46 Granted Special Eligibility for NFL Draft

The NFL announced today the names of 46 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2009 NFL Draft on April 25-26.

Each of the 46 players met the league’s three-year eligibility rule and each submitted a written application in which he renounced his remaining college football eligibility. The deadline for receiving applications was January 15.

In 2008, 53 players were granted special eligibility for the draft.

The players declared eligible are:

Player	Pos.	College
Allen, Asher	DB	Georgia
Britt, Kenny	WR	Rutgers
Britton, Eben	T	Arizona
Brown, Donald	RB	Connecticut
Brown, Everette	DE	Florida State
Butler, Carson	TE	Michigan
Byrd, Jairus	DB	Oregon
Casey, James	TE	Rice
Childs, Jeremy	WR	Boise State
Coffee, Glen	RB	Alabama
Cook, Emanuel	DB	South Carolina
Cook, Jared	TE	South Carolina
Crabtree, Michael	WR	Texas Tech
Davie, Andrew	TE	Arkansas
Davis, Nate	QB	Ball State
Davis, Vontae	DB	Illinois
Evans, Maurice	DE	Penn State
Freeman, Josh	QB	Kansas State
Goodson, Mike	RB	Texas A&M
Greene, Shonn	RB	Iowa
Hartline, Brian	WR	Ohio State
Harvin, Percy	WR	Florida
Heyward-Bey, Darrius	WR	Maryland
Hill, P.J.	RB	Wisconsin
Isdaner, Greg	G	West Virginia
Jean-Francois, Ricky	DT	Louisiana State
Maclin, Jeremy	WR	Missouri
Marks, Sen’Derrick	DT	Auburn
Maybin, Aaron	DE	Penn State
McCoy, LeSean	RB	Pittsburgh
Means, Andrew	WR	Indiana
Moore, D.J.	DB	Vanderbilt
Moreno, Knowshon	RB	Georgia
Morrah, Cameron	TE	California
Munnerlyn, Captain	DB	South Carolina
Nicks, Hakeem	WR	North Carolina
Ogletree, Kevin	WR	Virginia
Powers, Jerraud	DB	Auburn
Quinn, Richard	TE	North Carolina
Sanchez, Mark	QB	Southern California
Smith, Andre	T	Alabama
Smith, Sean	DB	Utah
Stafford, Matt	QB	Georgia
Washington, Donald	DB	Ohio State
Wells, Chris	RB	Ohio State
Williams, Brandon	DE	Texas Tech