On Friday, the NFL announced the names of 95 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2017 NFL Draft and 8 players who have fulfilled their degree requirements with college football eligibility remaining and are also eligible for selection in the April 27-29 draft in Philadelphia.
The following 8 players 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 in the 2017 Draft:
| Player | Pos. | College | |
| 1 | Alex Anzalone | LB | Florida |
| 2 | Gareon Conley | DB | Ohio State |
| 3 | Wayne Gallman | RB | Clemson |
| 4 | Bucky Hodges | TE | Virginia Tech |
| 5 | Artavis Scott | WR | Clemson |
| 6 | Khari Waithe-Alexander | DE | Southern Illinois |
| 7 | Deshaun Watson | QB | Clemson |
| 8 | Mike Williams | WR | Clemson |
Each of the 95 players granted special eligibility 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 deadline for receiving applications was January 16.
The players granted special eligibility for the 2017 NFL Draft:
| Player | Pos. | College | |
| 1 | Jamal Adams | DB | Louisiana State |
| 2 | Budda Baker | DB | Washington |
| 3 | Derek Barnett | DE | Tennessee |
| 4 | Garett Bolles | T | Utah |
| 5 | Caleb Brantley | DT | Florida |
| 6 | Noah Brown | WR | Ohio State |
| 7 | KD Cannon | WR | Baylor |
| 8 | Devin Childress | WR | North Park |
| 9 | Michael Clark | WR | Marshall |
| 10 | James Conner | RB | Pittsburgh |
| 11 | Dalvin Cook | RB | Florida State |
| 12 | Zach Cunningham | LB | Vanderbilt |
| 13 | Malachi Dupre | WR | Louisiana State |
| 14 | Jerod Evans | QB | Virginia Tech |
| 15 | Jeremy Faulk | DT | Garden City CC |
| 16 | Tarean Folston | RB | Notre Dame |
| 17 | Isaiah Ford | WR | Virginia Tech |
| 18 | D’Onta Foreman | RB | Texas |
| 19 | Leonard Fournette | RB | Louisiana State |
| 20 | Myles Garrett | DE | Texas A&M |
| 21 | Shelton Gibson | WR | West Virginia |
| 22 | Davon Godchaux | DT | Louisiana State |
| 23 | Chris Godwin | WR | Penn State |
| 24 | Isaiah Golden | DT | McNeese State |
| 25 | Jermaine Grace | LB | Miami |
| 26 | Derrick Griffin | WR | Texas Southern |
| 27 | Chad Hansen | WR | California |
| 28 | Charles Harris | DE | Missouri |
| 29 | Carlos Henderson | WR | Louisiana Tech |
| 30 | Brian Hill | RB | Wyoming |
| 31 | Elijah Hood | RB | North Carolina |
| 32 | Malik Hooker | DB | Ohio State |
| 33 | Titus Howard | DB | Slippery Rock |
| 34 | Marlon Humphrey | DB | Alabama |
| 35 | Adoree’Jackson | DB | Southern California |
| 36 | Roderick Johnson | T | Florida State |
| 37 | Aaron Jones | RB | Texas-El Paso |
| 38 | Josh Jones | DB | North Carolina State |
| 39 | Nazair Jones | DT | North Carolina |
| 40 | Sidney Jones | DB | Washington |
| 41 | Brad Kaaya | QB | Miami |
| 42 | Alvin Kamara | RB | Tennessee |
| 43 | Tim Kimbrough | LB | Georgia |
| 44 | DeShone Kizer | QB | Notre Dame |
| 45 | Jerome Lane | WR | Akron |
| 46 | Marshon Lattimore | DB | Ohio State |
| 47 | Carl Lawson | DE | Auburn |
| 48 | Elijah Lee | LB | Kansas State |
| 49 | Keevan Lucas | WR | Tulsa |
| 50 | Marlon Mack | RB | South Florida |
| 51 | Patrick Mahomes | QB | Texas Tech |
| 52 | Josh Malone | WR | Tennessee |
| 53 | Damien Mama | G | Southern California |
| 54 | Christian McCaffrey | RB | Stanford |
| 55 | Malik McDowell | DT | Michigan State |
| 56 | Isaiah McKenzie | WR | Georgia |
| 57 | Deon-Tay McManus | WR | Marshall |
| 58 | Raekwon McMillan | LB | Ohio State |
| 59 | Jeremy McNichols | RB | Boise State |
| 60 | Joe Mixon | RB | Oklahoma |
| 61 | Al-Quadin Muhammad | DE | Miami |
| 62 | Montae Nicholson | DB | Michigan State |
| 63 | David Njoku | TE | Miami |
| 64 | Speedy Noil | WR | Texas A&M |
| 65 | Marcus Oliver | LB | Indiana |
| 66 | Aaron Peak | DB | Butler County CC |
| 67 | Jabrill Peppers | LB | Michigan |
| 68 | Samaje Perine | RB | Oklahoma |
| 69 | Elijah Qualls | DT | Washington |
| 70 | Devine Redding | RB | Indiana |
| 71 | Cam Robinson | T | Alabama |
| 72 | John Ross | WR | Washington |
| 73 | Travis Rudolph | WR | Florida State |
| 74 | Curtis Samuel | WR | Ohio State |
| 75 | Ricky Seals-Jones | WR | Texas A&M |
| 76 | Adam Shaheen | TE | Ashland |
| 77 | David Sharpe | T | Florida |
| 78 | Garrett Sickels | DE | Penn State |
| 79 | JuJu Smith-Schuster | WR | Southern California |
| 80 | ArDarius Stewart | WR | Alabama |
| 81 | Damore’ea Stringfellow | WR | Mississippi |
| 82 | Teez Tabor | DB | Florida |
| 83 | Vincent Taylor | DT | Oklahoma State |
| 84 | Solomon Thomas | DT | Stanford |
| 85 | Mitch Trubisky | QB | North Carolina |
| 86 | Darius Victor | RB | Towson |
| 87 | Anthony Walker | LB | Northwestern |
| 88 | Charles Walker | DT | Oklahoma |
| 89 | T.J.Watt | LB | Wisconsin |
| 90 | Marcus Williams | DB | Utah |
| 91 | Stanley Williams | RB | Kentucky |
| 92 | Howard Wilson | DB | Houston |
| 93 | Quincy Wilson | DB | Florida |
| 94 | Joseph Yearby | RB | Miami |
| 95 | Ishmael Zamora | WR | Baylor |
The players granted special eligibility for the NFL Draft the past 10 years:
| Year | Players Granted Special Eligibility | Year | Players Granted Special Eligibility | |
| 2017 | 95 | 2012 | 65 | |
| 2016 | 96 | 2011 | 56 | |
| 2015 | 74 | 2010 | 53 | |
| 2014 | 98 | 2009 | 46 | |
| 2013 | 73 | 2008 | 53 |
