Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Bolting Early

Here's the unofficial list of underclassmen that have applied for early entry in the 2016 NFL Draft. The official list will be released by the NFL on January 22.

» Bralon Addison, WR, Oregon 
» Roberto Aguayo, K, Florida State 
» Dominique Alexander, LB, Oklahoma 
» Mackensie Alexander, CB, Clemson 
» Eli Apple, CB, Ohio State 
» Demarcus Ayers, WR, Houston 
» Peyton Barber, RB, Auburn 
» Vonn Bell, DB, Ohio State 
» Caleb Benenoch, OL, UCLA 
» Andrew Billings, DT, Baylor 
» Travis Blanks, LB, Clemson 
» Joey Bosa, DE, Ohio State 
» Tyler Boyd, WR, Pittsburgh 
» Daniel Braverman, WR, Western Michigan 
» Zac Brooks, RB, Clemson 
» Beniquez Brown, LB, Mississippi State 
» Artie Burns, CB, Miami 
» Kenny Clark, DT, UCLA 
» Corey Coleman, WR, Baylor 
» Shon Coleman, OL, Auburn 
» Alex Collins, RB, Arkansas 
» Maliek Collins, DT, Nebraska 
» Jack Conklin, OL, Michigan State 
» Pharoh Cooper, WR, South Carolina 
» Kamalei Correa, DL, Boise State 
» Su'a Cravens, LB, USC 
» Kevin Dodd, DE, Clemson 
» Thomas Duarte, WR, UCLA 
» Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Ohio State 
» Eric Enderson, P, Delaware 
» Leonard Floyd, LB, Georgia 
» Kendall Fuller, CB, Virginia Tech 
» Will Fuller, WR, Notre Dame 
» Jared Goff, QB, Cal 
» T.J. Green, S, Clemson 
» David Grinnage, TE, North Caolina State 
» Glenn Gronkowski, FB, Kansas State 
» Christian Hackenberg, QB, Penn State 
» Vernon Hargreaves, CB, Florida 
» Jerald Hawkins, OL, LSU 
» Derrick Henry, RB, Alabama 
» Hunter Henry, TE, Arkansas 
» Willie Henry, DT, Michigan 
» Rashard Higgins, WR, Colorado State 
» Austin Hooper, TE, Stanford 
» Jordan Howard, RB, Indiana 
» Xavien Howard, CB, Baylor 
» Germain Ifedi, OT, Texas A&M 
» Myles Jack, LB, UCLA 
» Quinton Jefferson, DL, Maryland 
» Austin Johnson, DT, Penn State 
» Cardale Jones, QB, Ohio State 
» Cayleb Jones, WR, Arizona 
» Chris Jones, DL, Mississippi State 
» Damontae Kazee, CB, San Diego State 
» Jayron Kearse, DB, Clemson 
» Denver Kirkland, OT, Arkansas 
» Darius Latham, DL, Indiana 
» Kenny Lawler, WR, Cal 
» Shaq Lawson, DE, Clemson 
» Darron Lee, LB, Ohio State 
» Roger Lewis, WR, Bowling Green 
» Steve Longa, LB, Rutgers 
» Paxton Lynch, QB, Memphis 
» Jalin Marshall, WR, Ohio State 
» Keith Marshall, RB, Georgia 
» Alex McCalister, DE, Florida 
» Brett McMakin, LB, Northern Iowa 
» Keanu Neal, S, Florida 
» Yannick Ngakoue, DL, Maryland 
» Robert Nkemdiche, DL, Ole Miss 
» Marquez North, WR, Tennessee 
» Emmanuel Ogbah, DL, Oklahoma State 
» Paul Perkins, RB, UCLA 
» Tyvis Powell, safety, Ohio State 
» C.J. Prosise, RB, Notre Dame 
» Jalen Ramsey, DB, Florida State 
» Alex Redmond, OL, UCLA 
» Hassan Ridgeway, DT, Texas 
» A'Shawn Robinson, DT, Alabama 
» Demarcus Robinson, WR, Florida 
» Rashard Robinson, CB, LSU 
» KeiVarae Russell, CB, Notre Dame 
» Zack Sanchez, CB, Oklahoma 
» Isaac Seumalo, OL, Oregon State 
» Wendell Smallwood, RB, West Virginia 
» Jaylon Smith, LB, Notre Dame 
» Noah Spence, DE, Eastern Kentucky 
» Ronnie Stanley, OT, Notre Dame 
» Kelvin Taylor, RB, Florida 
» Michael Thomas, WR, Ohio State 
» Ron Thompson, DE, Syracuse 
» Corey Tindal, CB, Marshall 
» Laquon Treadwell, WR, Ole Miss 
» Laremy Tunsil, OT, Ole Miss 
» Vincent Valentine, DL, Nebraska 
» Nick Vigil, LB, Utah State 
» Cleveland Wallace III, CB, San Jose State 
» Dwayne Washington, RB, Washington 
» Stephen Weatherly, LB, Vanderbilt 
» Jonathan Williams, RB, Arkansas 
» De'Runnya Wilson, WR, Mississippi State 
» Daryl Worley, CB, West Virginia 
» Scooby Wright, LB, Arizona 
» Avery Young, OL, Auburn

105. If this total becomes official it would top the record of 98 set in 2014. Of those 98 in 2014, 36 weren't drafted. That's a pretty high failure rate for a bunch of kids leaving college early for a shot at the draft and the NFL.

Here are the early entry numbers of the last ten years.

2006: 52
2007: 40
2008: 53
2009: 46
2010: 53
2011: 56
2012: 65
2013: 73
2014: 98
2015: 74

Last year's 74 looks like an anomaly as there was a steady increase in the six years prior to it. And now there's an unofficial 105.

There's even a kicker. Florida State's Roberto Aguayo is among the group. And a punter. Delaware's Eric Enderson. And three Henrys. Alabama running back Derrick Henry, Arkansas tight end Hunter Henry, and Michigan defensive tackle Willie Henry.

Ohio State was hardest hit with nine early departures.

It would probably be good for the players and the colleges if the early entry numbers start a decline over the coming years.

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