Last January a record 74 underclassmen declared for the NFL Draft — or at least it was the record. When the dust cleared following Wednesday night’s 2014 deadline, there were 96 early entrant names submitted. That’s a nearly 30% increase from a record mark one short year ago.
Entrants by position: 19 wide receivers, 18 running backs, 11 tight ends, 8 defensive tackles, 7 cornerbacks, 7 safeties, 7 defensive ends, 6 linebackers, 4 quarterbacks, 4 offensive tackles, 3 guards and 2 centers.
Full list of player names:
QB
Teddy Bridgewater/Johnny Manziel/Blake Bortles/Brett Smith
RB
Ka’Deem Carey/Bishop Sankey/Tre Mason/Lache Seastrunk/Jeremy Hill/Storm Johnson/Kapri Bipps/Adam Muema/Henry Josey/Terrance West/De’Anthony Thomas/James Wilder/Devonta Freeman/Jerome Smith/Darrin Reaves/Isaiah Crowell/George Atkinson III/Brendan Bigelow
WR
Sammy Watkins/Mike Evans/Marqise Lee/Allen Robinson/Kelvin Benjamin/Brandin Cooks/Chris Boyd/Bruce Ellington/Paul Richardson/Donte Moncrief/Brandon Coleman/Martavis Bryant/Josh Stewart/Odell Beckham, Jr./Jarvis Landry/Cody Latimer/Davante Adams/Willie Snead/Austin Franklin
TE
Eric Ebron/Jace Amaro/Austin Seferian-Jenkins/Troy Niklas/Xavier Grimble/Richard Rodgers/Colt Lyerla/Jake Murphy/Mike Flacco/Nic Jacobs/A.C. Leonard
T
Greg Robinson/Cyrus Kouandjio/Cameron Fleming/Antonio Richardson
G
Xavier Su’a-Filo/Trai Turner/David Yankey
C
Russell Bodine/Marcus Martin
DE
Jadeveon Clowney/Stephon Tuitt/Kony Ealy/DeMarcus Lawrence/Aaron Lynch/Jeoffrey Pagan/Scott Crichton
DT
Timmy Jernigan/Dominique Easley/Louis Nix/Ego Ferguson/George Uko/Kelcy Quarles/Vilami Moala/Anthony Johnson
LB
Ryan Shazier/Carl Bradford/Adrian Hubbard/Ronald Powell/Yawin Smallwood/Khairi Fortt
CB
Bradley Roby/Loucheiz Purifoy/Vic Hampton/Bashaud Breeland/Terrence Mitchell/Marcus Roberson/Kameron Jackson
S
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix/Dion Bailey/Calvin Pryor/Ed Reynolds/Vinnie Sunseri/Jonathan Dowling/Pierre Warren
