These college football players have declared for the 2021 NFL Draft
The 2021 NFL Draft is slated to take place in Cleveland, Ohio on April 29-May 1, and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, college football players are already declaring their intent to jump early to the next level. As of Friday, Sept. 18, 34 underclassmen players have already declared for the 2021 NFL Draft and will not return to college for a fall or spring season. The list of names declared features projected first-round picks in Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons, Miami defensive end Gregory Rousseau and Minnesota receiver Rashod Bateman. More players are expected to declare for the NFL Draft this fall and into the spring as more is known about the prospects of a 2020 college football season.
As of Friday, Sept. 18, here are the players already declared for the 2021 NFL Draft:
2021 NFL Draft Early Entrants
Calvin Ashley, OL, Florida A&M
Jhamon Ausbon, WR, Texas A&M
Rashod Bateman, WR, Minnesota (opting back into the 2020 season)
Cam Bynum, CB, California
Ja'Marr Chase, WR, LSU
Nico Collins, WR, Michigan
Wyatt Davis, OL, Ohio State (opting back into the 2020 season)
Tommy Doyle, OL, Miami (Ohio)
Caleb Farley, CB, Virginia Tech
Kenneth Gainwell, RB, Memphis
Danny Godlevske, OL, Miami (Ohio)
Tay Gowan, DB, UCF
Thomas Graham, CB, Oregon
Warren Jackson, WR, Colorado State
Deommodore Lenoir, CB, Oregon
Walker Little, OL, Stanford
Jalen Mayfield, OL, Michigan (opting back into the 2020 season)
Rondale Moore, WR, Purdue
Jamie Newman, QB, Georgia
Levi Onwuzurike, DL, Washington
Micah Parsons, LB, Penn State
Gregory Rousseau, DE, Miami
Emmanuel Rugamba, CB, Miami (Ohio)
Penei Sewell, OL, Oregon
Tyler Shelvin, DL, LSU
Rashawn Slater, OL, Northwestern
Sage Surratt, WR, Wake Forest
Ambry Thomas, CB, Michigan
Joe Tryon, LB, Washington
Jaylen Twyman, DL, Pitt
Jay Tufele, DL, USC
Alijah Vera-Tucker, OL, USC
Kary Vincent, DB, LSU
Shaun Wade, CB, Ohio State (opting back into the 2020 season)
