Record number of players granted special eligibility for NFL Draft
Posted by on January 23, 2012 – 12:40 pmA total of 65 players have been granted special eligibility for the 2012 NFL Draft on April 26-28 in New York. Each of these players 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 Jan. 15.
The NFL Draft will kick off in primetime for the third consecutive year. The first round will be held on Thursday, April 26 at 7 p.m. CT. The second and third rounds are set for Friday, April 27 at 6 p.m. CT. Rounds four through seven will be held on Saturday, April 28 at 11 a.m. CT.
The annual totals of players granted special eligibility for the NFL Draft over the past 10 years:
2012: 65
2011: 56
2010: 53
2009: 46
2008: 53
2007: 40
2006: 52
2005: 51
2004: 43
2003: 47
The players granted special eligibility for the 2012 NFL Draft:
| Player | Pos. | College |
| Alexander, Alvester | RB | Wyoming |
| Allen, Dwayne | TE | Clemson |
| Baker, Edwin | RB | Michigan State |
| Ball, Mike | RB | Nevada |
| Berryhill, Jamison | RB | Texas |
| Blackmon, Justin | WR | Oklahoma State |
| Brockers, Michael | DT | Louisiana State |
| Brown, Bryce | RB | Kansas State |
| Burfict, Vontaze | LB | Arizona State |
| Charles, Orson | TE | Georgia |
| Claiborne, Morris | DB | Louisiana State |
| Cox, Fletcher | DT | Mississippi State |
| DeCastro, David | G | Stanford |
| Eure, Tiree | TE | Minnesota |
| Forston, Marcus | DT | Miami |
| Gilmore, Stephon | DB | South Carolina |
| Givens, Chris | WR | Wake Forest |
| Graham, Dorian | WR | Syracuse |
| Griffin, Robert | QB | Baylor |
| Hampton, Jewel | RB | Southern Illinois |
| Harris, Cliff | DB | Oregon |
| Hightower, Dont’a | LB | Alabama |
| Hill, Stephen | WR | Georgia Tech |
| Hillman, Ronnie | RB | San Diego State |
| Holloway, Max | DE | Boston College |
| Hosley, Jayron | DB | Virginia Tech |
| Jackson, Janzen | DB | McNeese State |
| James, LaMichael | RB | Oregon |
| Jeffery, Alshon | WR | South Carolina |
| Johnson, Aldarius | WR | Miami |
| Johnson, Damaris | WR | Tulsa |
| Jones, Chandler | DE | Syracuse |
| Kalil, Matt | T | Southern California |
| Kirkpatrick, Dre | DB | Alabama |
| Konz, Peter | C | Wisconsin |
| Kuechly, Luke | LB | Boston College |
| Lewis, Ronnell | DE | Oklahoma |
| Luck, Andrew | QB | Stanford |
| Manning, Terrell | LB | North Carolina State |
| Martin, Jonathan | T | Stanford |
| Massie, Bobby | T | Mississippi |
| Mercilus, Whitney | DE | Illinois |
| Miller, Lamar | RB | Miami |
| Osweiler, Brock | QB | Arizona State |
| Page, Eric | WR | Toledo |
| Paige-Moss, Donte | DE | North Carolina |
| Perry, Nick | DE | Southern California |
| Pierce, Bernard | RB | Temple |
| Plue, Ken | G | Purdue |
| Poe, Dontari | DT | Memphis |
| Randle, Rueben | WR | Louisiana State |
| Reiff, Riley | T | Iowa |
| Richardson, Trent | RB | Alabama |
| Robinson, Josh | DB | Central Florida |
| Sanu, Mohamed | WR | Rutgers |
| Scott, Darrell | RB | South Florida |
| Streeter, Tommy | WR | Miami |
| Thomas, Darron | QB | Oregon |
| Thomas, Johnny | DB | Oklahoma State |
| Thomas, Phillip | DB | Syracuse |
| Trotter, Barrett | QB | Auburn |
| Vernon, Olivier | DE | Miami |
| Washington, Brandon | T | Miami |
| Wilson, David | RB | Virginia Tech |
| Worthy, Jerel | DT | Michigan State |
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