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