The list of college football players granted early entry to the 2021 NFL Draft was released on Friday. These are the players that are leaving school short of receiving their degree. Each of the players has met the NFL’s three-year eligibility rule (three years removed from their high school graduation). Each has submitted a written application in which he forfeited any remaining years of college football eligibility. Each is now on their way to the NFL Draft evaluation process. Whatever that process might be this year.
The draft’s early entrants. This year the number of early entrants totals 98. The number of college players that leave college early has hovered around 100 each year. I wasn’t sure what to expect during this very different time. It feels weird for something to be close to normal.
The 98 players that were granted special eligibility for the 2021 NFL Draft:
- Paulson Adebo, CB, Stanford
- Calvin Ashley, OT, Florida A&M
- Tutu Atwell, WR, Louisville
- Christian Barmore, DT, Alabama
- Rashod Bateman, WR, Minnesota
- Nick Bolton, LB, Missouri
- Larry Borom, OT, Missouri
- Bobby Brown, DT, Texas A&M
- Dyami Brown, WR, North Carolina
- Shakur Brown, CB, Michigan State
- Tyson Campbell, CB, Georgia
- Jackson Carman, OT, Clemson
- Ja'Marr Chase, WR, LSU
- Brady Christensen, OT, BYU
- Andre Cisco, S, Syracuse
- Zaven Collins, LB, Tulsa
- Aashari Crosswell, S, Arizona State
- Drew Dalman, C, Stanford
- Christian Darrisaw, OT, Virginia Tech
- Jamin Davis, LB, Kentucky
- Wyatt Davis, OG, Ohio State
- Brendan DeVera, LB, ASA JC
- Brennan Eagles, WR, Texas
- Caleb Farley, CB, Virginia Tech
- Simi Fehoko, WR, Stanford
- Justin Fields, QB, Ohio State
- Paris Ford, S, Pittsburgh
- Pat Freiermuth, TE, Penn State
- Kenneth Gainwell, RB, Memphis
- Kendrick Green, OG, Illinois
- Olaijah Griffin, CB, USC
- Javian Hawkins, RB, Louisville
- Darius Hodge, edge rusher, Marshall
- Jevon Holland, S, Oregon
- Jaycee Horn, CB, South Carolina
- Chuba Hubbard, RB, Oklahoma State
- Talanoa Hufanga, S, USC
- Jermar Jefferson, RB, Oregon State
- Jamar Johnson, S, Indiana
- Ernest Jones, LB, South Carolina
- Brevin Jordan, TE, Miami
- Kelvin Joseph, CB, Kentucky
- Brenden Knox, RB, Marshall
- Trey Lance, QB, North Dakota State
- Terrace Marshall, WR, LSU
- Jalen Mayfield, OT, Michigan
- Cameron McGrone, LB, Michigan
- Isaiah McKoy, WR, Kent State
- Alim McNeill, DT, N.C. State
- Evan McPherson, K, Florida
- Davis Mills, QB, Stanford
- Dax Milne, WR, BYU
- Trevon Moehrig, S, TCU
- Elijah Moore, WR, Mississippi
- Israel Mukuamu, CB, South Carolina
- Marcus Murphy, S, Mississippi State
- Greg Newsome, CB, Northwestern
- Daviyon Nixon, DT, Iowa
- Azeez Ojulari, edge rusher, Georgia
- Joseph Ossai, edge rusher, Texas
- Jayson Oweh, edge rusher, Penn State
- Jaret Patterson, RB, Buffalo
- Ronnie Perkins, DE, Oklahoma
- Jaelan Phillips, edge rusher, Miami
- Kyle Pitts, TE, Florida
- Gregory Rousseau, edge rusher, Miami
- Asante Samuel, CB, Florida State
- Anthony Schwartz, WR, Auburn
- Stevie Scott III, RB, Indiana
- Penei Sewell, OT, Oregon
- Tyler Shelvin, DT, LSU
- William Sherman, OT, Colorado
- Jamien Sherwood, S, Auburn
- Amon-Ra St. Brown, WR, USC
- Caden Sterns, S, Texas
- Eric Stokes, CB, Georgia
- Patrick Surtain, CB, Alabama
- Tamorrion Terry, WR, Florida State
- Bryce Thompson, CB, Tennessee
- Tommy Togiai, DT, Ohio State
- Tommy Tremble, TE, Notre Dame
- Joe Tryon, edge rusher, Washington
- Jay Tufele, DT, USC
- Christian Tutt, DB, Auburn
- Jaylen Twyman, DT, Pittsburgh
- Alijah Vera-Tucker, OG, USC
- Jaylen Waddle, WR, Alabama
- Ar'Darius Washington, S, TCU
- Rachad Wildgoose, CB, Wisconsin
- Adam Williams, P, Memphis
- Javonte Williams, RB, North Carolina
- Milton Williams, DT, Louisiana Tech
- Pooka Williams Jr., RB, Kansas
- Seth Williams, WR, Auburn
- Trill Williams, S, Syracuse
- Marco Wilson, CB, Florida
- Zach Wilson, QB, BYU
- Nahshon Wright, CB, Oregon State
There’s an NFL legacy with a couple of the above players.
