On Jan. 15, the deadline for underclassmen players to enter the 2024 NFL Draft expired, setting the class in stone. The NFL has released their complete list of underclassmen, or special eligibility requests as the league terms them, who have been granted dispensation to declare early for the upcoming annual selection event.
Who is heading to the NFL instead of back to college for the 2024 college football season?
2024 NFL Draft Underclassmen List
College football players have five years to play four seasons of the sport at the collegiate level. However, those athletes can declare for the NFL’s annual selection event once they’ve completed three years at the college level.
All the players listed below, the 2024 NFL Draft underclassmen, have all decided to attempt to enter the league, relinquishing their remaining college eligibility.
Quarterbacks
- Drake Maye, North Carolina
- J.J. McCarthy, Michigan
- Caleb Williams, USC
Running Backs
- Braleon Allen, Wisconsin
- Jonathon Brooks, Texas
- Audric Estimé, Notre Dame
- Bucky Irving, Oregon
- Jaden Shirden, Monmouth
- Carson Steele, UCLA
- Jaylen Wright, Tennessee
Wide Receivers
- Ajou Ajou, Garden City CC
- Arland Bruce, Oklahoma State
- Keon Coleman, Florida State
- Troy Franklin, Oregon
- Adonai Mitchell, Texas
- Mailk Nabers, LSU
- Ja’Lynn Polk, Washington
- Brian Thomas, LSU
- Xavier Worthy, Texas
Tight Ends
- Brock Bowers, Georgia
- Ja’Tavion Sanders, Texas
Offensive Linemen
- Blake Fisher, Notre Dame
- JC Latham, Alabama
- Amarius Mims, Georgia
- Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon
- Roger Rosengarten, Washington
- Kingsley Suamataia, BYU
Defensive Linemen
- Austin Booker, Kansas
- Jonah Elliss, Utah
- Michael Hall, Ohio State
- Chop Robinson, Penn State
- Maason Smith, LSU
- Leonard Taylor III, Miami (FL)
- Mekhi Wingo, LSU
Linebackers
- Junior Colson, Michigan
- Jeremiah Trotter, Clemson
- Dallas Turner, Alabama
Defensive Backs
- Javon Bullard, Georgia
- Calen Bullock, USC
- Cooper DeJean, Iowa
- Jaden Hicks, Washington State
- Kalen King, Penn State
- Kamari Lassiter, Georgia
- Ennis Rakestraw, Missouri
- Sione Vaki, Utah
- Nate Wiggins, Clemson
- James Williams, Miami (FL)
Specialists
- Cam Little, Arkansas
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