Florida S, Will Hill, going pro for some reason. http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/10/florida-safety-hill-jumping-to-the-nfl/
Fighting Illini RB, Mikel Leshoure is going pro. http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/11/as-expected-rb-leshoure-leaving-illini-for-nfl/
Michael Floyd sticking around another year http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...e-irish-wr-floyd-to-return-for-one-more-year/
Yep, my thoughts exactly, it looks like the Wr class will not be as deep as first thought, but there is a tonne of Running Backs coming out early who should be mid to late rd picks, and here is a guy to keep an eye on as a 7th rd choice: This yr, with no real UDFA process, draft choices become like Gold as it is the only shot teams have in securing players, if there is a lockout, be interesting to watch to see what his measurables are, along with Dion Lewis and D Evans from VT. We could be in a situation where our starting running back is a 6th or 7th rd pick, much like the way the NFL "used" to be, a team had the Draft, and they had Street Free Agents, and that was all there was in the way of player acquisition.
I was hoping for these guys to declare: QB Andrew Luck 6-4 235 Stanford 4.73 QB Brandon Weeden 6-4 220 Oklahoma State 4.84 QB Nick Foles 6-5 245 Arizona 4.95 QB Chandler Harnish 6-2 220 Northern Illinois 4.73 QB Ryan Lindley 6-4 218 San Diego State 4.86 WR Rishard Matthews 6-2 215 Nevada 4.56 CB Shaun Prater 5-11 180 Iowa 4.49
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/19/nfl-draft-early-entries-list/ Here is the list of 56 players who had not completed their college eligibility who have been granted special eligibility for the 2011 NFL Draft: Adams, Darvin: WR, Auburn Austin, Marvin: DT, North Carolina Ayers, Akeem: LB, UCLA Baldwin, Jon: WR, Pittsburgh Bowers, Da’Quan: DE, Clemson Brown, DeAndre: WR, Southern Mississippi Burton, Brandon: DB, Utah Casey, Jurrell: DT, Southern California Clay, John: RB, Wisconsin Claytor, Nick: T, Georgia Tech Cobb, Randall: WR, Kentucky Dareus, Marcell: DE, Alabama Doss, Tandon: WR, Indiana Evans, Darren: RB, Virginia Tech Fairley, Nick: DT, Auburn Gabbert, Blaine: QB, Missouri Green, A.J.: WR, Georgia Gurley, Tori: WR, South Carolina Guy, Lawrence: DT, Arizona State Hamler, Jamel: WR, Fresno State Harper, Jamie: RB, Clemson Harris, Brandon: DB, Miami Hill, Will: DB, Florida Houston, Justin: LB, Georgia Hynoski, Henry: RB, Pittsburgh Ingram, Mark: RB, Alabama Jones, Julio: WR, Alabama Keiser, Thomas: LB, Stanford Leshoure, Mikel: RB, Illinois Lewis, Dion: RB, Pittsburgh Lewis, Javes: DB, Oregon Little, Greg: WR, North Carolina Liuget, Corey: DT, Illinois Mallett, Ryan: QB, Arkansas Moore, Rahim: DB, UCLA Newton, Cam: QB, Auburn Parr, Zane: DE, Virginia Peterson, Patrick: DB, Louisiana State Quinn, Robert: DE, North Carolina Ridley, Stevan: RB, Louisiana State Rodgers, Jacquizz: RB, Oregon State Rudolph, Kyle: TE, Notre Dame Sands, Robert: DB, West Virginia Sash, Tyler: DB, Iowa Siliga, Sealver: DT, Utah Smith, Aldon: DE, Missouri Smith, Torrey: WR, Maryland Smith, Tyron: T, Southern California Tarrant, Jerrard: DB, Georgia Tech Todman, Jordan: RB, Connecticut Vereen, Shane: RB, California Watt, J.J.: DE, Wisconsin Wilkerson, Muhammad: DT, Temple Williams, Aaron: DB, Texas Williams, Ryan: RB, Virginia Tech Wilson, Martez: LB, Illinois
Last updated: December 22, 2011 [TABLE="width: 610"] [TR] [TD]PLAYER [/TD] [TD]POS [/TD] [TD]H/W [/TD] [TD]SCHOOL [/TD] [TD]CL [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Andrew Luck [/TD] [TD]QB [/TD] [TD]6-4, 235 [/TD] [TD]Stanford [/TD] [TD]JR [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Matt Kalil [/TD] [TD]OT [/TD] [TD]6-7, 295 [/TD] [TD]Southern California [/TD] [TD]JR [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nick Perry [/TD] [TD]DE [/TD] [TD]6-4, 250 [/TD] [TD]Southern California [/TD] [TD]JR [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Brandon Washington [/TD] [TD]OG [/TD] [TD]6-4, 320 [/TD] [TD]Miami [/TD] [TD]JR [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Lamar Miller [/TD] [TD]RB [/TD] [TD]5-9, 210 [/TD] [TD]Miami [/TD] [TD]RSO [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Marcus Forston [/TD] [TD]DT [/TD] [TD]6-2, 305 [/TD] [TD]Miam [/TD] [TD]JR [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Tommy Streeter [/TD] [TD]WR [/TD] [TD]6-4, 215 [/TD] [TD]Miami [/TD] [TD]JR [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Oliver Vernon [/TD] [TD]DE [/TD] [TD]6-3. 265 [/TD] [TD]Miami [/TD] [TD]JR [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Dorian Graham [/TD] [TD]WR [/TD] [TD]5-9, 185 [/TD] [TD]Syracuse [/TD] [TD]JR [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] add this one to the list: (4:00 PM) Big DT enters draft ... Memphis junior DT Dontari Poe has announced that he will be entering the 2012 draft where the 6-5, 350-pounder is projected to be a late first round selection.
Full Junior Scoreboard of who has declared, and who has decided to return to NCAA. http://www.gbnreport.com/juniorscoreboard.html
Orange DE to enter draft … Syracuse junior DE Chandler Jones has announced that he will be foregoing his final year of eligibility and entering the 2012 draft. The 6-4, 265 pound Jones missed the first 5 games of the season with a leg injury, but then had 38 tackles including 4.5 sacks and two forced fumbles over the final half of the campaign. Jones is considered to be a 3rd or 4th round prospect. Knee injury keeps UNC DE out of draft ... Any chance that North Carolina junior DE/OLB Donte Paige-Moss might opt to enter the 2011 draft were likely ended when he tore the ACL in his left knee during the Tar Heels bowl loss earlier this week. Paige-Moss will undergo surgery later in the week. Tide OL returning to school ... Alabama junior LT Barrett Jones has announced he will be returning to school in 2012. Jones had been considered to be a late first or early secon dprospect for the upcoming draft.