List of 2018 NFL draft early entrants

This list of 2018 NFL draft early entrants consists of college football players who forfeited remaining collegiate eligibility and were declared by the National Football League (NFL) as eligible to be selected in the 2018 NFL draft. This includes juniors and redshirt sophomores who completed high school at least three years prior to the draft. A player that meets these requirements can renounce his remaining NCAA eligibility and enter the draft. Players had until January 16, 2018, to declare their intention to forgo their remaining collegiate eligibility.^[1]

Terminology

Year	Interpretation
Sophomore	"redshirt sophomore" – an academic junior in his second season of athletic participation
Junior	"redshirt junior" – an academic senior in his third season of athletic participation; also known as a "fourth-year junior"

List of players

The following players had 2018 draft eligibility granted, or confirmed, by the NFL.^[2]

Players granted early eligibility

Name	Position	School	Year	Round	Pick	Team	Ref.
Josh Adams	RB	Notre Dame	Junior	Undrafted			[3]
Olasunkanmi Adeniyi	DE	Toledo	Junior	Undrafted			[4]
Jaire Alexander	CB	Louisville	Junior	1	18	Green Bay Packers	[5]
Mark Andrews	TE	Oklahoma	Junior	3	86	Baltimore Ravens	[6]
Dorance Armstrong	DE	Kansas	Junior	4	116	Dallas Cowboys	[7]
Jerome Baker	LB	Ohio State	Junior	3	73	Miami Dolphins	[8]
Saquon Barkley	RB	Penn State	Junior	1	2	New York Giants	[9]
Jessie Bates	S	Wake Forest	Sophomore	2	54	Cincinnati Bengals	[10]
Orlando Brown Jr.	OT	Oklahoma	Junior	3	83	Baltimore Ravens	[11]
Taven Bryan	DT	Florida	Junior	1	29	Jacksonville Jaguars	[12]
Deontay Burnett	WR	USC	Junior	Undrafted			[13]
Deon Cain	WR	Clemson	Junior	6	185	Indianapolis Colts	[14]
Antonio Callaway	WR	Florida	Junior	4	105	Cleveland Browns	[15]
Geron Christian	OT	Louisville	Junior	3	74	Washington Redskins	[16]
Simmie Cobbs Jr.	WR	Indiana	Junior	Undrafted			[17]
Keke Coutee	WR	Texas Tech	Junior	4	103	Houston Texans	[18]
Vosean Crumbie	DB	Nevada	Junior	Undrafted			[19]
J. J. Dallas	DB	Louisiana-Monroe	Junior	Undrafted			[20]
James Daniels	OC	Iowa	Junior	2	39	Chicago Bears	[21]
Sam Darnold	QB	USC	Sophomore	1	3	New York Jets	[22]
Carlton Davis	CB	Auburn	Junior	2	63	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	[23]
Michael Dickson	P	Texas	Junior	5	149	Seattle Seahawks	[24]
Tremaine Edmunds	LB	Virginia Tech	Junior	1	16	Buffalo Bills	[25]
DeShon Elliott	S	Texas	Junior	6	190	Baltimore Ravens	[26]
Minkah Fitzpatrick	DB	Alabama	Junior	1	11	Miami Dolphins	[27]
Matt Fleming	WR	Benedictine	Junior	Undrafted			[2]
Nick Gates	OT	Nebraska	Junior	Undrafted			[28]
Rashaan Gaulden	CB	Tennessee	Junior	3	85	Carolina Panthers	[29]
Frank Ginda	LB	San Jose State	Junior	Undrafted			[30]
Rasheem Green	DT	USC	Junior	3	79	Seattle Seahawks	[31]
Derrius Guice	RB	LSU	Junior	2	59	Washington Redskins	[32]
Ronnie Harrison	S	Alabama	Junior	3	93	Jacksonville Jaguars	[33]
Quadree Henderson	WR	Pittsburgh	Junior	Undrafted			[34]
Holton Hill	CB	Texas	Junior	Undrafted			[35]
Nyheim Hines	RB	NC State	Junior	4	104	Indianapolis Colts	[36]
Jeff Holland	LB	Auburn	Junior	Undrafted			[23]
Mike Hughes	CB	UCF	Junior	1	30	Minnesota Vikings	[37]
Hayden Hurst	TE	South Carolina	Junior	1	25	Baltimore Ravens	[38]
Joel Iyiegbuniwe	LB	Western Kentucky	Junior	4	115	Chicago Bears	[39]
Ryan Izzo	TE	Florida State	Junior	7	250	New England Patriots	[40]
Donte Jackson	CB	LSU	Junior	2	55	Carolina Panthers	[41]
J. C. Jackson	CB	Maryland	Junior	Undrafted			[42]
Josh Jackson	CB	Iowa	Junior	2	45	Green Bay Packers	[43]
Lamar Jackson	QB	Louisville	Junior	1	32	Baltimore Ravens	[44]
Derwin James	S	Florida State	Junior	1	17	Los Angeles Chargers	[45]
