List of 2017 NFL draft early entrants

The list of 2017 NFL draft early entrants is a list of college football players that declared for the 2017 NFL draft that had remaining years of NCAA eligibility. The list includes the year of college they declared as eligible for the draft, the pick they were selected at and the team that drafted them. A total of 103 players declared as eligible, 81 were drafted and 22 were undrafted.^[1]

Complete list of players

The following players were granted special eligibility to enter the 2017 draft:^[2]

Name	Position	School	Year	Round	Pick	Team
Alex Anzalone	LB	Florida	Junior	3	76	New Orleans Saints
Jamal Adams^[3]	S	LSU	Junior	1	6	New York Jets
Budda Baker	S	Washington	Junior	2	36	Arizona Cardinals
Derek Barnett^[3]	DE	Tennessee	Junior	1	14	Philadelphia Eagles
Garett Bolles	OT	Utah	Junior	1	20	Denver Broncos
Caleb Brantley	DT	Florida	Junior	6	185	Cleveland Browns
Noah Brown^[3]	WR	Ohio State	Junior	7	239	Dallas Cowboys
K. D. Cannon	WR	Baylor	Junior	Undrafted
Taco Charlton^[3]	DE	Michigan	Junior	1	28	Dallas Cowboys
Devin Childress	WR	North Park	Junior	Undrafted
Michael Clark	WR	Marshall	Sophomore	Undrafted
Gareon Conley	CB	Ohio State	Junior	1	24	Oakland Raiders
James Conner	RB	Pittsburgh	Junior	3	105	Pittsburgh Steelers
Dalvin Cook^[3]	RB	Florida State	Junior	2	41	Minnesota Vikings
Zach Cunningham^[3]	LB	Vanderbilt	Junior	2	57	Houston Texans
Malachi Dupre^[3]	WR	LSU	Junior	7	247	Green Bay Packers
Ukeme Eligwe^[3]	LB	Georgia Southern	Junior	5	183	Kansas City Chiefs
Jerod Evans	QB	Virginia Tech	Junior	Undrafted
D'Onta Foreman^[3]	RB	Texas	Junior	3	89	Houston Texans
Leonard Fournette^[3]	RB	LSU	Junior	1	4	Jacksonville Jaguars
Wayne Gallman	RB	Clemson	Junior	4	140	New York Giants
Jermaine Grace^[3]	LB	Miami (FL)	Junior	Undrafted
Myles Garrett^[3]	DE	Texas A&M	Sophomore	1	1	Cleveland Browns
Shelton Gibson^[3]	WR	West Virginia	Junior	5	166	Philadelphia Eagles
Davon Godchaux^[3]	DL	LSU	Junior	5	178	Miami Dolphins
Chris Godwin^[3]	WR	Penn State	Junior	3	84	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Derrick Griffin^[3]	WR	Texas Southern	Sophomore	Undrafted
Chad Hansen^[3]	WR	California	Junior	4	141	New York Jets
Charles Harris	DE	Missouri	Junior	1	22	Miami Dolphins
Carlos Henderson^[3]	WR	Louisiana Tech	Junior	3	82	Denver Broncos
Brian Hill^[3]	RB	Wyoming	Junior	5	156	Atlanta Falcons
Marlon Humphrey	CB	Alabama	Sophomore	1	16	Baltimore Ravens
Bucky Hodges	TE	Virginia Tech	Sophomore	6	201	Minnesota Vikings
Elijah Hood^[3]	RB	North Carolina	Junior	7	242	Oakland Raiders
Malik Hooker	S	Ohio State	Sophomore	1	15	Indianapolis Colts
Adoree' Jackson^[3]	CB	USC	Junior	1	18	Tennessee Titans
Roderick Johnson	OT	Florida State	Junior	5	160	Cleveland Browns
Aaron Jones^[3]	RB	UTEP	Junior	5	182	Green Bay Packers
Josh Jones	S	NC State	Junior	2	61	Green Bay Packers
Nazair Jones^[3]	DT	North Carolina	Junior	3	102	Seattle Seahawks
Sidney Jones^[3]	CB	Washington	Junior	2	43	Philadelphia Eagles
Brad Kaaya^{[a 1]}	QB	Miami	Junior	6	215	Detroit Lions
Alvin Kamara^[3]	RB	Tennessee	Junior	3	67	New Orleans Saints
DeShone Kizer	QB	Notre Dame	Junior	2	52	Cleveland Browns
Jerome Lane Jr.^[3]	WR	Akron	Junior	Undrafted
Marshon Lattimore^[3]	CB	Ohio State	Sophomore	1	11	New Orleans Saints
Carl Lawson^[3]	DE	Auburn	Junior	4	116	Cincinnati Bengals
Elijah Lee^[3]	LB	Kansas State	Junior	7	232	Minnesota Vikings
Marlon Mack^[3]	RB	South Florida	Junior	4	143	Indianapolis Colts
Patrick Mahomes^[3]	QB	Texas Tech	Junior	1	10	Kansas City Chiefs
Josh Malone^[3]	WR	Tennessee	Junior	4	128	Cincinnati Bengals
Damien Mama^[3]	OG	USC	Junior	Undrafted
Christian McCaffrey^[3]	RB	Stanford	Junior	1	8	Carolina Panthers
Malik McDowell^[3]	DL	Michigan State	Sophomore	2	35	Seattle Seahawks
Isaiah McKenzie^[3]	WR	Georgia	Junior	5	172	Denver Broncos
Deon-Tay McManus^[3]	WR	Marshall	Junior	Undrafted
