NFL Draft Underclassmen Tracker: Record 96 Players Declare
By Jason Marcum
Apr 26, 2012; New York, NY, USA; A general view as the NFL draft prospects pose for a group photo with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell before the 2012 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports
The NFL Draft is the No. 1 thing on the minds of many teams now that their season is over. With the All-Star college football games set to kick-off this week, many scouts and front office personnel will watching as many of the nation’s top college football talent takes to the field one final time.
But those will be mostly seniors, and many of the top prospects are underclassmen =who had until January 15 to decide if they will go pro or stay in school for at least one more season.
A record 96 underclassmen declared, and unfortunately for some of them, that means there will be some talented players in the later rounds of the drafts, as well as among those who are undrafted.
Last year, 73 underclassmen chose to leave school early, yet only 52 were drafted. That means nearly 30 percent of the early entrants went undrafted, and it figures to be around that number this year.
With the deadline passed, here is the final edition of the NFL Draft underclassmen tracker:
Ed Reynolds, S, Stanford
Paul Richardson, WR, Colorado
Antonio Richardson, OT, Tennessee
Davante Adams, WR, Fresno State
Marcus Roberson, CB, Florida
Allen Robinson, WR, Penn State
Greg Robinson, OT, Auburn
Bradley Roby, CB, Ohio State
Richard Rodgers, TE, California
Marqise Lee, WR, Southern California
A.C. Leonard, TE, Tennessee State
Colt Lyerla, TE, Oregon
Aaron Lynch, DE, South Florida
Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
Marcus Martin, C, Southern California
Tre Mason, RB, Auburn
Terrence Mitchell, CB, Oregon
Viliami Moala, DT, California
Donte Moncrief, WR, Ole Miss
Jake Murphy, TE, Utah
Adam Muema, RB, San Diego State
Troy Niklas, TE, Notre Dame
Louis Nix, DT, Notre Dame
Jeoffrey Pagan, DE, Alabama
Ronald Powell, DE, Florida
Calvin Pryor, S, Louisville
Loucheiz Purifoy, CB, Florida
Kelcy Quarles, DT, South Carolina
Darrin Reaves, RB, UAB
Bishop Sankey, RB, Washington
Lache Seastrunk, RB, Baylor
Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, Washington
Ryan Shazier, OLB, Ohio State
Yawin Smallwood, MLB, Connecticut
Brett Smith, QB, Wyoming
Jerome Smith, RB, Syracuse
Willie Snead, WR, Ball State
Josh Stewart, WR, Oklahoma State
Xavier Su’a-Filo, G, UCLA
Vinnie Sunseri, S, Alabama
De’Anthony Thomas, RB/WR, Oregon
Stephon Tuitt, DE, Notre Dame
Trai Turner, G, LSU
Pierre Warren, S, Jacksonville State
Sammy Watkins, WR, Clemson
Terrance West, RB, Towson
James Wilder Jr., RB, Florida State
George Uko, DT, Southern California
David Yankey, G, Stanford
Nick Addison, S, Bethune Cookman
George Atkinson, RB, Notre Dame
Dion Bailey, S, Southern California
Odell Beckham Jr., WR, LSU
Kelvin Benajmin, WR, Florida State
Kapri Bibbs, RB, Colorado State
Brendan Bigelow, RB, California
Russell Bodine, C, North Carolina
Blake Bortles, QB, Central Florida
Chris Boyd, WR, Vanderbilt
Carl Bradford, OLB, Arizona State
Bashaud Breeland, CB, Clemson
Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
Martavis Bryant, WR, Clemson
Kadeem Carey, RB, Arizona
HaHa Clinton-Dix, S, Alabama
Jadeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina
Brandon Coleman, WR, Rutgers
Brandin Cooks, WR, Oregon State
Scott Crichton, DE, Oregon State
Isaiah Crowell, RB, Alabama State
Jonathan Dowling, S, Western Kentucky
Kony Ealy, DE, Missouri
Dominic Easley, DT, Florida
Eric Ebron, TE, North Carolina
Bruce Ellington, WR, South Carolina
Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M
Ego Ferguson, DT, LSU
Mike Flacco, TE, New Haven
Cameron Fleming, OT, Stanford
Khairi Fortt, LB, California
Austin Franklin, WR, New Mexico State
Devonta Freeman, RB, Florida State
Xavier Grimble, TE, Southern California
Victor Hampton, CB, South Carolina
Jeremy Hill, RB, LSU
Adrian Hubbard, OLB, Alabama
Kameron Jackson, CB, California
Nic Jacobs, TE, McNeese State
Timmy Jernigan, DT, Florida State
Anthony Johnson, DT, LSU
Storm Johnson, RB, Central Florida
Henry Josey, RB, Missouri
Cyrus Kouandjio, OT, Alabama
Jarvis Landry, WR, LSU
Cody Latimer, WR, Indiana
DeMarcus Lawrence, DE, Boise State
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