Richie James	WR	Middle Tennessee	Junior	7	240	San Francisco 49ers	[46]
Malik Jefferson	LB	Texas	Junior	3	78	Cincinnati Bengals	[47]
Courtel Jenkins	DT	Miami (Florida)†	Junior	Undrafted			[2]
Kerryon Johnson	RB	Auburn	Junior	2	43	Detroit Lions	[23]
Ronald Jones II	RB	USC	Junior	2	38	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	[48]
John Kelly	RB	Tennessee	Junior	6	176	Los Angeles Rams	[49]
Arden Key	LB	LSU	Junior	3	87	Oakland Raiders	[50]
Christian Kirk	WR	Texas A&M	Junior	2	47	Arizona Cardinals	[51]
Du'Vonta Lampkin	DT	Oklahoma	Sophomore	Undrafted			[52]
Jordan Lasley	WR	UCLA	Junior	5	162	Baltimore Ravens	[53]
Chase Litton	QB	Marshall	Junior	Undrafted			[54]
Tavares Martin	WR	Washington State	Junior	Undrafted			[55]
Hercules Mata'afa	DT	Washington State	Junior	Undrafted			[56]
Ray-Ray McCloud	WR	Clemson	Junior	6	187	Buffalo Bills	[57]
Tarvarus McFadden	CB	Florida State	Junior	Undrafted			[58]
R. J. McIntosh	DT	Miami (Florida)	Junior	5	139	New York Giants	[59]
Kahlil McKenzie	DT	Tennessee	Junior	6	198	Kansas City Chiefs	[60]
Quenton Meeks	DB	Stanford	Junior	Undrafted			[61]
Kolton Miller	OT	UCLA	Junior	1	15	Oakland Raiders	[62]
D. J. Moore	WR	Maryland	Junior	1	24	Oakland Raiders	[63]
Ryan Nall	RB	Oregon State	Junior	Undrafted			[64]
Nick Nelson	CB	Wisconsin	Junior	4	110	Oakland Raiders	[65]
Kendrick Norton	DT	Miami (Florida)	Junior	7	242	Carolina Panthers	[59]
Isaiah Oliver	CB	Colorado	Junior	2	58	Atlanta Falcons	[66]
Dwayne Orso-Bacchus	OT	Oklahoma	Junior	Undrafted			[2]
Daron Payne	DT	Alabama	Junior	1	13	Washington Redskins	[67]
Kamryn Pettway	RB	Auburn	Junior	Undrafted			[23]
Eddy Piñeiro	K	Florida	Junior	Undrafted			[68]
Trey Quinn	WR	SMU	Junior	7	256	Washington Redskins	[69]
D. J. Reed	CB	Kansas State	Junior	5	142	San Francisco 49ers	[70]
Justin Reid	S	Stanford	Junior	3	68	Houston Texans	[71]
Will Richardson	OT	NC State	Junior	4	129	Jacksonville Jaguars	[72]
Calvin Ridley	WR	Alabama	Junior	1	26	Atlanta Falcons	[67]
Austin Roberts	TE	UCLA	Junior	Undrafted			[73]
Korey Robertson	WR	Southern Miss	Junior	Undrafted			[74]
Josh Rosen	QB	UCLA	Junior	1	10	Arizona Cardinals	[22]
Bo Scarbrough	RB	Alabama	Junior	7	236	Dallas Cowboys	[67]
Dalton Schultz	TE	Stanford	Junior	4	137	Dallas Cowboys	[75]
Tim Settle	DT	Virginia Tech	Sophomore	5	163	Washington Redskins	[76]
Andre Smith	LB	North Carolina	Junior	7	234	Carolina Panthers	[77]
Roquan Smith	LB	Georgia	Junior	1	8	Chicago Bears	[78]
Van Smith	S	Clemson	Junior	Undrafted			[79]
Breeland Speaks	DE	Ole Miss	Junior	2	46	Kansas City Chiefs	[80]
Equanimeous St. Brown	WR	Notre Dame	Junior	6	207	Green Bay Packers	[81]
Josh Sweat	DE	Florida State	Junior	4	130	Philadelphia Eagles	[82]
Auden Tate	WR	Florida State	Junior	7	253	Cincinnati Bengals	[83]
Maea Teuhema	OG	Southeastern Louisiana	Junior	Undrafted			[84]
Trenton Thompson	DT	Georgia	Junior	Undrafted			[85]
Kevin Toliver II	CB	LSU	Junior	Undrafted			[86]
Travonte Valentine	NT	LSU	Junior	Undrafted			[2]
Leighton Vander Esch	LB	Boise State	Junior	1	19	Dallas Cowboys	[87]
Vita Vea	DT	Washington	Junior	1	12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	[88]
Mark Walton	RB	Miami (Florida)	Junior	4	112	Cincinnati Bengals	[89]
Denzel Ward	CB	Ohio State	Junior	1	4	Cleveland Browns	[90]
Chris Warren III	RB	Texas	Junior	Undrafted			[91]
Toby Weathersby	OT	LSU	Junior	Undrafted			[92]
Jordan Whitehead	DB	Pittsburgh	Junior	4	117	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	[93]
JoJo Wicker	DT	Arizona State	Junior	Undrafted			[94]
Jalen Wilkerson	DE	Florida State	Sophomore	Undrafted			[95]
Connor Williams	OT	Texas	Junior	2	50	Dallas Cowboys	[96]
Eddy Wilson	DT	Purdue	Junior	Undrafted			[97]

