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Lots of 2011 NFL Draft Early Entrants

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Jan 19, 2011 - We already knew they were headed to the 2011 NFL draft but the league made official on Wednesday the 56 players that have applied for early entry into the draft. "Each of the 56 players has met the league's three-year eligibility rule and each has submitted a written application in which he renounced his remaining college football eligibility," the NFL said in a statement.

The list includes many of the prominent names we've been hearing about since the college football season ended including Clemson's Da'Quan Bowers, Auburn's Nick Fairley, Missouri's Blaine Gabbert, Georgia's A.J. Green, Alabama's Julio Jones, Arkansas' Ryan Mallett, Auburn's Cam Newton and LSU's Patrick Peterson.

There were 56 total players this year compared to 38 in 2002. Last year there were 53, up from 46 in 2009.

The NFL draft will be held starting with the first round on Thursday, April 28 and continuing on Friday and Saturday.

Here's the full list of players:


Player
Pos.
College

Adams, Darvin
WR
Auburn

Austin, Marvin
DT
North Carolina

Ayers, Akeem
LB
UCLA

Baldwin, Jon
WR
Pittsburgh

Bowers, Da'Quan
DE
Clemson

Brown, DeAndre
WR
Southern Mississippi

Burton, Brandon
DB
Utah

Casey, Jurrell
DT
Southern California

Clay, John
RB
Wisconsin

Claytor, Nick
T
Georgia Tech

Cobb, Randall
WR
Kentucky

Dareus, Marcell
DE
Alabama

Doss, Tandon
WR
Indiana

Evans, Darren
RB
Virginia Tech

Fairley, Nick
DT
Auburn

Gabbert, Blaine
QB
Missouri

Green, A.J.
WR
Georgia

Gurley, Tori
WR
South Carolina

Guy, Lawrence
DT
Arizona State

Hamler, Jamel
WR
Fresno State

Harper, Jamie
RB
Clemson

Harris, Brandon
DB
Miami

Hill, Will
DB
Florida

Houston, Justin
LB
Georgia

Hynoski, Henry
RB
Pittsburgh

Ingram, Mark
RB
Alabama

Jones, Julio
WR
Álabama

Keiser, Thomas
LB
Stanford

Leshoure, Mikel
RB
Illinois

Lewis, Dion
RB
Pittsburgh

Lewis, Javes
DB
Oregon

Little, Greg
WR
North Carolina

Liuget, Corey
DT
Illinois

Mallett, Ryan
QB
Arkansas

Moore, Rahim
DB
UCLA

Newton, Cam
QB
Auburn

Parr, Zane
DE
Virginia

Peterson, Patrick
DB
Louisiana State

Quinn, Robert
DE
North Carolina

Ridley, Stevan
RB
Louisiana State

Rodgers, Jacquizz
RB
Oregon State

Rudolph, Kyle
TE
Notre Dame

Sands, Robert
DB
West Virginia

Sash, Tyler
DB
Iowa

Siliga, Sealver
DT
Utah

Smith, Aldon
DE
Missouri

Smith, Torrey
WR
Maryland

Smith, Tyron
T
Southern California

Tarrant, Jerrard
DB
Georgia Tech

Todman, Jordan
RB
Connecticut

Vereen, Shane
RB
California

Watt, J.J.
DE
Wisconsin

Wilkerson, Muhammad
DT
Temple

Williams, Aaron
DB
Texas

Williams, Ryan
RB
Virginia Tech

Wilson, Martez
LB
Illinois



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Wow, really surprised about Jerrard Tarrant. He's a supreme athlete with a lot of upside, but he is extremely raw, and hasn't really settled into a position between CB and S.

He's definitely someone I'd take a flier on in the later rounds, but I think one more year in school could have benefited him tremedously.
 
Wow, really surprised about Jerrard Tarrant. He's a supreme athlete with a lot of upside, but he is extremely raw, and hasn't really settled into a position between CB and S.

He's definitely someone I'd take a flier on in the later rounds, but I think one more year in school could have benefited him tremedously.

NFL draft scout has him rated as a 3-4 rounder.

I guess I underestimated (his) potential.
 
There are a lot of guys who could have become better players had they stayed in school but I guess the allure of $$$$ is too much.
 
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