2016 NFL Draft Early Entries

Simpleton · Jan 13, 2016

Jayron Kearse, S Clemson
TJ Green, S Clemson
Mackensie Alexander, CB Clemson

Cowboysrock55 · Jan 13, 2016

Simpleton said:
Jayron Kearse, S Clemson
TJ Green, S Clemson
Mackensie Alexander, CB Clemson

Man, the whole secondary is bolting. It's crazy how much difference you see from one program to another. Some programs guys bolt early every year. Others it's almost rare to see guys entering the NFL draft early.

Cotton · Jan 14, 2016

Derrick Henry has officially declared.

Simpleton · Jan 15, 2016

A'Shawn Robinson, DT Alabama

boozeman · Jan 22, 2016

96 players Granted Special Eligibility for 2016 NFL Draft

96 PLAYERS GRANTED SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR 2016 NFL DRAFT

11 additional players who have graduated also eligible for selection

The National Football League announced today the names of 96 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2016 NFL Draft and 11 players who have fulfilled their degree requirements with college football eligibility remaining and are also eligible for selection in the April 28-30 draft in Chicago.

The following 11 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 2016 Draft:

	Player	Pos.	College
1	Roberto Aguayo	K	Florida State
2	Travis Blanks	LB	Clemson
3	Zac Brooks	RB	Clemson
4	Eric Enderson	P	Delaware
5	Austin Johnson	DT	Penn State
6	Keith Marshall	RB	Georgia
7	Tyvis Powell	DB	Ohio State
8	Noah Spence	DE	Eastern Kentucky
9	Michael Thomas	WR	Ohio State
10	Corey Tindal	DB	Marshall
11	Vincent Valentine	DT	Nebraska

Each of the 96 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 18.

The players granted special eligibility for the 2016 NFL Draft:

	Player	Pos.	College
1	Bralon Addison	WR	Oregon
2	Dominique Alexander	LB	Oklahoma
3	Mackensie Alexander	DB	Clemson
4	Eli Apple	DB	Ohio State
5	Demarcus Ayers	WR	Houston
6	Peyton Barber	RB	Auburn
7	Vonn Bell	DB	Ohio State
8	Caleb Benenoch	T	UCLA
9	Andrew Billings	DT	Baylor
10	Dariusz Bladek	G	Bethune-Cookman
11	Joey Bosa	DE	Ohio State
12	Tyler Boyd	WR	Pittsburgh
13	Daniel Braverman	WR	Western Michigan
14	Beniquez Brown	LB	Mississippi State
15	Artie Burns	DB	Miami
16	Kenny Clark	DT	UCLA
17	Corey Coleman	WR	Baylor
18	Trenton Coles	DB	Duquesne
19	Alex Collins	RB	Arkansas
20	Maliek Collins	DT	Nebraska
21	Jack Conklin	T	Michigan State
22	Pharoh Cooper	WR	South Carolina
23	Kamalei Correa	DE	Boise State
24	Su'a Cravens	LB	Southern California
25	Elijah Daniel	DT	Murray State
26	Terrell Davis	LB	British Columbia
27	Kevin Dodd	DE	Clemson
28	Thomas Duarte	TE	UCLA
29	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	Ohio State
30	Leonard Floyd	LB	Georgia
31	Kendall Fuller	DB	Virginia Tech
32	Will Fuller	WR	Notre Dame
33	Jared Goff	QB	California
34	T.J. Green	DB	Clemson
35	David Grinnage	TE	North Carolina State
36	Christian Hackenberg	QB	Penn State
37	Vernon Hargreaves	DB	Florida
38	Jerald Hawkins	T	Louisiana State
39	Derrick Henry	RB	Alabama
40	Hunter Henry	TE	Arkansas
41	Willie Henry	DT	Michigan
42	Rashard Higgins	WR	Colorado State
43	Austin Hooper	TE	Stanford
44	Jordan Howard	RB	Indiana
45	Xavien Howard	DB	Baylor
46	Germain Ifedi	T	Texas A&M
47	Myles Jack	LB	UCLA
48	Cardale Jones	QB	Ohio State
49	Cayleb Jones	WR	Arizona
50	Chris Jones	DT	Mississippi State
51	Jayron Kearse	DB	Clemson
52	Denver Kirkland	T	Arkansas
53	Darius Latham	DT	Indiana
54	Kenny Lawler	WR	California
55	Shaq Lawson	DE	Clemson
56	Darron Lee	LB	Ohio State
57	Roger Lewis	WR	Bowling Green
58	Steve Longa	LB	Rutgers
59	Paxton Lynch	QB	Memphis
60	Jalin Marshall	WR	Ohio State
61	Alex McCalister	DE	Florida
62	Brett McMakin	LB	Northern Iowa
63	Keanu Neal	DB	Florida
64	Yannick Ngakoue	DE	Maryland
65	Robert Nkemdiche	DT	Mississippi
66	Marquez North	WR	Tennessee
67	Emmanuel Ogbah	DE	Oklahoma State
68	Paul Perkins	RB	UCLA
69	Joe Powell	DB	Globe
70	C.J. Prosise	RB	Notre Dame
71	Jalen Ramsey	DB	Florida State
72	Alex Redmond	G	UCLA
73	Hassan Ridgeway	DT	Texas
74	A'Shawn Robinson	DT	Alabama
75	Demarcus Robinson	WR	Florida
76	Rashard Robinson	DB	Louisiana State
77	Aldrick Rosas	K	Southern Oregon
78	Zack Sanchez	DB	Oklahoma
79	Isaac Seumalo	G	Oregon State
80	Wendell Smallwood	RB	West Virginia
81	Jaylon Smith	LB	Notre Dame
82	Tyrell Smith	T	Massachusetts
83	Ronnie Stanley	T	Notre Dame
84	Kelvin Taylor	RB	Florida
85	Ron Thompson	DE	Syracuse
86	Laquon Treadwell	WR	Mississippi
87	Laremy Tunsil	T	Mississippi
88	Quinn van Gylswyk	K	British Columbia
89	Nick Vigil	LB	Utah State
90	Cleveland Wallace	DB	San Jose State
91	Dwayne Washington	RB	Washington
92	Stephen Weatherly	LB	Vanderbilt
93	De'Runnya Wilson	WR	Mississippi State
94	Daryl Worley	DB	West Virginia
95	Scooby Wright	LB	Arizona
96	Avery Young	T	Auburn

The players granted special eligibility for the NFL Draft the past 10 years:

Year	Players Granted Special Eligibility	Year	Players Granted Special Eligibility
2016	96	2011	56
2015	74	2010	53
2014	98	2009	46
2013	73	2008	53
2012	65	2007	40

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2016 NFL Draft Early Entries

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