NFL Draft 2023 Prospects – Declared Underclassmen

NFL Draft 2023 Prospects

Declared Underclassmen for the NFL Draft 2023

Current list of underclassmen expected to be available for the NFL Draft 2023. We will have complete list and breakdowns in the January Newsletter available later this month.

Declared before Jan. 16th. Players made announcements, mostly after their Bowl game. Many opted out of their teams’ bowl game making this offseason the worst overall postseason bowl games in recent years. The National championship series was the exception with incredible semi-finalist games.

NFL List of Official Underclassmen by Year

 Year/ Players – Granted Special Eligibility past 13 years

2022 – 100
2021 – 98        
2020 – 99        
2019 – 103       
2018 – 106       
2017 – 95         
2016 – 96        
 

Ranked alphabetically by position 

Quarterbacks

  1. Jaren Hall, BYU
  2. Tanner McKee, Stanford
  3. Anthony Richardson, Florida
  4. C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
  5. Bryce Young, Alabama

Running Backs

Israel Abanikanda          Pittsburgh
Devon Achane              Texas A&M
Tank Bigsby                  Auburn
Ronnie Brown               Shepherd
Zach Charbonnet          UCLA
Tiyon Evans                  Louisville
Zach Evans                  Mississippi
Jahmyr Gibbs               Alabama
Evan Hull                      Northwestern
DeWayne McBride        Alabama-Birm
Kendre Miller                 TCU
Keaton Mitchell            East Carolina
Lew Nichols                  Central Michigan
Bijan Robinson              Texas
Tyjae Spears                 Tulane
Titus Swen                    Wyoming
Tavion Thomas             Utah
Sean Tucker                 Syracuse
Deuce Vaughn              Kansas State

Wide Receivers

Jordan Addison              USC
Kayshon Boutte              LSU
Demario Douglas          Liberty
Josh Downs                    North Carolina
Zay Flowers                    Boston College
Bryce Ford-Wheaton   West Virginia
Jadon Haselwood         Arkansas
Jalin Hyatt                     Tennessee
Sam James                     West Virginia
Rakim Jarrett                Maryland
Quentin Johnston         TCU
Marvin Mims                 Oklahoma
Trey Palmer                   Nebraska
Rashee Rice                   SMU
Tyler Scott                      Cincinnati
Justin Shorter                Florida
Jaxon Smith-Njigba      Ohio State
Cedric Tillman               Tennessee
Parker Washington       Penn State
Dontayvion Wicks          Virginia

Tight Ends

1 Marshon Ford             Louisville
2 Tucker Kraft               South Dakota State
3 Michael Mayer            Notre Dame
4 Luke Schoonmaker     Michigan
5 Brenton Strange         Penn State
6 Darnell Washington    Georgia

Offensive linemen
Tackles

Matthew Bergeron         Syracuse
Anthony Bradford          LSU
Jaelyn Duncan              Maryland
Blake Freeland              BYU
Jovaughn Gwyn             South Carolina
Paris Johnson Jr.          Ohio State
Broderick Jones            Georgia
Dawand Jones              Ohio State
Anton Harrison              Oklahoma
Peter Skoronski            Northwestern
Carter Warren                Pitt
Darnell Wright               Tennessee

Guards

  1. Jon Gaines                    UCLA
  2. Warren McClendon        Georgia
  3. O’Cyrus Torrence          Florida
  4. Andrew Vorhees            USC

Centers

  1. Joe Tippmann             Wisconsin
  2. Luke Wypler             Ohio State

Edge Rushers 

  1. Mitchell Agude                Miami
  2. J. Anderson                      Iowa State
  3. Will Anderson Jr.            Alabama
  4. Felix Anudike-Uzomah   Kansas State
  5. Andre Carter II               Army
  6. Isaiah Foskey                  Notre Dame
  7. Derick Hall                      Auburn
  8. Zach Harrison                 Ohio State
  9. Myles Murphy               Clemson
  10. B.J. Ojulari                     LSU
  11. Nolan Smith                   Georgia
  12. Lukas Van Ness             Iowa
  13. Tuli Tuipolatu                Southern Cal
  14. Tyree Wilson                 Texas Tech
  15. Colby Wooden                Auburn

Defensive Tackles 

  1. Bryan Bresee                Clemson
  2. Jalen Carter                  Georgia
  3. Gervon Dexter               Florida
  4. Siaki Ika                        Baylor
  5. Calijah Kancey             Pittsburgh
  6. Jaquelin Roy                LSU

Linebackers 

  1. Nick Herbig                Wisconsin
  2. Drew Sanders              Arkansas
  3. Noah Sewell                  Oregon
  4. Trent Simpson              Clemson
  5. Drake Thomas             NC State
  6. Henry To’o To’o             Alabama

Cornerbacks

  1. Alex Austin                                Oregon State
  2. Deonte Banks                            Maryland
  3. Emmanuel Forbes                     Mississippi State
  4. Christian Gonzalez                    Oregon
  5. Kyu Blu Kelly                             Stanford
  6. Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson      TCU
  7. Jaylon Jones                               Texas A&M
  8. Cameron Mitchell                      Northwestern
  9. Clark Phillips III                         Utah
  10. Joey Porter Jr.                           Penn State
  11. Eli Ricks                                      Alabama
  12. Kelee Ringo                                Georgia
  13. Cam Smith                                  South Carolina
  14. Tyrique Stevenson                    Miami
  15. DJ Turner                                   Michigan
  16. Carrington Valentine                Kentucky
  17. Garrett Williams                        Syracuse
  18. Devon Witherspoon                   Illinois

Safeties

Brian Branch                 Alabama
Ronnie Hickman            Ohio State
Brandon Hill                  Pittsburgh
Antonio Johnson           Texas A&M
Brandon Joseph            Notre Dame
Jammie Robinson         Florida State
Rashad Torrence           Florida