College football underclassmen entering 2022 NFL draft
With the bowl season complete, premier college football players who have been in school for three or four seasons and still have eligibility remaining must weigh the positives and negatives of returning to continue their college careers or turning professional.
Those players had until Jan. 17 to file declaration papers with the NFL, with a 72-hour period to reconsider after filing. At that time, an official list of underclassmen in the 2022 draft was released by the NFL. The 2022 NFL draft is scheduled to be held in Las Vegas from April 28-30.
Below is the list the NFL released Jan. 21 of the underclassmen who have been granted entry to the 2022 NFL draft.
Tyler Allgeier, RB, BYU
Alec Anderson, OT, UCLA
Matt Araiza, P, San Diego State
Jalyn Armour-Davis, CB, Alabama
Brian Asamoah, LB, Oklahoma
Kevin Austin Jr., WR, Notre Dame
David Bell, WR, Purdue
Dane Belton, S, Iowa
Slade Bolden, WR, Alabama
Nik Bonitto, LB, Oklahoma
Andrew Booth Jr., CB, Clemson
Gabe Brkic, K, Oklahoma
Treylon Burks, WR, Arkansas
Leo Chenal, LB, Wisconsin
Lewis Cine, S, Georgia
Snoop Conner, RB, Mississippi
Jashaun Corbin, RB, Florida State
Matt Corral, QB, Mississippi
Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State
Nick Cross, S, Maryland
Tyrion Davis-Price, RB, LSU
Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia
Greg Dulcich, TE, UCLA
William Dunkle, OG, San Diego State
Jerrion Ealy, RB, Mississippi
Ikem Ekwonu, OT, North Carolina State
Kaiir Elam, CB, Florida
Kaleb Eleby, QB, Western Michigan
Noah Elliss, DT, Idaho
Martin Emerson, CB, Mississippi State
Joshua Ezeudu, OT, North Carolina
Erik Ezukanma, WR, Texas Tech
John FitzPatrick, TE, Georgia
Cordale Flott, DB, LSU
Jerome Ford, RB, Cincinnati
Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner, CB, Cincinnati
Tyler Goodson, RB, Iowa
Kyler Gordon, CB, Washington
Vincent Gray, DB, Michigan
Kenyon Green, OG, Texas A&M
Ben Griffiths, P, USC
Breece Hall, RB, Iowa State
Hassan Haskins, RB, Michigan
Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame
Christian Harris, LB, Alabama
Kevin Harris, RB, South Carolina
Daxton Hill, S, Michigan
Christopher Hinton, DT, Michigan
Sam Howell, QB, North Carolina
Drake Jackson, DE, USC
Travis Jones, DT, UConn
Cameron Jurgens, C, Nebraska
George Karlaftis, DE, Purdue
Zonovan Knight, RB, North Carolina State
DeMarvin Leal, DT, Texas A&M
Tyler Linderbaum, C, Iowa
Drake London, WR, USC
Sincere McCormick, RB, Texas-San Antonio
Trent McDuffie, CB, Washington
Verone McKinley III, S, Oregon
Kyler McMichael, DB, North Carolina
Ja'Quan McMillian, CB, East Carolina
John Metchie III, WR, Alabama
James Mitchell, TE, Virginia Tech
Skyy Moore, WR, Western Michigan
Jalen Nailor, WR, Michigan State
Evan Neal, OT, Alabama
David Ojabo, LB, Michigan
Nicholas Petit-Frere, OT, Ohio State
Kyle Philips, WR, UCLA
George Pickens, WR, Georgia
Makai Polk, WR, Mississippi State
Sean Rhyan, OT, UCLA
Wan'Dale Robinson, WR, Kentucky
Dare Rosenthal, OT, Kentucky
Justyn Ross, WR, Clemson
Brandon Smith, LB, Penn State
Tyler Smith, OT, Tulsa
Tyler Snead, WR, East Carolina
Isaiah Spiller, RB, Texas A&M
Chris Steele, CB, USC
Derek Stingley Jr., CB, LSU
Carson Strong, QB, Nevada
Isaac Taylor-Stuart, CB, USC
Master Teague, RB, Ohio State
Luke Tenuta, OT, Virginia Tech
Kayvon Thibodeaux, DE, Oregon
Cameron Thomas, DE, San Diego State
Tyler Vrabel, OT, Boston College
Kenneth Walker III, RB, Michigan State
Rasheed Walker, OT, Penn State
Travon Walker, DE, Georgia
Jermaine Waller, CB, Virginia Tech
Josh Watts, P, Colorado
Dohnovan West, C, Arizona State
Zamir White, RB, Georgia
Devon Williams, WR, Oregon
Jameson Williams, WR, Alabama
Kyren Williams, RB, Notre Dame
Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State
Alex Wright, LB, UAB
Mykael Wright, CB, Oregon
Jalen Wydermyer, TE, Texas A&M
Cade York, K, LSU
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NFL draft 2022: Underclassmen leaving college early