The National Football League announced the names of 40 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2007 NFL Draft on April 28-29.
Each of the 40 players 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.
The players declared eligible are:
Player - Pos. - College
Abbate, Jon - LB - Wake Forest
Anderson, Jamaal - DE - Arkansas
Applewhite, Antwan - DE - San Diego State
Beason, Jon - LB - Miami
Bradshaw, Ahmad - RB - Marshall
Branch, Alan - DT - Michigan
Bush, Michael - RB - Louisville
Carter, Keenan - NT - Virginia
Doughty, Stanley - DT - South Carolina
Gaddis, C.J. - DB - Clemson
Ginn Jr., Ted - WR - Ohio State
Gonzalez, Anthony - WR - Ohio State
Henry, Chris - RB - Arizona
Houston, Chris - DB - Arkansas
Jack, Jason - DE - Texas A&M
Jackson, Brandon - RB - Nebraska
Jarrett, Dwayne - WR - Southern California
Johnson, Calvin - WR - Georgia Tech
Johnson, Charles - DE - Georgia
Johnson, Rory - LB - Mississippi
Lynch, Marshawn - RB - California
Meachem, Robert - WR - Tennessee
Miller, Zach - TE - Arizona State
Moss, Jarvis - DE - Florida
Nelson, Reggie - DB - Florida
Olsen, Greg - TE - Miami
Peterson, Adrian - RB - Oklahoma
Pittman, Antonio - RB - Ohio State
Revis, Darrelle - DB - Pittsburgh
Rice, Sidney - WR - South Carolina
Russell, Gary - RB - Minnesota
Russell, JaMarcus - QB - Louisiana State
Siler, Brandon - LB - Florida
Smith, Ryan - DB - Florida
Stratton, Brock - LB - Texas Tech
Taylor, Ramonce - RB - Texas
Timmons, Lawrence - LB - Florida State
Walker, Darius - RB - Notre Dame
Ware, Danny - RB - Georgia
Wright, Eric - DB - Nevada-Las Vegas
