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69 Players Granted Special Eligibility For 2023 NFL Draft

By Dave Bryan

Posted on January 20, 2023 at 1:14 pm

The NFL announced on Friday the names of 69 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2023 NFL Draft and 13 players who have fulfilled their degree requirements with college football eligibility remaining and are also eligible for selection in the April 27-28 Draft in Union Station Kansas City.

Each of the 69 players listed below have met the league’s three-year eligibility rule and have renounced their college football eligibility by submitting written notification to the league office on or before the January 16 deadline. Consequently, they are eligible for selection:

The players granted special eligibility for the 2023 NFL Draft:

	Name	Pos	College
1	Israel Abanikanda	RB	Pittsburgh
2	Devon Achane	RB	Texas A&M
3	Jordan Addison	WR	Southern California
4	M.J. Anderson	DE	Iowa State
5	Felix Anudike-Uzomah	DE	Kansas State
6	Alex Austin	DB	Oregon State
7	Deonte Banks	DB	Maryland
8	Tank Bigsby	RB	Auburn
9	Kayshon Boutte	WR	LSU
10	Anthony Bradford	G	LSU
11	Brian Branch	DB	Alabama
12	Bryan Bresee	DT	Clemson
13	Jalen Carter	DT	Georgia
14	Gervon Dexter	DT	Florida
15	Josh Downs	WR	North Carolina
16	Zach Evans	RB	Mississippi
17	Emmanuel Forbes	DB	Mississippi State
18	Jahmyr Gibbs	RB	Alabama
19	Christian Gonzalez	DB	Oregon
20	Anton Harrison	T	Oklahoma
21	Nick Herbig	LB	Wisconsin
22	Brandon Hill	DB	Pittsburgh
23	Jalin Hyatt	WR	Tennessee
24	Rakim Jarrett	WR	Maryland
25	Antonio Johnson	DB	Texas A&M
26	Quentin Johnston	WR	TCU
27	Broderick Jones	T	Georgia
28	Jaylon Jones	DB	Texas A&M
29	Brandon Joseph	DB	Notre Dame
30	Calijah Kancey	DT	Pittsburgh
31	Tucker Kraft	TE	South Dakota State
32	Michael Mayer	TE	Notre Dame
33	DeWayne McBride	RB	Alabama-Birmingham
34	Tanner McKee	QB	Stanford
35	Kendre Miller	RB	TCU
36	Marvin Mims	WR	Oklahoma
37	Cameron Mitchell	DB	Northwestern
38	Keaton Mitchell	RB	East Carolina
39	Myles Murphy	DE	Clemson
40	Lew Nichols	RB	Central Michigan
41	B.J. Ojulari	DE	LSU
42	J-Min Pelley	DT	Calgary (Canada)
43	Clark Phillips	DB	Utah
44	Joey Porter	DB	Penn State
45	Anthony Richardson	QB	Florida
46	Eli Ricks	DB	Alabama
47	Kelee Ringo	DB	Georgia
48	Bijan Robinson	RB	Texas
49	Jaquelin Roy	DT	LSU
50	Drew Sanders	LB	Arkansas
51	Tyler Scott	WR	Cincinnati
52	Noah Sewell	LB	Oregon
53	Peter Skoronski	T	Northwestern
54	Cam Smith	DB	South Carolina
55	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	WR	Ohio State
56	Brenton Strange	TE	Penn State
57	C.J. Stroud	QB	Ohio State
58	Joseph Tippmann	C	Wisconsin
59	Rashad Torrence	DB	Florida
60	Sean Tucker	RB	Syracuse
61	Tuli Tuipulotu	DE	Southern California
62	Carrington Valentine	DB	Kentucky
63	Lukas Van Ness	DE	Iowa
64	Deuce Vaughn	RB	Kansas State
65	Darnell Washington	TE	Georgia
66	Parker Washington	WR	Penn State
67	Garrett Williams	DB	Syracuse
68	Colby Wooden	DE	Auburn
69	Luke Wyple	C	Ohio State

The following 13 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:

	Name	Pos	College
1	Will Anderson	LB	Alabama
2	Demario Douglas	WR	Liberty
3	Isaiah Foskey	DE	Notre Dame
4	Ronnie Hickman	DB	Ohio State
5	Evan Hull	RB	Northwestern
6	Paris Johnson	T	Ohio State
7	Warren McClendon	T	Georgia
8	Mike Morris	DE	Michigan
9	Trenton Simpson	LB	Clemson
10	Mazi Smith	DT	Michigan
11	Tyjae Spears	RB	Tulane
12	D.J. Turner	DB	Michigan
13	Bryce Young	QB	Alabama

The following players inquired about their draft status and are eligible for selection without the need for special eligibility; however, such players may be eligible to remove their name from consideration on or before the February 3, 2023 deadline to opt out of the Draft: