Monday, January 23, 2017

95 PLAYERS GRANTED SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR 2017 NFL DRAFT



95 PLAYERS GRANTED SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR 
2017 NFL DRAFT

8 additional players who have graduated also eligible for selection
The National Football League announced today the names of 95 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2017 NFL Draft and 8 players who have fulfilled their degree requirements with college football eligibility remaining and are also eligible for selection in the April 27-29 draft in Philadelphia. 
The following 8 players have in timely fashion under NFL rules officially notified the league office that they have fulfilled their degree requirements.  Consequently, they are eligible for selection in the 2017 Draft: 

Player
Pos.
College
1
Alex Anzalone
LB
Florida
2
Gareon Conley
DB
Ohio State
3
Wayne Gallman
RB
Clemson
4
Bucky Hodges
TE
Virginia Tech
5
Artavis Scott
WR
Clemson
6
Khari Waithe-Alexander
DE
Southern Illinois
7
Deshaun Watson
QB
Clemson
8
Mike Williams
WR
Clemson

Each of the 95 players granted special eligibility has met the league’s three-year eligibility rule and each has submitted a written application in which he renounced his remaining college football eligibility.  The deadline for receiving applications was January 16. 
The players granted special eligibility for the 2017 NFL Draft:

Player
Pos.
College
1
Jamal Adams
DB
Louisiana State
2
Budda Baker
DB
Washington
3
Derek Barnett
DE
Tennessee
4
Garett Bolles
T
Utah
5
Caleb Brantley
DT
Florida
6
Noah Brown
WR
Ohio State
7
KD Cannon
WR
Baylor
8
Devin Childress
WR
North Park
9
Michael Clark
WR
Marshall
10
James Conner
RB
Pittsburgh
11
Dalvin Cook
RB
Florida State
12
Zach Cunningham
LB
Vanderbilt
13
Malachi Dupre
WR
Louisiana State
14
Jerod Evans
QB
Virginia Tech
15
Jeremy Faulk
DT
Garden City CC
16
Tarean Folston
RB
Notre Dame
17
Isaiah Ford
WR
Virginia Tech
18
D'Onta Foreman
RB
Texas
19
Leonard Fournette
RB
Louisiana State
20
Myles Garrett
DE
Texas A&M
21
Shelton Gibson
WR
West Virginia
22
Davon Godchaux
DT
Louisiana State
23
Chris Godwin
WR
Penn State
24
Isaiah Golden
DT
McNeese State
25
Jermaine Grace
LB
Miami
26
Derrick Griffin
WR
Texas Southern
27
Chad Hansen
WR
California
28
Charles Harris
DE
Missouri
29
Carlos Henderson
WR
Louisiana Tech
30
Brian Hill
RB
Wyoming
31
Elijah Hood
RB
North Carolina
32
Malik Hooker
DB
Ohio State
33
Titus Howard
DB
Slippery Rock
34
Marlon Humphrey
DB
Alabama
35
Adoree’Jackson
DB
Southern California
36
Roderick Johnson
T
Florida State
37
Aaron Jones
RB
Texas-El Paso
38
Josh Jones
DB
North Carolina State
39
Nazair Jones
DT
North Carolina
40
Sidney Jones
DB
Washington
41
Brad Kaaya
QB
Miami
42
Alvin Kamara
RB
Tennessee
43
Tim Kimbrough
LB
Georgia
44
DeShone Kizer
QB
Notre Dame
45
Jerome Lane
WR
Akron
46
Marshon Lattimore
DB
Ohio State
47
Carl Lawson
DE
Auburn
48
Elijah Lee
LB
Kansas State
49
Keevan Lucas
WR
Tulsa
50
Marlon Mack
RB
South Florida
51
Patrick Mahomes
QB
Texas Tech
52
Josh Malone
WR
Tennessee
53
Damien Mama
G
Southern California
54
Christian McCaffrey
RB
Stanford
55
Malik McDowell
DT
Michigan State
56
Isaiah McKenzie
WR
Georgia
57
Deon-Tay McManus
WR
Marshall
58
Raekwon McMillan
LB
Ohio State
59
Jeremy McNichols
RB
Boise State
60
Joe Mixon
RB
Oklahoma
61
Al-Quadin Muhammad
DE
Miami
62
Montae Nicholson
DB
Michigan State
63
David Njoku
TE
Miami
64
Speedy Noil
WR
Texas A&M
65
Marcus Oliver
LB
Indiana
66
Aaron Peak
DB
Butler County CC
67
Jabrill Peppers
LB
Michigan
68
Samaje Perine
RB
Oklahoma
69
Elijah Qualls
DT
Washington
70
Devine Redding
RB
Indiana
71
Cam Robinson
T
Alabama
72
John Ross
WR
Washington
73
Travis Rudolph
WR
Florida State
74
Curtis Samuel
WR
Ohio State
75
Ricky Seals-Jones
WR
Texas A&M
76
Adam Shaheen
TE
Ashland
77
David Sharpe
T
Florida
78
Garrett Sickels
DE
Penn State
79
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
Southern California
80
ArDarius Stewart
WR
Alabama
81
Damore'ea Stringfellow
WR
Mississippi
82
Teez Tabor
DB
Florida
83
Vincent Taylor
DT
Oklahoma State
84
Solomon Thomas
DT
Stanford
85
Mitch Trubisky
QB
North Carolina
86
Darius Victor
RB
Towson
87
Anthony Walker
LB
Northwestern
88
Charles Walker
DT
Oklahoma
89
T.J.Watt
LB
Wisconsin
90
Marcus Williams
DB
Utah
91
Stanley Williams
RB
Kentucky
92
Howard Wilson
DB
Houston
93
Quincy Wilson
DB
Florida
94
Joseph Yearby
RB
Miami
95
Ishmael Zamora
WR
Baylor

The players granted special eligibility for the NFL Draft the past 10 years
Year
Players Granted Special Eligibility

Year
Players Granted Special Eligibility
2017
95

2012
65
2016
96

2011
56
2015
74

2010
53
2014
98

2009
46
2013
73

2008
53

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