Final tally: 98 underclassmen enter 2014 NFL draft

Tom Pelissero | Paste BN Sports

The final tally is in: 98 underclassmen have been granted special eligibility for the 2014 NFL draft.

That's up from 73 last year, 65 in 2012 and 56 in 2011, which all were records, too.

The tally rises to 102 when including four players who have informed the NFL they've graduated.

Players who have not used up their college eligibility can apply for the draft if they're at least three years removed from their high school graduating class and submit a written application. The deadline for applying was Jan. 15.

The draft begins May 8.

Among the top players granted special eligibility this year are Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, South Carolina end Jadeveon Clowney, Clemson receiver Sammy Watkins and USC receiver Marqise Lee. Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was among the four graduates.

Here's the complete list of players granted special eligibility:

	Player	Pos .	College
1	Davante Adams	WR	Fresno State
2	Nick Addison	DB	Bethune-Cookman
3	Jace Amaro	TE	Texas Tech
4	George Atkinson	RB	Notre Dame
5	Odell Beckham	WR	Louisiana State
6	Kelvin Benjamin	WR	Florida State
7	Kapri Bibbs	RB	Colorado State
8	Brendan Bigelow	RB	California
9	Alfred Blue	RB	Louisiana State
10	Russell Bodine	C	North Carolina
11	Blake Bortles	QB	Central Florida
12	Chris Boyd	WR	Vanderbilt
13	Bashaud Breeland	DB	Clemson
14	Martavis Bryant	WR	Clemson
15	Ka'Deem Carey	RB	Arizona
16	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	DB	Alabama
17	Jadeveon Clowney	DE	South Carolina
18	Brandon Coleman	WR	Rutgers
19	Brandin Cooks	WR	Oregon State
20	Scott Crichton	DE	Oregon State
21	Isaiah Crowell	RB	Alabama State
22	Jonathan Dowling	DB	Western Kentucky
23	Kony Ealy	DE	Missouri
24	Eric Ebron	TE	North Carolina
25	Bruce Ellington	WR	South Carolina
26	Mike Evans	WR	Texas A&M
27	Ego Ferguson	DT	Louisiana State
28	Cameron Fleming	T	Stanford
29	Khairi Fortt	LB	California
30	Austin Franklin	WR	New Mexico State
31	Devonta Freeman	RB	Florida State
32	Carlos Gray	DT	North Carolina State
33	Xavier Grimble	TE	Southern California
34	Terrance Hackney	T	Bethune-Cookman
35	Victor Hampton	DB	South Carolina
36	Jeremy Hill	RB	Louisiana State
37	Kameron Jackson	DB	California
38	Nic Jacobs	TE	McNeese State
39	Timmy Jernigan	DT	Florida State
40	Anthony Johnson	DT	Louisiana State
41	Jamel Johnson	WR	Alabama State
42	Storm Johnson	RB	Central Florida
43	Henry Josey	RB	Missouri
44	Cyrus Kouandjio	T	Alabama
45	Jarvis Landry	WR	Louisiana State
46	Cody Latimer	WR	Indiana
47	Demarcus Lawrence	DE	Boise State
48	Marqise Lee	WR	Southern California
49	A.C. Leonard	TE	Tennessee State
50	Albert Louis-Jean	DB	Boston College
51	Colt Lyerla	TE	Oregon
52	Aaron Lynch	DE	South Florida
53	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M
54	Marcus Martin	C	Southern California
55	Tre Mason	RB	Auburn
56	Chris McCain	DE	California
57	Terrance Mitchell	DB	Oregon
58	Viliami Moala	DT	California
59	Donte Moncrief	WR	Mississippi
60	Adam Muema	RB	San Diego State
61	Jake Murphy	TE	Utah
62	Troy Niklas	TE	Notre Dame
63	Louis Nix	DT	Notre Dame
64	Jeoffrey Pagan	DE	Alabama
65	Ronald Powell	DE	Florida
66	Calvin Pryor	DB	Louisville
67	Loucheiz Purifoy	DB	Florida
68	Kelcy Quarles	DT	South Carolina
69	Darrin Reaves	RB	Alabama-Birmingham
70	Ed Reynolds	DB	Stanford
71	Antonio Richardson	T	Tennessee
72	Paul Richardson	WR	Colorado
73	Marcus Roberson	DB	Florida
74	Allen Robinson	WR	Penn State
75	Greg Robinson	T	Auburn
76	Bradley Roby	DB	Ohio State
77	Richard Rodgers	TE	California
78	Bishop Sankey	RB	Washington
79	Lache Seastrunk	RB	Baylor
80	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	TE	Washington
81	Ryan Shazier	LB	Ohio State
82	Yawin Smallwood	LB	Connecticut
83	Brett Smith	QB	Wyoming
84	Jerome Smith	RB	Syracuse
85	Willie Snead	WR	Ball State
86	John Spooney	RB	Brown
87	Josh Stewart	WR	Oklahoma State
88	Xavier Su'a-Filo	G	UCLA
89	Vinnie Sunseri	DB	Alabama
90	De'Anthony Thomas	RB	Oregon
91	Stephon Tuitt	DE	Notre Dame
92	Trai Turner	G	Louisiana State
93	George Uko	DE	Southern California
94	Pierre Warren	DB	Jacksonville State
95	Sammy Watkins	WR	Clemson
96	Terrance West	RB	Towson
97	James Wilder	RB	Florida State
98	David Yankey	T	Stanford

Players who have notified the NFL they have graduated and thus are eligible:

1	Dion Bailey	DB	Southern California
2	Carl Bradford	DE	Arizona State
3	Teddy Bridgewater	QB	Louisville
4	Adrian Hubbard	LB	Alabama

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