95 Players Granted Special Eligibility for 2017 NFL Draft

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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