† Courtel Jenkins transferred to Houston in 2017, but did not play for them.

Players who have successfully completed their college degrees and are draft eligible

Name	Position	School	Year	Round	Pick	Team	Ref.
Jordan Akins	TE	UCF	Junior	3	98	Houston Texans	[98]
Josh Allen	QB	Wyoming	Junior	1	7	Buffalo Bills	[99]
Kyle Allen	QB	Houston	Junior	Undrafted			[100]
Baker Mayfield	QB	Oklahoma	Senior	1	1	Cleveland Browns	N/A
Will Clapp	OC	LSU	Junior	7	245	New Orleans Saints	[101]
Terrell Edmunds	S	Virginia Tech	Junior	1	28	Pittsburgh Steelers	[25]
Taylor Hearn	OG	Clemson	Junior	Undrafted			[102]
Sam Hubbard	DE	Ohio State	Junior	3	77	Cincinnati Bengals	[103]
Sam Jones	OG	Arizona State	Junior	6	183	Denver Broncos	[104]
Quenton Nelson	OG	Notre Dame	Junior	1	6	Indianapolis Colts	[105]
Brian O'Neill	OT	Pittsburgh	Junior	2	62	Minnesota Vikings	[106]
Christian Sam	LB	Arizona State	Junior	6	178	New England Patriots	[107]
Tre'Quan Smith	WR	UCF	Junior	3	91	New Orleans Saints	[108]
Courtland Sutton	WR	SMU	Junior	2	40	Denver Broncos	[109]

Players who can enter the draft without the need for special eligibility

Name	Position	School	Year	Round	Pick	Team	Ref.
Juante Baldwin	DB	Pittsburg State	Junior	Undrafted			[2]
Tanner Lee	QB	Nebraska	Junior	6	203	Jacksonville Jaguars	[110]
Harrison Phillips	DT	Stanford	Junior	3	96	Buffalo Bills	[111]
Byron Pringle	WR	Kansas State	Junior	Undrafted			[112]