List of 2011 NFL draft early entrants

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This list of 2011 NFL draft early entrants consists of college football players who are juniors or redshirt sophomores who have been declared eligible to be selected in the 2011 NFL draft. A player can forfeit his remaining NCAA eligibility and declare for the draft. The deadline to declare for the 2011 draft was January 15, 2011. [1]

Contents

Complete list of players

A record 56 players were granted special eligibility in 2011: [2]

NamePositionSchoolDrafted byDraft pos.
Darvin Adams WR Auburn ——
Marvin Austin DT North Carolina New York Giants 52
Akeem Ayers [3] LB UCLA Tennessee 39
Jonathan Baldwin [4] WR Pittsburgh Kansas City 26
Da'Quan Bowers [5] DE Clemson Tampa Bay 51
DeAndre Brown [6] WR Southern Miss ——
Brandon Burton [7] CB Utah Minnesota 139
Jurrell Casey [8] DT USC Tennessee 77
John Clay [9] RB Wisconsin ——
Nick ClaytorOT Georgia Tech ——
Randall Cobb WR Kentucky Green Bay 64
Marcell Dareus [10] DE Alabama Buffalo 3
Tandon Doss [11] WR Indiana Baltimore 123
Darren Evans [1] RB Virginia Tech ——
Nick Fairley DT Auburn Detroit 13
Blaine Gabbert [12] QB Missouri Jacksonville 10
A. J. Green [13] WR Georgia Cincinnati 4
Tori Gurley [14] WR South Carolina ——
Lawrence Guy DT Arizona State Green Bay 233
Jamel HamlerWR Fresno State ——
Jamie Harper RB Clemson Tennessee 130
Brandon Harris [15] CB Miami Houston 60
Will Hill S Florida ——
Justin Houston LB Georgia Kansas City 70
Henry Hynoski FB Pittsburgh ——
Mark Ingram II [10] RB Alabama New Orleans 28
Julio Jones WR Alabama Atlanta 6
Taiwan Jones RB Eastern Washington Oakland 125
Thomas Keiser LB Stanford ——
Mikel Leshoure RB Illinois Detroit 57
Dion Lewis RB Pittsburgh Philadelphia 149
Javes LewisCB Oregon ——
Greg Little WR North Carolina Cleveland 59
Corey Liuget DT Illinois San Diego 18
Ryan Mallett [16] QB Arkansas New England 74
Rahim Moore [17] CB UCLA Denver 45
Cam Newton QB Auburn Carolina 1
Zane Parr [18] DE Virginia ——
Patrick Peterson CB LSU Arizona 5
Robert Quinn DE North Carolina St. Louis 14
Stevan Ridley RB LSU New England 73
Jacquizz Rodgers [19] RB Oregon State Atlanta 145
Kyle Rudolph [20] TE Notre Dame Minnesota 43
Robert Sands S West Virginia Cincinnati 134
Tyler Sash [21] S Iowa New York 198
Sealver Siliga DT Utah ——
Aldon Smith [22] DE Missouri San Francisco 7
Torrey Smith [23] WR Maryland Baltimore 58
Tyron Smith [8] OT USC Dallas 9
Jerrard TarrantS Georgia Tech ——
Jordan Todman [24] RB Connecticut San Diego 183
Shane Vereen [25] RB California New England 56
J. J. Watt [26] DE Wisconsin Houston 11
Muhammad Wilkerson [27] DT Temple N.Y. Jets 30
Aaron Williams [28] CB Texas Buffalo 34
Ryan Williams RB Virginia Tech Arizona 38
Martez Wilson [29] LB Illinois New Orleans 72

Number of players granted special eligibility by year

Undergraduates admitted to the NFL draft each year: [2]

YearNumber
201156
2010 53
2009 46
2008 53
2007 40
2006 52
2005 51
2004 43
2003 47
2002 38

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