53 & counting; underclassmen deadline passes

The deadline for eligible underclassmen to declare for this April's NFL-draft passed this afternoon. And even though the official list is not expected to be released by the league until late this week, already a record number of players are jumping to the NFL.

At last count 53 players have officially declared themselves eligible for April's draft and we are still waiting for word on another half-dozen.  We expect a few last minute stragglers to push the number towards 60.

The official list won't be released until Thursday at the earliest.  Underclassmen who have submitted paperwork to enter the draft but did not sign with an agent can reverse their original choice up until Wednesday.

DECLARED UNDERCLASSMEN

Name	School	Pos
Darnell Bing	USC	S
Cornell Brockington	Connecticut	RB
Reggie Bush	USC	RB
Brian Calhoun	Wisconsin	RB
Antonio Cromartie	Florida State	CB
Vernon Davis	Maryland	TE
Maurice Drew	UCLA	RB
Ray Edwards	Purdue	DE
Anthony Fasano	Notre Dame	TE
Charles Gordon	Kansas	CB
Willie Hall	Middle Tennessee	T
Matt Herian	Nebraska	TE
Devin Hester	Miami-Fl	CB
Santonio Holmes	Ohio State	WR
Chad Jackson	Florida	WR
Omar Jacobs	Bowling Green	QB
Chase Johnson	Wyoming	T
Johnathan Joseph	South Carolina	CB
Winston Justice	USC	T
Brandon Kirsch	Purdue	QB
Greg Lee	Pittsburgh	WR
Danieal Manning	Abilene Christian	S
Laurence Maroney	Minnesota	RB
Richard Marshall	Fresno State	CB
Derrick Martin	Wyoming	CB
Fred Matua	USC	G
John McCargo	North Carolina State	DT
Stanley McClover	Auburn	DE
Tony McDaniel	Tennessee	DT
J.J. Milan	Nevada	DE
Derek Morris	North Carolina State	T
Haloti Ngata	Oregon	DT
Kai Parham	Virginia	OLB
Bernard Pollard	Purdue	S
Leonard Pope	Georgia	TE
Drouzen Quillen	La-Monroe	WR
Cory Rodgers	TCU	WR
Ko Simpson	South Carolina	S
Ernie Sims	Florida State	OLB
Rob Smith	Tennessee	G
Daniel Smith	Idaho	WR
Demetris Summers	x-South Carolina	RB
Paul Szczesny	x-Indiana	OLB
Stephen Tulloch	North Carolina State	OLB
Marcus Vick	Virginia Tech	QB
Dee Webb	Florida	CB
LenDale White	USC	RB
Donte Whitner	Ohio State	S
Michael Williams	Texas College	DE
Mario Williams	North Carolina State	DE
Roderkus Wright	Grossmont JC	DE
Ashton Youboty	Ohio State	CB
Vince Young	Texas	QB

Others

Name	School	Pos	Comments
Rufus Alexander	Oklahoma	OLB	staying
Baraka Atkins	Miami-Fl	DT	staying
H.B. Blades	Pittsburgh	OLB	?
Justin Blalock	Texas	T	?
Ahmad Brooks	Virginia	ILB	staying
Michael Bush	Louisville	RB	staying
Tim Crowder	Texas	DE	?
Justin Harrell	Tennessee	DT	staying
Jason Hill	Washington State	WR	staying
LaRon Landry	LSU	S	?
Brian Leonard	Rutgers	FB	staying
Quentin Moses	Georgia	DE	staying
Brady Quinn	Notre Dame	QB	staying
Jeff Samardzija	Notre Dame	WR	staying
Arron Sears	Tennessee	T	staying
Courtney Taylor	Auburn	WR	?
Joe Thomas	Wisconsin	T	staying
Marcus Thomas	Florida	DT	?
LaMarr Woodley	Michigan	DE	?

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