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New York • Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry and Ohio State stars Joey Bosa and Ezekiel Elliott are among 96 players granted early entry into the NFL draft.
The NFL also gave clearance to enter the draft to 11 other players who have graduated with eligibility remaining, including Florida State kicker Roberto Aguayo.
The 96 early entrants are up 22 from last year, but still short of the 98 who declared for the 2014 draft. That was the most players entering early in the last 10 years.
Ohio State, with nine, had the most players on the list of 107 released Friday by the NFL. Joining Bosa, who could be the top overall pick, and Elliott are quarterback Cardale Jones and All-America safety Vonn Bell.
Clemson had seven players out of the 107, including All-America defensive end Shaq Lawson and second-team All-America cornerback Mackensie Alexander.
Notre Dame had four players declare early, three of whom could go in the first round: offensive tackle Ronnie Staley, receiver Will Fuller and linebacker Jaylon Smith, who injured his knee in the Fighting Irish's bowl victory against Ohio State.
Henry is one of two players from national champion Alabama given permission to enter the draft despite not being a senior. His Crimson Tide teammate, defensive tackle A'Shawn Robinson, also is on the eligible list for the draft this spring.
Jones is one of four quarterbacks who have entered the draft as underclassmen. The others are California's Jared Goff and Memphis' Paxton Lynch, who are considered contenders to be the first quarterback drafted, and Penn State's Christian Hackenberg.
Draft held • April 28-30 at Chicago
Early entrants
Bralon Addison, wr, Oregon
Dominique Alexander, lb, Oklahoma
Mackensie Alexander, cb, Clemson
Eli Apple, c, Ohio State
Demarcus Ayers, wr, Houston
Peyton Barber, rb, Auburn
Vonn Bell, s, Ohio State
Caleb Benenoch, ol, UCLA
Andrew Billings, dt, Baylor
Dariusz Bladek, g, Bethune-Cookman
Joey Bosa, de, Ohio State
Tyler Boyd, wr, Pittsburgh
Daniel Braverman, wr, Western Michigan
Beniquez Brown, lb, Mississippi State
Artie Burns, db, Miami
Kenny Clark, dt, UCLA
Corey Coleman, wr, Baylor
Trenton Coles, db, Duquesne
Alex Collins, rb, Arkansas
Maliek Collins, dt, Nebraska
Jack Conklin, ot, Michigan State
Pharoh Cooper, wr, South Carolina
Kamalei Correa, lb, Boise State
Su'a Cravens, lb, Southern Cal
Elijah Daniel, dt, Murray State
Terrell Davis, lb, British Columbia
Kevin Dodd, de, Clemson
Thomas Duarte, wr, UCLA
Ezekiel Elliott, rb, Ohio State
Leonard Floyd, lb, Georgia
Kendall Fuller, cb, Virginia Tech
Will Fuller, wr, Notre Dame
Jared Goff, qb, California
T.J. Green, s, Clemson
David Grinnage, te, N.C. State
Christian Hackenberg, qb, Penn State
Vernon Hargreaves III, cb, Florida
Jerald Hawkins, ot, LSU
Derrick Henry, rb, Alabama
Hunter Henry, te, Arkansas
Willie Henry, dt, Michigan
Rashard Higgins, wr, Colorado State
Austin Hooper, te, Stanford
Jordan Howard, rb, Indiana
Xavien Howard, cb, Baylor
Germain Ifedi, ol, Texas A&M
Myles Jack, lb, UCLA
Cardale Jones, qb, Ohio State
Cayleb Jones, wr, Arizona
Chris Jones, dl, Mississippi State
Jayron Kearse, s, Clemson
Denver Kirkland, ol, Arkansas
Darius Latham, dt, Indiana
Kenny Lawler, c, California
Shaq Lawson, de, Clemson
Darron Lee, lb, Ohio State
Roger Lewis, wr, Bowling Green
Steve Longa, lb, Rutgers
Paxton Lynch, qb, Memphis
Jalin Marshall, wr, Ohio State
Alex McCalister, de, Florida
Brett McMakin, lb, Northern Iowa
Keanu Neal, s, Florida
Yannick Ngakoue, dl, Maryland
Robert Nkemdiche, dl, Mississippi
Marquez North, wr, Tennessee
Emmanuel Ogbah, de, Oklahoma State
Paul Perkins, rb, UCLA
Joe Powell, db, Globe
C.J. Prosise, rb, Notre Dame
Jalen Ramsey, cb, Florida State
Alex Redmond, ol, UCLA
Hassan Ridgeway, dt, Texas
A'Shawn Robinson, dl, Alabama
Demarcus Robinson, wr, Florida
Rashard Robinson, cb, LSU
Aldrick Rosas, pk, Southern Oregon
Zack Sanchez, cb, Oklahoma
Isaac Seumalo, c, Oregon State
Wendell Smallwood, rb, West Virginia
Jaylon Smith, lb, Notre Dame
Tyrell Smith, ot, UMass
Ronnie Stanley, ot, Notre Dame
Kelvin Taylor, rb, Florida
Ron Thompson, de, Syracuse
Laquon Treadwell, wr, Mississippi
Laremy Tunsil, ot, Mississippi
Quinn van Gylswyk, pk, British Columbia
Nick Vigil, lb, Utah State
Cleveland Wallace III, cb, San Jose State
Dwayne Washington, rb, Washington
Stephen Weatherly, lb, Vanderbilt
De'Runnya Wilson, wr, Mississippi State
Daryl Worley, cb, West Virginia
Scooby Wright, lb, Arizona
Avery Young, ot, Auburn
Eligible/fulfilled their degree requirements
Roberto Aguayo, pk, Florida State
Travis Blanks, lb, Clemson
Zac Brooks, rb, Clemson
Eric Enderson, p, Delaware
Austin Johnson, dt, Penn State
Keith Marshall, rb, Georgia
Tyvis Powell, s, Ohio State
Noah Spence, de, Eastern Kentucky
Michael Thomas, wr, Ohio State
Corey Tindal, db, Marshall
Vincent Valentine, dt, Nebraska