# List of 2014 NFL draft early entrants

This list of 2014 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 2014 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 15, 2014, to declare their intention to forgo their remaining collegiate eligibility. A total of 98 underclassmen were granted eligibility for the 2014 draft, eclipsing the previous record from 2013 of 73.
In addition to the 98 underclassmen, at least four players who had already received degrees opted not to pursue an additional season of college eligibility for which they may have been eligible: Dion Bailey, Carl Bradford, Teddy Bridgewater and Adrian Hubbard. These players are included in the list below, bringing the total number of players entering the draft with eligibility remaining to 102.
Fourteen underclassmen – plus Teddy Bridgewater who graduated with eligibility remaining – were selected in the draft's first round. Sixty-two of ninety-eight underclassmen (63.3%) – 64 of 102 (62.7%) if the graduates are included – were selected in the draft.

## Complete list of players

The following players were granted special eligibility to enter the 2014 draft:
| = Sophomore | = Graduate |
| Name | Position | School | Drafted by | Draft pos. |
| Davante Adams | WR | Fresno State | Green Bay Packers | 53 |
| Nick Addison | DB | Bethune-Cookman | — | — |
| Jace Amaro | TE | Texas Tech | New York Jets | 49 |
| George Atkinson III | RB | Notre Dame | — | — |
| Dion Bailey | S | USC | — | — |
| Odell Beckham Jr. | WR | LSU | New York Giants | 12 |
| Kelvin Benjamin | WR | Florida State | Carolina Panthers | 28 |
| Kapri Bibbs | RB | Colorado State | — | — |
| Brendan Bigelow | RB | California | — | — |
| Alfred Blue | RB | LSU | Houston Texans | 181 |
| Russell Bodine | C | North Carolina | Cincinnati Bengals | 111 |
| Blake Bortles | QB | Central Florida | Jacksonville Jaguars | 3 |
| Chris Boyd | WR | Vanderbilt | — | — |
| Carl Bradford | OLB | Arizona State | Green Bay Packers | 121 |
| Bashaud Breeland | S | Clemson | Washington Redskins | 102 |
| Teddy Bridgewater | QB | Louisville | Minnesota Vikings | 32 |
| Martavis Bryant | WR | Clemson | Pittsburgh Steelers | 118 |
| Ka'Deem Carey | RB | Arizona | Chicago Bears | 117 |
| Ha Ha Clinton-Dix | S | Alabama | Green Bay Packers | 21 |
| Jadeveon Clowney | DE | South Carolina | Houston Texans | 1 |
| Brandon Coleman | WR | Rutgers | — | — |
| Brandin Cooks | WR | Oregon State | New Orleans Saints | 20 |
| Scott Crichton | DE | Oregon State | Minnesota Vikings | 72 |
| Isaiah Crowell | RB | Alabama State | — | — |
| Jonathan Dowling | S | Western Kentucky | Oakland Raiders | 247 |
| Kony Ealy | DE | Missouri | Carolina Panthers | 60 |
| Eric Ebron | TE | North Carolina | Detroit Lions | 10 |
| Bruce Ellington | WR | South Carolina | San Francisco 49ers | 106 |
| Mike Evans | WR | Texas A&M | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7 |
| Ego Ferguson | DT | LSU | Chicago Bears | 51 |
| Cameron Fleming | OT | Stanford | New England Patriots | 140 |
| Khairi Fortt | LB | California | New Orleans Saints | 126 |
| Austin Franklin | WR | New Mexico State | — | — |
| Devonta Freeman | RB | Florida State | Atlanta Falcons | 103 |
| Carlos Gray | DT | North Carolina State | — | — |
| Xavier Grimble | TE | USC | — | — |
| Terrance Hackney | T | Bethune-Cookman | — | — |
| Victor Hampton | CB | South Carolina | — | — |
| Jeremy Hill | RB | LSU | Cincinnati Bengals | 55 |
| Adrian Hubbard | DE | Alabama | — | — |
| Kameron Jackson | CB | California | — | — |
