The NFL officially announced the list of players granted early eligibility into the 2022 NFL Draft on Friday. Each player has been out of high school at least three years and has submitted paperwork relinquishing any remaining college football eligibility. Each player was granted a 72-hour period post-Jan. 17 deadline on which they could withdraw. Illinois tight end Daniel Barker is one player that decided to withdraw from consideration and enter the transfer portal.
The 73 players granted special eligibility for the 2022 NFL Draft:
- Tyler Allgeier, RB, BYU
- Alec Anderson, OT, UCLA
- Matt Araiza, P, San Diego State
- David Bell, WR, Purdue
- Dane Belton, DB, Iowa
- Nik Bonitto, LB, Oklahoma
- Andrew Booth, DB, Clemson
- Gabe Brkic, K, Oklahoma
- Treylon Burks, WR, Arkansas
- Leo Chenal, LB, Wisconsin
- Lewis Cine, DB, Georgia
- Snoop Conner, RB, Mississippi
- Matt Corral, QB, Mississippi
- Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State
- Nick Cross, DB, Maryland
- Tyrion Davis-Price, RB, LSU
- Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia
- William Dunkle, G, San Diego State
- Jerrion Ealy, RB, Mississippi
- Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State
- Kaiir Elam, DB, Florida
- Kaleb Eleby, QB, Western Michigan
- Noah Elliss, DT, Idaho
- Martin Emerson, DB, Mississippi State
- Erik Ezukanma, WR, Texas Tech
- Cordale Flott, DB, LSU
- Ahmad Gardner, DB, Cincinnati
- Tyler Goodson, RB, Iowa
- Kyler Gordon, DB, Washington
- Kenyon Green, G, Texas A&M
- Ben Griffiths, P, USC
- Breece Hall, RB, Iowa State
- Kyle Hamilton, DB, Notre Dame
- Christian Harris, LB, Alabama
- Kevin Harris, RB, South Carolina
- Daxton Hill, DB, Michigan
- Christopher Hinton, DT, Michigan
- Drake Jackson, LB, USC
- Cam Jurgens, C, Nebraska
- Zonovan Knight, RB, N.C. State
- DeMarvin Leal, DT, Texas A&M
- Drake London, WR, USC
- Sincere McCormick, RB, UTSA
- Trent McDuffie, DB, Washington
- Ja'Quan McMillian, DB, East Carolina
- John Metchie, WR, Alabama
- Skyy Moore, WR, Western Michigan
- Jalen Nailor, WR, Michigan State
- Evan Neal, OT, Alabama
- David Ojabo, LB, Michigan
- George Pickens, WR, Georgia
- Makai Polk, WR, Mississippi State
- Sean Rhyan, OT, UCLA
- Wan'Dale Robinson, WR, Kentucky
- Dare Rosenthal, OT, Kentucky
- Brandon Smith, LB, Penn State
- Tyler Smith, OT, Tulsa
- Isaiah Spiller, RB, Texas A&M
- Chris Steele, DB, USC
- Derek Stingley, DB, LSU
- Tyler Vrabel, OT, Boston College
- Kenneth Walker III, RB, Michigan State
- Rasheed Walker, OT, Penn State
- Travon Walker, DT, Georgia
- Dohnovan West, C, Arizona State
- Devon Williams, WR, Oregon
- Jameson Williams, WR, Alabama
- Kyren Williams, RB, Notre Dame
- Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State
- Alex Wright, LB, UAB
- Mykael Wright, DB, Oregon
- Jalen Wydermyer, TE, Texas A&M
- Cade York, K, LSU
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Last year, a total of 98 players were granted special eligibility. An additional 33 players fell under the two categories below in 2021.
These 27 underclassmen have, in timely fashion under NFL rules, officially notified the league office that they have fulfilled their degree requirements. They are eligible for selection:
- Jalyn Armour-Davis, DB, Alabama
- Brian Asamoah, LB, Oklahoma
- Kevin Austin, WR, Notre Dame
- Slade Bolden, WR, Alabama
- Jashaun Corbin, RB, Florida State
- Greg Dulcich, TE, UCLA
- Joshua Ezeudu, G, North Carolina
- John FitzPatrick, TE, Georgia
- Jerome Ford, RB, Cincinnati
- Vincent Gray, DB, Michigan
- Hassan Haskins, RB, Michigan
- Sam Howell, QB, North Carolina
- George Karlaftis, DE, Purdue
- Tyler Linderbaum, C, Iowa
- Verone McKinley III, DB, Oregon
- Kyler McMichael, DB, North Carolina
- James Mitchell, TE, Virginia Tech
- Nicholas Petit-Frere, OT, Ohio State
- Kyle Philips, WR, UCLA
- Tyler Snead, WR, East Carolina
- Carson Strong, QB, Nevada
- Isaac Taylor-Stuart, DB, USC
- Master Teague, RB, Ohio State
- Luke Tenuta, OT, Virginia Tech
- Kayvon Thibodeaux, DE, Oregon
- Cameron Thomas, DE, San Diego State
- Zamir White, RB, Georgia
These players inquired about their draft status and are eligible for selection without the need for special eligibility:
- Travis Jones, DT, Connecticut
- Justyn Ross, WR, Clemson
- Jermaine Waller, DB, Virginia Tech
- Josh Watts, P, Colorado