{"id":6010,"date":"2025-01-17T13:42:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T18:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/draftinsiders.com\/DraftInsiders\/?p=6010"},"modified":"2025-01-17T13:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T18:42:53","slug":"2025-nfl-draft-underclassmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draftinsiders.com\/DraftInsiders\/2025-nfl-draft-underclassmen\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NFL Draft &#8211; Underclassmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>2025 NFL Draft &#8211; Underclassmen List<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5896 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/draftinsiders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NFLDraft25GB-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>Fifty-five players granted special eligibility for 2025 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL announced on Thursday the names of 55 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2025 NFL Draft and 15 underclassmen who have fulfilled their degree requirements with college football eligibility remaining and are also eligible for selection in the draft. The 2025 draft is scheduled to be held April 24-26 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-five players applied for special eligibility prior to the newly instituted early &#8220;soft&#8221; deadline of Jan. 6, which was added to assist players and all-star game organizers in the planning and invitation process. Thirty additional players submitted their petitions prior to the traditional deadline of Jan. 15 to apply for special eligibility for the 2025 draft. This list does not include players that are playing in the FBS National Championship Game on Jan. 20. For those players, a &#8220;Championship&#8221; deadline of Jan. 24 has been added.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the 55 players listed below have met the league&#8217;s three-year eligibility rule and have renounced their college football eligibility by submitting written notification to the league office on or before the Jan. 15 deadline. Consequently, they are eligible for selection:<\/p>\n<p>Additional prospects can enter the NFL Draft 2025 after the CFP title between Notre Dame vs Ohio Stat game Monday Jan. 20th. They have until Jan. 24th to decide if they want to enter the NFL Draft 2025.<\/p>\n<h3>Underclassmen<\/h3>\n<p>LeQuint Allen, RB, Syracuse<br \/>\nElic Ayomanor, WR, Stanford<br \/>\nKelvin Banks, OT, Texas<br \/>\nStone Blanton, LB, Mississippi State<br \/>\nJaydon Blue, RB, Texas<br \/>\nIsaiah Bond, WR, Texas<br \/>\nLuther Burden, WR, Missouri<br \/>\nJihaad Campbell, LB, Alabama<br \/>\nWill Campbell, OT, LSU<br \/>\nAbdul Carter, DE, Penn State<br \/>\nJosh Conerly, OT, Oregon<br \/>\nNick Emmanwori, DB, South Carolina<br \/>\nTrevor Etienne, RB, Georgia<br \/>\nQuinn Ewers, QB, Texas<br \/>\nDylan Fairchild, OG, Georgia<br \/>\nHarold Fannin, TE, Bowling Green<br \/>\nD.J. Giddens, RB, Kansas State<br \/>\nMatthew Golden, WR, Texas<br \/>\nMason Graham, DT, Michigan<br \/>\nKenneth Grant, DT, Michigan<br \/>\nOmarion Hampton, RB, North Carolina<br \/>\nDerrick Harmon, DT, Oregon<br \/>\nTravis Hunter, DB, Colorado<br \/>\nJordan James, RB, Oregon<br \/>\nShemar James, LB, Florida<br \/>\nAshton Jeanty, RB, Boise State<br \/>\nKaleb Johnson, RB, Iowa<br \/>\nWill Johnson, DB, Michigan<br \/>\nEmery Jones, OT, LSU<br \/>\nKobe King, LB, Penn State<br \/>\nColston Loveland, TE, Michigan<br \/>\nDamien Martinez, RB, Miami<br \/>\nMarcus Mbow, OG, Purdue<br \/>\nTetairoa McMillan, WR, Arizona<br \/>\nArmand Membou, OT, Missouri<br \/>\nWalter Nolen, DT, Mississippi<br \/>\nJacob Parrish, DB, Kansas State<br \/>\nChris Paul, LB, Mississippi<br \/>\nJames Pearce, DE, Tennessee<br \/>\nJordan Phillips, DT, Maryland<br \/>\nDylan Sampson, RB, Tennessee<br \/>\nJonah Savaiinaea, OT, Arizona<br \/>\nCarson Schwesinger, LB, UCLA<br \/>\nNic Scourton, DE, Texas A&amp;M<br \/>\nJosh Simmons, OT, Ohio State<br \/>\nMalaki Starks, DB, Georgia<br \/>\nShemar Stewart, DE, Texas A&amp;M<br \/>\nMason Taylor, TE, LSU<br \/>\nAzareye&#8217;h Thomas, DB, Florida State<br \/>\nDeone Walker, DT, Kentucky<br \/>\nJalon Walker, LB, Georgia<br \/>\nCameron Williams, OT, Texas<br \/>\nMykel Williams, DE, Georgia<br \/>\nJared Wilson, C, Georgia<br \/>\nKevin Winston Jr., DB, Penn State<\/p>\n<h4>The following underclassmen, have in timely fashion under NFL rules, officially notified the league office that they have fulfilled their degree requirements. Consequently, they are eligible for selection:<\/h4>\n<h3>Underclassmen<\/h3>\n<p>Elijah Arroyo, TE, Miami<br \/>\nTyler Booker, OG, Alabama<br \/>\nJoshua Farmer, DT, Florida State<br \/>\nThomas Fidone, TE, Nebraska<br \/>\nOronde Gadsden, TE, Syracuse<br \/>\nOllie Gordon, RB, Oklahoma State<br \/>\nMike Green, DE, Marshall<br \/>\nMaxwell Hairston, DB, Kentucky<br \/>\nTyrion Ingram-Dawkins, DT, Georgia<br \/>\nDrew Kendall, C, Boston College<br \/>\nNick Martin, LB, Oklahoma State<br \/>\nTristan Michaud, WR, South Dakota<br \/>\nJalen Milroe, QB, Alabama<br \/>\nT.J. Sanders, DT, South Carolina<br \/>\nMalik Verdon, DB, Iowa State<\/p>\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-bottom-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/draftinsiders.com\/DraftInsiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/draftinsiders.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Printer Friendly<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>2025 NFL Draft &#8211; Underclassmen List Fifty-five players granted special eligibility for 2025 NFL Draft. 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