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Monday marked the deadline for draft-eligible underclassmen to file declaration papers to notify the NFL of their intention to turn pro.
While the NFL won’t release an official list until Friday, we’ve sourced multiple news reports and players’ Twitter accounts (we see you, Demarcus Robinson) to put together a comprehensive list of early entries from the SEC.
There are 28 names represented, which would be a slight increase from 2015. Overall, more than 100 college football players could declare for the NFL draft with eligibility remaining this year.
ALABAMA
- RB Derrick Henry
- DT A’Shawn Robinson
ARKANSAS
- RB Alex Collins
- TE Hunter Henry
- G Denver Kirkland
- RB Jonathan Williams^
AUBURN
- LT Shon Coleman
- RT Avery Young
- RB Peyton Barber
FLORIDA
- RB Kelvin Taylor
- WR Demarcus Robinson
- DE Alex McCalister
- CB Vernon Hargreaves III
- S Keanu Neal
GEORGIA
- LB Leonard Floyd
- RB Keith Marshall#
LSU
- LT Jerald Hawkins
- CB Rashard Robinson*
MISSISSIPPI STATE
- WR De’Runnya Wilson
- DT Chris Jones
- LB Beniquez Brown
OLE MISS
- WR Laquon Treadwell
- LT Laremy Tunsil
- DT Robert Nkemdiche
SOUTH CAROLINA
- WR Pharoh Cooper
TENNESSEE
- WR Marquez North
TEXAS A&M
- OT Germain Ifedi
VANDERBILT
- LB Stephen Weatherly
^Williams would’ve been a senior in 2015, but broke his foot prior to the season. He did line up in the victory formation against Kansas State during Arkansas’ bowl win.
#Marshall was a senior in 2015, but declined to apply for a sixth year through an NCAA medical hardship waiver.
*Robinson played at LSU in 2013, but an indefinite suspension kept him off the field since. He has been training in Pompano Beach, Fla.
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
