Players granted NFL Draft eligibility

The 2018 NFL Draft is still a few months away, held April 26-28 in Arlington, Texas.

The pool of players to select from has recently grown, as the NFL granted 106 players special eligibility for the draft, as well as 13 players who have fulfilled their degree requirements even though they still have eligibility remaining. That list of 13 includes a local player, University of Pittsburgh tackle Brian O'Neill.

The list of 13 is below.

	Player	Pos.	College
1	Jordan Akins	TE	Central Florida
2	Josh Allen	QB	Wyoming
3	Kyle Allen	QB	Houston
4	Will Clapp	C	Louisiana State
5	Terrell Edmunds	DB	Virginia Tech
6	Taylor Hearn	G	Clemson
7	Sam Hubbard	DE	Ohio State
8	Sam Jones	G	Arizona State
9	Quenton Nelson	G	Notre Dame
10	Brian O'Neill	T	Pittsburgh
11	Christian Sam	LB	Arizona State
12	Tre'Quan Smith	WR	Central Florida
13	Courtland Sutton	WR	Southern Methodist

Other players who have been granted eligibility include the following. They all met the league's three-year eligibility rule and submitted written notification to the league office by the deadline.

The full list is below.

	Player	Pos.	College
1	Josh Adams	RB	Notre Dame
2	Olasunkanmi Adeniyi	DE	Toledo
3	Jaire Alexander	DB	Louisville
4	Mark Andrews	TE	Oklahoma
5	Dorance Armstrong	DE	Kansas
6	Jerome Baker	LB	Ohio State
7	Saquon Barkley	RB	Penn State
8	Jessie Bates	DB	Wake Forest
9	Orlando Brown	T	Oklahoma
10	Taven Bryan	DT	Florida
11	Deontay Burnett	WR	Southern California
12	Deon Cain	WR	Clemson
13	Antonio Callaway	WR	Florida
14	Geron Christian	T	Louisville
15	Simmie Cobbs	WR	Indiana
16	Keke Coutee	WR	Texas Tech
17	Vosean Crumbie	DB	Nevada
18	J.J. Dallas	DB	Louisiana-Monroe
19	James Daniels	C	Iowa
20	Sam Darnold	QB	Southern California
21	Carlton Davis	DB	Auburn
22	Michael Dickson	P	Texas
23	Tremaine Edmunds	LB	Virginia Tech
24	DeShon Elliott	DB	Texas
25	Minkah Fitzpatrick	DB	Alabama
26	Matt Fleming	WR	Benedictine
27	Nick Gates	T	Nebraska
28	Rashaan Gaulden	DB	Tennessee
29	Frank Ginda	LB	San Jose State
30	Rasheem Green	DT	Southern California
31	Derrius Guice	RB	Louisiana State
32	Ronnie Harrison	DB	Alabama
33	Quadree Henderson	WR	Pittsburgh
34	Holton Hill	DB	Texas
35	Nyheim Hines	RB	North Carolina State
36	Jeff Holland	LB	Auburn
37	Mike Hughes	DB	Central Florida
38	Hayden Hurst	TE	South Carolina
39	Joel Iyiegbuniwe	LB	Western Kentucky
40	Ryan Izzo	TE	Florida State
41	Donte Jackson	DB	Louisiana State
42	J.C. Jackson	DB	Maryland
43	Josh Jackson	DB	Iowa
44	Lamar Jackson	QB	Louisville
45	Derwin James	DB	Florida State
46	Richie James	WR	Middle Tennessee
47	Malik Jefferson	LB	Texas
48	Courtel Jenkins	DT	Miami
49	Kerryon Johnson	RB	Auburn
50	Ronald Jones	RB	Southern California
51	John Kelly	RB	Tennessee
52	Arden Key	LB	Louisiana State
53	Christian Kirk	WR	Texas A&M
54	Du'Vonta Lampkin	DT	Oklahoma
55	Jordan Lasley	WR	UCLA
56	Chase Litton	QB	Marshall
57	Tavares Martin	WR	Washington State
58	Hercules Mata'afa	DE	Washington State
59	Ray-Ray McCloud	WR	Clemson
60	Tarvarus McFadden	DB	Florida State
61	R.J. McIntosh	DT	Miami
62	Reginald McKenzie	DT	Tennessee
63	Quenton Meeks	DB	Stanford
64	Kolton Miller	T	UCLA
65	D.J. Moore	WR	Maryland
66	Ryan Nall	RB	Oregon State
67	Nick Nelson	DB	Wisconsin
68	Kendrick Norton	DT	Miami
69	Isaiah Oliver	DB	Colorado
70	Dwayne Orso-Bacchus	T	Oklahoma
71	Da'Ron Payne	NT	Alabama
72	Kamryn Pettway	RB	Auburn
73	Eddy Pineiro	K	Florida
74	Trey Quinn	WR	Southern Methodist
75	D.J. Reed	DB	Kansas State
76	Justin Reid	DB	Stanford
77	Will Richardson	T	North Carolina State
78	Calvin Ridley	WR	Alabama
79	Austin Roberts	TE	UCLA
80	Korey Robertson	WR	Southern Mississippi
81	Josh Rosen	QB	UCLA
82	Bo Scarbrough	RB	Alabama
83	Dalton Schultz	TE	Stanford
84	Tim Settle	DT	Virginia Tech
85	Andre Smith	LB	North Carolina
86	Roquan Smith	LB	Georgia
87	Van Smith	DB	Clemson
88	Breeland Speaks	DE	Mississippi
89	Equanimeous St. Brown	WR	Notre Dame
90	Josh Sweat	DE	Florida State
91	Auden Tate	WR	Florida State
92	Maea Teuhema	T	Southeastern Louisiana
93	Trenton Thompson	DT	Georgia
94	Kevin Toliver	DB	Louisiana State
95	Travonte Valentine	NT	Louisiana State
96	Leighton Vander Esch	LB	Boise State
97	Vita Vea	NT	Washington
98	Mark Walton	RB	Miami
99	Denzel Ward	DB	Ohio State
100	Chris Warren	RB	Texas
101	Toby Weathersby	T	Louisiana State
102	Jordan Whitehead	DB	Pittsburgh
103	JoJo Wicker	DT	Arizona State
104	Jalen Wilkerson	DE	Florida State
105	Connor Williams	T	Texas
106	Eddy Wilson	DT	Purdue

Players granted NFL Draft eligibility

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