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The National Football League released the names of 48 underclassmen who have been granted special eligibility for the 2006 NFL Draft on April 29-30.<\/p>\n

It is a bumper crop of declarations. Reggie Bush and Vince Young highlight this year’s underclassmen, but Vernon Davis, Haloti Ngata and Mario Williams are potential top ten picks as well. LenDale White, Winston Justice, Ernie Sims, Santonio Holmes, Laurence Moroney, Chad Jackson, Leonard Pope, Darnell Bing, and Ashton Youboty could all also hear their names called before the first round is over.<\/p>\n

That would make almost half of the entire first round underclassmen, with 14 out of 32 selections. <\/p>\n

Ko Simpson and Johnathan Joseph from South Carolina were the only two sophomores that were granted eligibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Player<\/td>\nPosition<\/td>\nCollege<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Darnell Bing<\/td>\nS<\/td>\nSouthern Cal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornell Brockington<\/td>\nRB<\/td>\nConnecticut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reggie Bush<\/td>\nRB<\/td>\nSouthern Cal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brian Calhoun<\/td>\nRB<\/td>\nWisconsin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Antonio Cromartie<\/td>\nCB<\/td>\nFlorida St<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vernon Davis<\/td>\nTE<\/td>\nMaryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maurice Drew<\/td>\nRB<\/td>\nUCLA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ray Edwards<\/td>\nDE<\/td>\nPurdue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anthony Fasano<\/td>\nTE<\/td>\nNotre Dame<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charles Gordon<\/td>\nWR\/CB<\/td>\nKansas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Willie Hall<\/td>\nOT<\/td>\nMiddle Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Devin Hester<\/td>\nCB\/KR<\/td>\nMiami Fl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Santonio Holmes<\/td>\nWR<\/td>\nOhio St<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chad Jackson<\/td>\nWR<\/td>\nFlorida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Omar Jacobs<\/td>\nQB<\/td>\nBowling Green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornell Johnson<\/td>\nRB<\/td>\nIndiana State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marquis Johnson<\/td>\nWR<\/td>\nTexas Tech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johnathan Joseph*<\/td>\nCB<\/td>\nSouth Carolina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winston Justice<\/td>\nOT<\/td>\nSouthern Cal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brandon Kirsch<\/td>\nQB<\/td>\nPurdue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greg Lee<\/td>\nWR<\/td>\nPittsburgh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laurence Maroney<\/td>\nRB<\/td>\nMinnesota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard Marshall<\/td>\nCB<\/td>\nFresno St<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Derrick Martin<\/td>\nCB<\/td>\nWyoming<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fred Matua<\/td>\nOG<\/td>\nUSC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John McCargo<\/td>\nDT<\/td>\nNorth Carolina St<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stanley McClover<\/td>\nDE<\/td>\nAuburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tony McDaniel<\/td>\nDT<\/td>\nTennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Derek Morris<\/td>\nOT<\/td>\nNorth Carolina St.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haloti Ngata<\/td>\nDT<\/td>\nOregon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kai Parham<\/td>\nLB<\/td>\nVirginia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bobby Payne<\/td>\nDE<\/td>\nMiddle Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bernard Pollard<\/td>\nS<\/td>\nPurdue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leonard Pope<\/td>\nTE<\/td>\nGeorgia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Drouzon Quillen<\/td>\nWR<\/td>\nLouisiana-Monroe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cory Rodgers<\/td>\nWR<\/td>\nTexas Christian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ko Simpson*<\/td>\nS<\/td>\nSouth Carolina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ernie Sims<\/td>\nLB<\/td>\nFlorida State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
D.J. Smith<\/td>\nWR<\/td>\nIdaho<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rob Smith<\/td>\nG<\/td>\nTennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stephen Tulloch<\/td>\nLB<\/td>\nNorth Carolina St<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marcus Vick<\/td>\nQB<\/td>\nVirginia Tech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dee Webb<\/td>\nCB<\/td>\nFlorida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LenDale White<\/td>\nRB<\/td>\nUSC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Donte Whitner<\/td>\nS<\/td>\nOhio State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mario Williams<\/td>\nDE<\/td>\nNorth Carolina St<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ashton Youboty<\/td>\nCB<\/td>\nOhio St<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vince Young<\/td>\nQB<\/td>\nTexas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
*Sophomore Declarations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Edit: This blog was archived in May of 2016 from our original articles database.It was originally posted by Mark Solway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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