We now know the full list of players who will be eligible for the 2017 NFL Draft.
On Friday, the league announced the names of 95 players who have been granted special eligibility for the Draft, as well as eight players who have fulfilled their degree requirements with college football eligibility remaining and are also eligible for the draft.
The following eight prospects players have, under NFL rules, officially notified the league office that they have fulfilled their degree requirement and become eligible for selection:
|
|
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 |
That group features several prospects to watch for when the Bengals are on the clock in this year's Draft. Clemson's Mike Williams is widely viewed as the top wide receiver prospect, and taking him at No. 9 is certainly a scenario we could see play out in April.
Wayne Gallman is one of the top running back prospects, and he would be a nice addition in Rounds 2-3. The same is true of Florida's Alex Anzalone, who probably goes sometime on Day 3 after missing much of this season with injury, but he'd be a nice addition to the Bengals linebacking corps.
In addition to those eight players, these 95 players have been granted special eligibility after meeting the NFL's three-year eligibility rule and renouncing their remaining college football eligibility, thus making them eligible for selection in April's draft.
Here are those players:
|
|
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 deadline for players to declare for the draft was January 16. The 2017 NFL Draft takes place April 27-29 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Of all the guys who declared for the draft, which do you hope to see Cincinnati land in this year's draft?