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98 PLAYERS GRANTED SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR 2021 NFL DRAFT

30 additional players who have graduated also eligible for selection

The announced today the names of 98 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2021 NFL Draft and 30 players who have fulfilled their degree requirements with eligibility remaining and are also eligible for selection in the April 29-May 1 Draft in Cleveland, Ohio.

The following 30 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:

Name Pos College 1 Jack Anderson G Texas Tech 2 Aaron Banks G Notre Dame 3 T Texas 4 Adrian Ealy T Oklahoma 5 Darren Hall DB San Diego State 6 C Georgia 7 Anthony Hines LB Texas A&M 8 DE Kansas State 9 James Hudson T Cincinnati 10 C Oklahoma 11 QB Alabama 12 DE Florida State 13 QB Clemson 14 Hunter Long TE Boston College 15 Isaiah McDuffie LB Boston College 16 DB Syracuse 17 WR Purdue 18 LB Alabama 19 Josh Myers C Ohio State 20 DB Oklahoma 21 Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah LB Notre Dame 22 LB Penn State 23 WR East Carolina 24 Chris Rumph DE Duke 25 Benjamin St-Juste DB Minnesota 26 WR Wake Forest 27 Marlon Tuipulotu NT Southern California 28 Shaun Wade DB Ohio State 29 Connor Wedington WR Stanford 30 TE TCU

Each of the 98 players listed below have met the league’s three-year eligibility rule and have renounced their college football eligibility by submitting written notification to the league office on or before the January 18 deadline. Consequently, they are eligible for selection:

The players granted special eligibility for the 2021 NFL Draft:

Name Pos College 1 Paulson Adebo DB Stanford 2 Calvin Ashley T Florida A&M 3 WR Louisville 4 DT Alabama 5 WR Minnesota 6 Nick Bolton LB Missouri 7 Larry Borom T Missouri 8 Bobby Brown DT Texas A&M 9 WR North Carolina 10 Shakur Brown DB Michigan State 11 Tyson Campbell DB Georgia 12 T Clemson 13 Ja’Marr Chase WR Louisiana State 14 T Brigham Young 15 Andre Cisco DB Syracuse 16 LB Tulsa 17 Aashari Crosswell DB Arizona State 18 C Stanford 19 T Virginia Tech 20 LB Kentucky 21 G Ohio State 22 Brendan DeVera LB ASA JC 23 Brennan Eagles WR Texas 24 DB Virginia Tech 25 WR Stanford 26 QB Ohio State 27 DB 28 TE Penn State 29 Kenneth Gainwell RB Memphis 30 G Illinois 31 Olaijah Griffin DB Southern California 32 RB Louisville 33 Darius Hodge LB Marshall 34 DB Oregon 35 DB South Carolina 36 RB Oklahoma State 37 DB Southern California 38 RB Oregon State 39 DB Indiana 40 Ernest Jones LB South Carolina 41 Brevin Jordan TE Miami 42 DB Kentucky 43 Brenden Knox RB Marshall 44 QB North Dakota State 45 Terrace Marshall WR Louisiana State 46 T Michigan 47 Cameron McGrone LB Michigan 48 Isaiah McKoy WR Kent State 49 Alim McNeill DT North Carolina State 50 Evan McPherson K Florida 51 Davis Mills QB Stanford 52 WR Brigham Young 53 Trevon Moehrig DB TCU 54 WR Mississippi 55 DB South Carolina 56 Marcus Murphy DB Mississippi State 57 Greg Newsome DB Northwestern 58 DT Iowa 59 Azeez Ojulari LB Georgia 60 DE Texas 61 Jayson Oweh DE Penn State 62 RB Buffalo 63 DE Oklahoma 64 DE Miami 65 TE Florida 66 DE Miami 67 Asante Samuel DB Florida State 68 Anthony Schwartz WR Auburn 69 Stevie Scott RB Indiana 70 T Oregon 71 NT Louisiana State 72 William Sherman T Colorado 73 Jamien Sherwood DB Auburn 74 Amon-Ra St. Brown WR Southern California 75 DB Texas 76 DB Georgia 77 Patrick Surtain DB Alabama 78 Tamorrion Terry WR Florida State 79 Bryce Thompson DB Tennessee 80 Tommy Togiai DT Ohio State 81 TE Notre Dame 82 LB Washington 83 Jay Tufele DT Southern California 84 Christian Tutt DB Auburn 85 DT Pittsburgh 86 Alijah Vera-Tucker G Southern California 87 WR Alabama 88 Ar’Darius Washington DB TCU 89 Rachad Wildgoose DB Wisconsin 90 Adam Williams P Memphis 91 RB North Carolina 92 Milton Williams DT Louisiana Tech 93 Pooka Williams RB Kansas 94 Seth Williams WR Auburn 95 Trill Williams DB Syracuse 96 Marco Wilson DB Florida 97 QB Brigham Young 98 DB Oregon State

The following players inquired about their draft status and are eligible for selection without the need for special eligibility:

Name Pos School 1 Walker Little T Stanford 2 Foster Sarell T Stanford 3 Jordan Smith LB Alabama-Birmingham

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

Year Players Granted Special Eligibility Year Players Granted Special Eligibility 2021 98 2016 96 2020 99 2015 74 2019 103 2014 98 2018 106 2013 73 2017 95 2012 65

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