The deadline for college football underclassmen to declare for the 2014 NFL Draft takes place on January 15, so a number of underclassmen have been doing their due diligence and have requested evaluations from the NFL Draft advisory committee.

More than 150 underclassmen submitted a request to the draft board, but there was one name that was absent from the list — Texas A&M Aggies star quarterback Johnny Manziel.

From Albert Breer of the NFL Network:

To give you a point of ref on college players submitting names to the draft board, by last weekend, 156 players from 48 schools had done so. — Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) December 19, 2013

… And of the 156 underclassmen from 58 schools who’d asked the NFL for draft grades, one name was noticeably absent: Johnny Manziel. — Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) December 19, 2013

Of course, this does not mean that Manziel is not considering entering the draft. In fact, it could mean the exact opposite.

There is a real chance that Manziel has already made up his mind to go pro, so there was no need to do the paperwork and request and evaluation.

The other possibility is that Manziel simply forgot to get the paperwork to the draft board in time, which would be another red flag. We would have to guess that the former is more likely to be the case.