NFL Grants Special Eligibility to 46 Underclassmen for 2009 NFL Draft

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The National Football League announced today the names of 46 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2009 NFL Draft on April 25-26. Each of the 46 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 deadline for receiving applications was January 15. In alphabetical order, those players are:

Asher Allen DB Georgia Kenny; Britt WR Rutgers; Eben Britton OT Arizona; Donald Brown RB Connecticut; Everette Brown DE Florida St.; Carson Butler TE Michigan; Jairus Byrd DB Oregon; James Casey TE Rice; Jeremy Childs WR Boise State; Glen Coffee RB Alabama; Emanuel Cook DB South Carolina; Jared Cook TE South Carolina; Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech; Andrew Davie TE Arkansas; Nate Davis QB Ball State; Vontae Davis DB Illinois; Maurice Evans DE Penn State; Josh Freeman QB Kansas St.; Mike Goodson RB Texas A&M; Shonn Greene RB Iowa; Brian Hartline WR Ohio State; Percy Harvin WR Florida; Darrius Heyward-Bey WR Maryland; P.J. Hill RB Wisconsin; Greg Isdaner G West Virginia; Ricky Jean-Francois DT LSU; Jeremy Maclin WR Missouri; Sen’Derrick Marks DT Auburn; Aaron Maybin DE Penn State; LeSean McCoy RB Pittsburgh; Andrew Means WR Indiana; D.J. Moore DB Vanderbilt; Knowshon Moreno RB Georgia; Cameron Morrah TE California; Captain Munnerlyn DB South Carolina; Hakeem Nicks WR North Carolina; Kevin Ogletree WR Virginia; Jerraud Powers DB Auburn; Richard Quinn TE North Carolina; Mark Sanchez QB Southern California; Andre Smith OT Alabama; Sean Smith DB Utah; Matt Stafford QB Georgia; Donald Washington DB Ohio State; Chris Wells RB Ohio State; Brandon Williams DE Texas Tech.

Source: NFL Media