Asante Samuel
Patrick Surtain
It’s easy to spot the legacy as they carry the name of their fathers.
Then there’s Amon-Ra St. Brown. He’s, surprisingly, the brother of Green Bay Packers receiver Equanimeous St. Brown. At least Amon-Ra is a lot easier to spell. A third receiving St. Brown brother is at Stanford. His name is Osiris St. Brown. Also easier to spell than Equanimeous.
Another name stands out for the “college” that he attended. Linebacker Brendan DeVera from for-profit college ASA College. Perhaps I’m just being ignorant but the place sounds more cult than college. DeVera is probably wise to leave early.
There’s another 30 college football players that are entering the 2021 NFL Draft early. These are the players that have graduated with remaining college football eligibility.
- Jack Anderson, OG, Texas Tech
- Aaron Banks, OG, Notre Dame
- Samuel Cosmi, OT, Texas
- Adrian Ealy, OT, Oklahoma
- Darren Hall, CB, San Diego State
- Trey Hill, C Georgia
- Anthony Hines, LB, Texas A&M
- Wyatt Hubert, DE, Kansas State
- James Hudson, OT, Cincinnati
- Creed Humphrey, C, Oklahoma
- Mac Jones, QB, Alabama
- Joshua Kaindoh, DE, Florida State
- Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson
- Hunter Long, TE, Boston College
- Isaiah McDuffie, LB, Boston College
- Ifeatu Melifonwu, CB, Syracuse
- Rondale Moore, WR, Purdue
- Dylan Moses, LB, Alabama
- Josh Myers, C, Ohio State
- Tre Norwood, CB, Oklahoma
- Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, LB, Notre Dame
- Micah Parsons, LB, Penn State
- Blake Proehl, WR, East Carolina
- Chris Rumph, DE, Duke
- Benjamin St-Juste, CB, Minnesota
- Sage Surratt, WR, Wake Forest
- Marlon Tuipulotu, DT, USC
- Shaun Wade, CB, Ohio State
- Connor Wedington, WR, Stanford
- Pro Wells, TE, TCU
That brings the total number of college football players leaving early for the 2021 NFL Draft to 128.
With 6, USC was hit hardest by early departures.
Olaijah Gibson
Talanoa Hufanga
Amon-Ra St. Brown
Jay Tufele
Marlon Tuipulotu
Alijah Vera-Tucker
Then it’s a couple of annual powers:
Alabama
Christian Barmore
Mac Jones
Dylan Moses
Patrick Surtain II
Jaylen Waddle
Ohio State
Wyatt Davis
Justin Fields
Josh Myers
Tommy Togiai
Shaun Wade
Alabama and Ohio State reload each year. Then there’s this Jr. University.
Stanford
Paulson Adebo
Drew Dalman
Simi Fehoko
Davis Mills
Connor Wedington
I know how they feel. As soon as I get near Stanford Jr. University I’m looking forward to leaving the place.
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