2022 NFL Draft: The underclassmen approved for early entry
Here is the list of 73 underclassmen who have been granted special early-entry eligibility for the 2022 NFL Draft, as well as 27 players with remaining eligibility who already have fulfilled their academic requirements and thus are eligible for the draft. Players must be three years out of high school to apply for early entry to the draft.
The 2022 NFL Draft is scheduled for April 28-30 in Las Vegas. The draft order is here.
Players with a asterisk are among the 27 who have fulfilled their degree requirements and are eligible for the draft despite having college eligibility remaining.
Alabama
CB Jalyn Armour-Davis*
WR Slade Bolden*
LB Christian Harris
WR John Metchie
OT Evan Neal
WR Jameson Williams
Arizona State
Arkansas
Boston College
OT Tyler Vrabel
BYU
RB Tyler Allgeier
Cincinnati
RB Jerome Ford*
CB Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner
Clemson
CB Andrew Booth Jr.
WR Justyn Ross (while he has college eligibility remaining, it was determined by the NFL that he doesn’t need special early-entry eligibility)
Colorado
P Josh Watts (while he has college eligibility remaining, it was determined by the NFL that he doesn’t need special early-entry eligibility)
Connecticut
DT Travis Jones (while he has college eligibility remaining, it was determined by the NFL that he doesn’t need special early-entry eligibility)
East Carolina
CB Ja’Quan McMillian
WR Tyler Snead *
Florida
CB Kaiir Elam
Florida State
RB Jashaun Corbin*
Georgia
S Lewis Cine
LB Nakobe Dean
TE John FitzPatrick*
WR George Pickens
DE Travon Walker
RB Zamir White*
Idaho
DT Noah Elliss
Iowa
S Dane Belton
RB Tyler Goodson
C Tyler Linderbaum*
Iowa State
RB Breece Hall
Kentucky
WR Wan’Dale Robinson
OT Dare Rosenthal
LSU
RB Tyrion Davis-Price
CB Cordale Flott
CB Derek Stingley Jr.
K Cade York
Maryland
Michigan
CB Vincent Gray*
RB Hassan Haskins*
S Daxton Hill
DT Chris Hinton
OLB David Ojabo
Michigan State
WR Jalen Nailor
RB Kenneth Walker III
Mississippi State
OT Charles Cross
CB Martin Emerson
WR Makai Polk
NC State
OT Ikem Ekwonu
RB Zonovan “Bam” Knight
Nebraska
Nevada
QB Carson Strong*
North Carolina
G Joshua Ezeudu*
QB Sam Howell*
CB Kyler McMichael*
Notre Dame
WR Kevin Austin Jr.*
S Kyle Hamilton
RB Kyren Williams
Ohio State
OT Nicholas Petit-Frere*
RB Master Teague*
WR Garrett Wilson
Oklahoma
LB Brian Asamoah*
OLB Nik Bonitto
K Gabe Brkic
Ole Miss
RB Snoop Conner
QB Matt Corral
RB Jerrion Ealy
Oregon
S Verone McKinley III*
DE Kayvon Thibodeaux*
WR Devon Williams
CB Mykael Wright
Penn State
LB Brandon Smith
OT Rasheed Walker
Purdue
WR David Bell
DE George Karlaftis*
San Diego State
P Matt Araiza
G William Dunkle
DE Cameron Thomas*
South Carolina
RB Kevin Harris
Texas A&M
G Kenyon Green
DT DeMarvin Leal
RB Isaiah Spiller
TE Jalen Wydermyer
Texas Tech
Tulsa
OT Tyler Smith
UAB
DE Alex Wright
UCLA
OT Alec Anderson
TE Greg Dulcich*
WR Kyle Philips*
OT Sean Rhyan
USC
P Ben Griffiths
DE Drake Jackson
WR Drake London
CB Chris Steele
CB Isaac Taylor-Stuart*
UTSA
Virginia Tech
TE James Mitchell*
OT Luke Tenuta*
CB Jermaine Waller (while he has college eligibility remaining, it was determined by the NFL that he doesn’t need special early-entry eligibility)
Washington
CB Kyler Gordon
CB Trent McDuffie
Western Michigan
QB Kaleb Eleby
WR Skyy Moore
Wisconsin
LB Leo Chenal
Underclassmen in past 10 NFL drafts
| Draft | Number |
| 2021 | 98 |
| 2020 | 99 |
| 2019 | 144 |
| 2018 | 123 |
| 2017 | 103 |
| 2016 | 107 |
| 2015 | 84 |
| 2014 | 102 |
| 2013 | 73 |
| 2012 | 65 |