List of 2015 NFL draft early entrants

This list of 2015 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 2015 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, 2015, to declare their intention to forgo their remaining collegiate eligibility.^[1]

In addition to the 74 underclassmen, ten players who had already received degrees opted not to pursue an additional season of college eligibility for which they may have been eligible. These players are included in the list below, bringing the total number of players entering the draft with eligibility remaining to 84.^[1]

The following players were granted special eligibility to enter the 2015 draft:^[1]

= Sophomore[2]

= Graduate[3]

Name	Position	School	Drafted by	Draft pos.
Nelson Agholor[4]	WR	USC	Philadelphia Eagles	20
Jay Ajayi[5]	RB	Boise State	Miami Dolphins	149
Kwon Alexander[6]	LB	LSU	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	124
Javorius Allen[7]	RB	USC	Baltimore Ravens	125
Arik Armstead[8]	DE	Oregon	San Francisco 49ers	17
Deion Barnes[3][9]	DE	Penn State	—	—
Malcom Brown[10]	DT	Texas	New England Patriots	32
Alex Carter[11]	CB	Stanford	Detroit Lions	80
B. J. Catalon[12]	RB	TCU	—	—
Sammie Coates[3][13]	WR	Auburn	Pittsburgh Steelers	87
Tevin Coleman[14]	RB	Indiana	Atlanta Falcons	73
Jalen Collins[15]	CB	LSU	Atlanta Falcons	42
Landon Collins[16]	S	Alabama	New York Giants	33
Amari Cooper[17]	WR	Alabama	Oakland Raiders	4
Xavier Cooper[18]	DT	Washington State	Cleveland Browns	96
Christian Covington[19]	DT	Rice	Houston Texans	216
DaVaris Daniels[20]	WR	Notre Dame	—	—
Ronald Darby[21]	CB	Florida State	Buffalo Bills	50
Mike Davis[22]	RB	South Carolina	San Francisco 49ers	126
Stefon Diggs[23]	WR	Maryland	Minnesota Vikings	146
Zach D'Orazio[3]	WR	Akron	—	—
Lorenzo Doss[24]	CB	Tulane	Denver Broncos	164
Mario Edwards[25]	DE	Florida State	Oakland Raiders	35
Durell Eskridge[26]	S	Syracuse	—	—
George Farmer[27]	WR	USC	—	—
Max Flores	LB	Northern Colorado	—	—
Ereck Flowers[28]	OT	Miami	New York Giants	9
Dante Fowler[29]	DE/OLB	Florida	Jacksonville Jaguars	3
Devin Funchess[30]	WR	Michigan	Carolina Panthers	41
Charles Gaines[3][31]	CB	Louisville	Cleveland Browns	189
Jacoby Glenn[32]	DB	UCF	—	—
Eddie Goldman[33]	DT	Florida State	Chicago Bears	39
Melvin Gordon[34]	RB	Wisconsin	San Diego Chargers	15
Dorial Green-Beckham[35]	WR	Missouri	Tennessee Titans	40
Deontay Greenberry[36]	WR	Houston	—	—
Randy Gregory[37]	DE	Nebraska	Dallas Cowboys	60
Todd Gurley[38]	RB	Georgia	St. Louis Rams	10
Chris Hackett[39]	S	TCU	—	—
Eli Harold[40]	DE	Virginia	San Francisco 49ers	79
Chris Harper[41]	WR	California	—	—
Dee Hart[3][42]	RB	Colorado State	—	—
Braylon Heard[43]	RB	Kentucky	—	—
Gerod Holliman[2][44]	S	Louisville	Pittsburgh Steelers	239
D. J. Humphries[45]	OT	Florida	Arizona Cardinals	24
Brett Hundley[3][46]	QB	UCLA	Green Bay Packers	147
Danielle Hunter[47]	DE	LSU	Minnesota Vikings	88
David Irving	DT	Iowa State	—	—
Jesse James[48]	TE	Penn State	Pittsburgh Steelers	160
Duke Johnson[49]	RB	Miami	Cleveland Browns	77
Matt Jones[50]	RB	Florida	Washington Redskins	95
Nigel King[3][51]	WR	Kansas	—	—
Tyler Kroft[52]	TE	Rutgers	Cincinnati Bengals	85
Marcus Mariota[3][53]	QB	Oregon	Tennessee Titans	2
Ellis McCarthy[54]	DT	UCLA	—	—
Benardrick McKinney[55]	LB	Mississippi State	Houston Texans	43
Patrick Miller[56]	OT	Auburn	—	—
Tyler Moore[57]	G	Florida	—	—
Rakeem Nuñez-Roches	DT	Southern Miss	Kansas City Chiefs	217
Andrus Peat[58]	OT	Stanford	New Orleans Saints	13
Breshad Perriman[59]	WR	UCF	Baltimore Ravens	26
Marcus Peters[60]	CB	Washington	Kansas City Chiefs	18
Jordan Phillips[61]	DT	Oklahoma	Miami Dolphins	52
Darius Philon[62]	DT	Arkansas	San Diego Chargers	192
Bradley Pinion[63]	P	Clemson	San Francisco 49ers	165
Jaquel Pitts	WR	Trinity	—	—
Jeremiah Poutasi[64]	OT	Utah	Tennessee Titans	66
Darien Rankin	LB	North Carolina	—	—
Shane Ray[65]	DE	Missouri	Denver Broncos	23
Josh Robinson[66]	RB	Mississippi State	Indianapolis Colts	205
James Sample[67]	S	Louisville	Jacksonville Jaguars	104
Jean Sifrin[68]	TE	Massachusetts	—	—
Donovan Smith[3][69]	OT	Penn State	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	34
Jaelen Strong[70]	WR	Arizona State	Houston Texans	70
Tacoi Sumler[3]	WR	Appalachian State	—	—
Shaq Thompson[71]	LB	Washington	Carolina Panthers	25
Max Valles[2][72]	LB	Virginia	Oakland Raiders	179
Easton Wahlstrom	LS	Arizona State	—	—
Trae Waynes[73]	CB	Michigan State	Minnesota Vikings	11
Leonard Williams[74]	DE	USC	New York Jets	6
Maxx Williams[68]	TE	Minnesota	Baltimore Ravens	55
P. J. Williams[75]	CB	Florida State	New Orleans Saints	78
Trey Williams[76]	RB	Texas A&M	—	—
Jameis Winston[2][77]	QB	Florida State	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1
T. J. Yeldon[17]	RB	Alabama	Jacksonville Jaguars	36

Undergraduates admitted to the NFL draft each year:^[1][78]

Year	Number
2015	74
2014	98
2013	73
2012	65
2011	56
2010	53
2009	46
2008	53
2007	40
2006	52
2005	51

• NFL draft website