Utah
- Javon Bullard, Georgia
- Calen Bullock, USC
- Cooper DeJean, Iowa
- Jaden Hicks, Washington State
- Kalen King, Penn State
- Kamari Lassiter, Georgia
- Ennis Rakestraw, Missouri
- Sione Vaki, Utah
- Nate Wiggins, Clemson
- James Williams, Miami
- Kamren Kinchens, Miami (completed degree)
- Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama (completed degree)
Special teams
- Kicker Cam Little
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