| Nic Jacobs | TE | McNeese State | — | — |
| Timmy Jernigan | DT | Florida State | Baltimore Ravens | 48 |
| Anthony Johnson | DT | LSU | — | — |
| Jamel Johnson | WR | Alabama State | — | — |
| Storm Johnson | RB | Central Florida | Jacksonville Jaguars | 222 |
| Henry Josey | RB | Missouri | — | — |
| Cyrus Kouandjio | OT | Alabama | Buffalo Bills | 44 |
| Jarvis Landry | WR | LSU | Miami Dolphins | 63 |
| Cody Latimer | WR | Indiana | Denver Broncos | 56 |
| DeMarcus Lawrence | DE | Boise State | Dallas Cowboys | 34 |
| Marqise Lee | WR | USC | Jacksonville Jaguars | 39 |
| A. C. Leonard | TE | Tennessee State | — | — |
| Albert Louis-Jean | DB | Boston College | — | — |
| Colt Lyerla | TE | Oregon | — | — |
| Aaron Lynch | DE | USF | San Francisco 49ers | 150 |
| Johnny Manziel | QB | Texas A&M | Cleveland Browns | 22 |
| Marcus Martin | G/C | USC | San Francisco 49ers | 70 |
| Tre Mason | RB | Auburn | St. Louis Rams | 75 |
| Chris McCain | DE | California | — | — |
| Terrance Mitchell | CB | Oregon | Dallas Cowboys | 254 |
| Viliami Moala | DT | California | — | — |
| Donte Moncrief | WR | Mississippi | Indianapolis Colts | 90 |
| Adam Muema | RB | San Diego State | — | — |
| Jake Murphy | TE | Utah | — | — |
| Troy Niklas | TE | Notre Dame | Arizona Cardinals | 52 |
| Louis Nix | DT | Notre Dame | Houston Texans | 83 |
| Jeoffrey Pagan | DT | Alabama | Houston Texans | 177 |
| Ronald Powell | DE | Florida | New Orleans Saints | 169 |
| Calvin Pryor | S | Louisville | New York Jets | 18 |
| Loucheiz Purifoy | CB | Florida | — | — |
| Kelcy Quarles | DT | South Carolina | — | — |
| Darrin Reaves | RB | Alabama-Birmingham | — | — |
| Ed Reynolds | S | Stanford | Philadelphia Eagles | 162 |
| Antonio Richardson | OT | Tennessee | — | — |
| Paul Richardson | WR | Colorado | Seattle Seahawks | 45 |
| Marcus Roberson | CB | Florida | — | — |
| Allen Robinson | WR | Penn State | Jacksonville Jaguars | 61 |
| Greg Robinson | OT | Auburn | St. Louis Rams | 2 |
| Bradley Roby | CB | Ohio State | Denver Broncos | 31 |
| Richard Rodgers | TE | California | Green Bay Packers | 98 |
| Bishop Sankey | RB | Washington | Tennessee Titans | 54 |
| Lache Seastrunk | RB | Baylor | Washington Redskins | 186 |
| Austin Seferian-Jenkins | TE | Washington | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 38 |
| Ryan Shazier | LB | Ohio State | Pittsburgh Steelers | 15 |
| Yawin Smallwood | ILB | Connecticut | Atlanta Falcons | 253 |
| Brett Smith | QB | Wyoming | — | — |
| Jerome Smith | RB | Syracuse | — | — |
| Willie Snead | WR | Ball State | — | — |
| John Spooney | HB | Brown | — | — |
| Josh Stewart | WR | Oklahoma State | — | — |
| Xavier Su'a-Filo | OG | UCLA | Houston Texans | 33 |
| Vinnie Sunseri | S | Alabama | New Orleans Saints | 167 |
| De'Anthony Thomas | RB | Oregon | Kansas City Chiefs | 124 |
| Stephon Tuitt | DE | Notre Dame | Pittsburgh Steelers | 46 |
| Trai Turner | OG | LSU | Carolina Panthers | 92 |
| George Uko | DT | USC | — | — |
| Pierre Warren | S | Jacksonville State | — | — |
| Sammy Watkins | WR | Clemson | Buffalo Bills | 4 |
| Terrance West | RB | Towson | Cleveland Browns | 94 |
| James Wilder, Jr. | RB | Florida State | — | — |
| David Yankey | OT/G | Stanford | Minnesota Vikings | 145 |

## Number of players granted special eligibility by year

Undergraduates admitted to the NFL draft each year:
| Year | Number |
| 2014 | 98 |
| 2013 | 73 |
| 2012 | 65 |
| 2011 | 56 |
| 2010 | 53 |
| 2009 | 46 |
| 2008 | 53 |
| 2007 | 40 |
| 2006 | 52 |
| 2005 | 51 |