The National Football League announced the names of 74 players who have been granted special eligibility for the and 10 players who have graduated with college football eligibility remaining and are also eligible for selection in the April 30-May 2 draft at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University in Chicago. Each of the 74 players granted special eligibility 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 Jan. 15. There were a record 98 early entrants in the 2014 draft; there were 73 in the 2013 draft, 65 in 2012, 56 in 2011, 53 in 2010, 46 in 2009, 53 in 2008, 40 in 2007 and 52 in 2006. The number of undercla smen had increased six years in a row. The number of undercla smen requesting input from the Advisory Board fell from 214 for the 2014 draft to 149 this time around. Last year, four of the first six picks and six of the top 10 were undercla smen, led by overall No. 1 selection . In addition, 16 of the 32 first-round selections were undercla smen. Each overall No. 1 pick from 2009-12 was an undercla sman, as well. In NFL Media analyst , each of the projected top three picks is an undercla smen, as well as eight of the top 10. In addition, and 16 of his top 20 overall are undercla smen. Florida State had the most undercla smen declare, with five. Florida and USC were second with four each. The players granted special eligibility for the : Nelson Agholor, WR, USC Jay Ajayi, RB, Boise State Kwon Alexander, LB, LSU Javorius Allen, RB, USC Arik Armstead, DE, Oregon Malcom Brown, DT, Texas Alex Carter, DB, Stanford B.J. Catalon, RB, TCU Tevin Coleman, RB, Indiana Jalen Collins, DB, LSU Landon Collins, DB, Alabama Amari Cooper, WR, Alabama Xavier Cooper, DT, Washington State Christian Covington, DT, Rice DaVaris Daniels, WR, Notre Dame Joe Hudson Jersey Ronald Darby, DB, Florida State Mike Davis, RB, South Carolina Stefon Diggs, WR, Maryland Lorenzo Do s, DB, Tulane Mario Edwards, DE, Florida State Durell Eskridge, DB, Syracuse George Farmer, WR, USC Max Flores, LB, Northern Colorado Ereck Flowers, OT, Miami Dante Fowler, DE, Florida Devin Funche s, WR, Michigan Jacoby Glenn, DB, Central Florida Eddie Goldman, DT, Florida State Melvin Gordon, RB, Wisconsin Dorial Green-Beckham, WR, Oklahoma Deontay Greenberry, WR, Houston Randy Gregory, DE, Nebraska Todd Gurley, RB, Georgia Chris Hackett, DB, TCU Eli Harold, DE, Virginia Chris Harper, WR, California Braylon Heard, RB, Kentucky Gerod Holliman, DB, Louisville D.J. Humphries, OT, Florida Danielle Hunter, DE, LSU David Irving, DT, Iowa State Je se James, TE, Penn State Duke Johnson, RB, Miami Matt Jones, RB, Florida Tyler Kroft, TE, Rutgers Ellis McCarthy, DT, UCLA Benardrick McKinney, LB, Mi si sippi State Patrick Miller, OT, Auburn Tyler Moore, G, Florida Rakeem Nunez-Roches, DT, Southern Mi si sippi Andrus Peat, OT, Stanford Breshad Perriman, WR, Central Florida Marcus Peters, DB, Washington Jordan Phillips, DT, Oklahoma Darius Philon, DT, Arkansas Bradley Pinion, P, Clemson Jaquel Pitts, WR, Trinity International Jeremiah Poutasi, OT, Utah Darien Rankin, LB, North Carolina Shane Ray, DE, Mi souri Josh Robinson, RB, Mi si sippi State James Sample, DB, Louisville Jean Sifrin, TE, Ma sachusetts Jaelen Strong, WR, Arizona State Shaq Thompson, LB, Washington Max Valles, LB, Virginia Easton Wahlstrom, LS, Arizona State Trae Waynes, DB, Michigan State Leonard Williams, DE, USC Maxx Williams, TE, Minnesota P.J. Williams, DB, Florida State Trey Williams, RB, Texas A&M Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State T.J. Yeldon, RB, Alabama The following 10 players have in timely fashion under NFL rules officially notified the league office that they have graduated. Consequently, they are eligible for selection in the : Deion Barnes, DE, Penn State Sammie Coates, WR, Auburn Zach D'Orazio, WR, Akron Charles Gaines, DB, Louisville Dee Hart, RB, Colorado State Brett Hundley, QB, UCLA Nigel King, WR, Kansas Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon Donovan Smith, OT, Penn State Tacoi Sumler, WR, Appalachian State Follow College Football 24/7 on Twitter _ _. Tommy Hunter Jersey