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55 Players Granted Special Eligibility for 2025 NFL Draft

NEW YORK – The National Football League announced today the names of 55 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2025 NFL Draft and 15 underclassmen who have fulfilled their degree requirements with college football eligibility remaining and are also eligible for selection in the April 24-26 Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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Twenty-five players applied for special eligibility prior to the newly instituted early “soft” deadline of Jan. 6, which was added to assist players and all-star game organizers in the planning and invitation process. Thirty additional players submitted their petitions prior to the traditional deadline of Jan. 15 to apply for special eligibility for the 2025 NFL Draft. This list does not include players that are playing in the FBS National Championship Game on Jan. 20. For those players, a “Championship” deadline of Jan. 24 has been added.

Each of the 55 players listed below have met the league’s three-year eligibility rule and have renounced their college football eligibility by submitting written notification to the league office on or before the Jan. 15 deadline. Consequently, they are eligible for selection.

The players granted special eligibility for the 2025 NFL Draft:

NamePos.College
1LeQuint AllenRBSyracuse
2Elic AyomanorWRStanford
3Kelvin BanksTTexas
4Stone BlantonLBMississippi State
5Jaydon BlueRBTexas
6Isaiah BondWRTexas
7Luther BurdenWRMissouri
8Jihaad CampbellLBAlabama
9Will CampbellTLSU
10Abdul CarterDEPenn State
11Josh ConerlyTOregon
12Nick EmmanworiDBSouth Carolina
13Trevor EtienneRBGeorgia
14Quinn EwersQBTexas
15Dylan FairchildGGeorgia
16Harold FanninTEBowling Green
17D.J. GiddensRBKansas State
18Matthew GoldenWRTexas
19Mason GrahamDTMichigan
20Kenneth GrantDTMichigan
21Omarion HamptonRBNorth Carolina
22Derrick HarmonDTOregon
23Travis HunterDBColorado
24Jordan JamesRBOregon
25Shemar JamesLBFlorida
26Ashton JeantyRBBoise Sate
27Kaleb JohnsonRBIowa
28Will JohnsonDBMichigan
29Emery JonesTLSU
30Kobe KingLBPenn State
31Coleston LovelandTEMichigan
32Damien MartinezRBMiami (Fla.)
33Marcus MbowGPurdue
34Tetairoa McMillanWRArizona
35Armand MembouTMissouri
36Walter NolenDTMississippi
37Jacob ParrishDBKansas State
38Chris PaulLBMississippi
39James PearceDETennessee
40Jordan PhillipsDTMaryland
41Dylan SampsonRBTennessee
42Jonah SavaiinaeaTArizona
43Carson SchwesingerLBUCLA
44Nic ScourtonDETexas A&M
45Josh SimmonsTOhio State
46Malaki StarksDBGeorgia
47Shemar StewartDETexas A&M
48Mason TaylorTELSU
49Azareye’h ThomasDBFlorida State
50Deone WalkerDTKentucky
51Jalon WalkerLBGeorgia
52Cameron WilliamsTTexas
53Mykel WilliamsDEGeorgia
54Jared WilsonCGeorgia
55Kevin WinstonDBPenn State

The following underclassmen, have in timely fashion under NFL rules, officially notified the league office that they have fulfilled their degree requirements. Consequently, they are eligible for selection in the 2025 NFL Draft:

NamePos.College
1Elijah ArroyoTEMiami (Fla.)
2Tyler BookerGAlabama
3Joshua FarmerDTFlorida State
4Thomas FidoneTENebraska
5Oronde GadsdenTESyracuse
6Ollie GordonRBOklahoma State
7Mike GreenDEMarshall
8Maxwell HairstonDBKentucky
9Tyrion Ingram-DawkinsDTGeorgia
10Drew KendallCBoston College
11Nick MartinLBOklahoma State
12Tristan MichaudWRSouth Dakota
13Jalen MilroeQBAlabama
14T.J. SandersDTSouth Carolina
15Malik VerdonDBIowa State
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