List of 2011 NFL draft early entrants

This list of 2011 NFL draft early entrants consists of college football players who are juniors or redshirt sophomores who have been declared eligible to be selected in the 2011 NFL draft. A player can forfeit his remaining NCAA eligibility and declare for the draft. The deadline to declare for the 2011 draft was January 15, 2011.

Complete list of players

A record 56 players were granted special eligibility in 2011:

Name	Position	School	Drafted by	Draft pos.
	WR	Auburn	—	—
	DT	North Carolina	New York Giants	52
	LB	UCLA	Tennessee	39
	WR	Pittsburgh	Kansas City	26
	DE	Clemson	Tampa Bay	51
	WR	Southern Miss	—	—
	CB	Utah	Minnesota	139
	DT	USC	Tennessee	77
	RB	Wisconsin	—	—
	OT	Georgia Tech	—	—
	WR	Kentucky	Green Bay	64
	DE	Alabama	Buffalo	3
	WR	Indiana	Baltimore	123
	RB	Virginia Tech	—	—
	DT	Auburn	Detroit	13
	QB	Missouri	Jacksonville	10
	WR	Georgia	Cincinnati	4
	WR	South Carolina	—	—
	DT	Arizona State	Green Bay	233
	WR	Fresno State	—	—
	RB	Clemson	Tennessee	130
	CB	Miami	Houston	60
	S	Florida	—	—
	LB	Georgia	Kansas City	70
	FB	Pittsburgh	—	—
	RB	Alabama	New Orleans	28
	WR	Alabama	Atlanta	6
	RB	Eastern Washington	Oakland	125
	LB	Stanford	—	—
	RB	Illinois	Detroit	57
	RB	Pittsburgh	Philadelphia	149
	CB	Oregon	—	—
	WR	North Carolina	Cleveland	59
	DT	Illinois	San Diego	18
	QB	Arkansas	New England	74
	CB	UCLA	Denver	45
	QB	Auburn	Carolina	1
	DE	Virginia	—	—
	CB	LSU	Arizona	5
	DE	North Carolina	St. Louis	14
	RB	LSU	New England	73
	RB	Oregon State	Atlanta	145
	TE	Notre Dame	Minnesota	43
	S	West Virginia	Cincinnati	134
	S	Iowa	New York	198
	DT	Utah	—	—
	DE	Missouri	San Francisco	7
	WR	Maryland	Baltimore	58
	OT	USC	Dallas	9
	S	Georgia Tech	—	—
	RB	Connecticut	San Diego	183
	RB	California	New England	56
	DE	Wisconsin	Houston	11
	DT	Temple	N.Y. Jets	30
	CB	Texas	Buffalo	34
	RB	Virginia Tech	Arizona	38
	LB	Illinois	New Orleans	72

Number of players granted special eligibility by year

Undergraduates admitted to the NFL draft each year:

Year	Number
2011	56
2010	53
2009	46
2008	53
2007	40
2006	52
2005	51
2004	43
2003	47
2002	38