Raekwon McMillan^[3]	LB	Ohio State	Junior	2	54	Miami Dolphins
Jeremy McNichols^[3]	RB	Boise State	Junior	5	162	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Joe Mixon^[3]	RB	Oklahoma	Sophomore	2	48	Cincinnati Bengals
Al-Quadin Muhammad^[3]	DE	Miami (FL)	Junior	6	196	New Orleans Saints
Montae Nicholson^[3]	S	Michigan State	Junior	4	123	Washington Redskins
David Njoku^[3]	TE	Miami (FL)	Sophomore	1	29	Cleveland Browns
Speedy Noil^[3]	WR	Texas A&M	Junior	Undrafted
Marcus Oliver^[3]	LB	Indiana	Junior	Undrafted
Samaje Perine^[3]	RB	Oklahoma	Junior	4	114	Washington Redskins
Elijah Qualls^[3]	DL	Washington	Junior	6	214	Philadelphia Eagles
Ryan Ramczyk^[3]	OT	Wisconsin	Junior	1	32	New Orleans Saints
Devine Redding^[3]	RB	Indiana	Junior	Undrafted
Cam Robinson^[3]	OT	Alabama	Junior	2	34	Jacksonville Jaguars
John Ross^[3]	WR	Washington	Junior	1	9	Cincinnati Bengals
Travis Rudolph^[3]	WR	Florida State	Junior	Undrafted
Artavis Scott	WR	Clemson	Junior	Undrafted
Ricky Seals-Jones^[3]	WR	Texas A&M	Junior	Undrafted
Adam Shaheen^[3]	TE	Ashland	Junior	2	45	Chicago Bears
David Sharpe^[3]	OL	Florida	Junior	4	129	Oakland Raiders
Garrett Sickels^[3]	DE	Penn State	Junior	Undrafted
JuJu Smith-Schuster^[3]	WR	USC	Junior	2	62	Pittsburgh Steelers
ArDarius Stewart	WR	Alabama	Junior	3	79	New York Jets
Damore'ea Stringfellow^[3]	WR	Ole Miss	Junior	Undrafted
Teez Tabor^[3]	CB	Florida	Junior	2	53	Detroit Lions
Vincent Taylor	DT	Oklahoma State	Junior	6	194	Miami Dolphins
Solomon Thomas^[3]	DL	Stanford	Sophomore	1	3	San Francisco 49ers
Mitch Trubisky	QB	North Carolina	Junior	1	2	Chicago Bears
Eddie Vanderdoes^[3]	DL	UCLA	Junior	3	88	Oakland Raiders
Anthony Walker Jr.^[3]	LB	Northwestern	Junior	5	161	Indianapolis Colts
Charles Walker^[3]	DL	Oklahoma	Sophomore	Undrafted
Khari Waithe-Alexander	DE	Southern Illinois	Junior	Undrafted
Deshaun Watson^{[a 2]}	QB	Clemson	Junior	1	12	Houston Texans
T. J. Watt	LB	Wisconsin	Junior	1	30	Pittsburgh Steelers
Marcus Williams^[3]	S	Utah	Junior	2	42	New Orleans Saints
Mike Williams	WR	Clemson	Junior	1	7	Los Angeles Chargers
Stanley Williams^[3]	RB	Kentucky	Junior	Undrafted
Howard Wilson^[3]	CB	Houston	Sophomore	4	126	Cleveland Browns
Quincy Wilson^[3]	CB	Florida	Junior	2	46	Indianapolis Colts
Joseph Yearby^[3]	RB	Miami (FL)	Junior	Undrafted
Ishmael Zamora^[3]	WR	Baylor	Sophomore	Undrafted

Notes

^ Hoyt, Joseph (January 4, 2016). "Miami quarterback Brad Kaaya declares for NFL draft". Daily Emerald. Retrieved January 4, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Hoyt, Joseph (January 4, 2016). "Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson declares for NFL draft". Daily Emerald. Retrieved January 4, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

^ Fuller, Jim (January 21, 2017). "No UConn players among early entrants into NFL draft". TCA Regional News. ProQuest 1860234209. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
^ "95 Players Granted Special Eligibility for 2017 NFL Draft". nflcommunications.com. NFL. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
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[4] Hoyt, Joseph (January 4, 2016). "Miami quarterback Brad Kaaya declares for NFL draft". Daily Emerald. Retrieved January 4, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] Hoyt, Joseph (January 4, 2016). "Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson declares for NFL draft". Daily Emerald. Retrieved January 4, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] Fuller, Jim (January 21, 2017). "No UConn players among early entrants into NFL draft". TCA Regional News. ProQuest 1860234209. Retrieved September 24, 2020.

[2] "95 Players Granted Special Eligibility for 2017 NFL Draft". nflcommunications.com. NFL. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

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