FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
           
NFL-204                   1/20/03

45 PLAYERS GRANTED SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR 2003 NFL DRAFT

The National Football League announced today the names of 45 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2003 NFL Draft on April 26-27.

Each of the 45 players has been out of high school for at least three seasons and each has submitted a written application in which he renounced his remaining college football eligibility.  The deadline for receiving applications was January 15.

The players declared eligible are:

Player

Pos.

College

Beard, Santonio

RB

Alabama

Boldin, Anquan

WR

Florida State

Brown, Chris

RB

Colorado

Christofilakos, Peter

K

Illinois

Clark, Dallas

TE

Iowa

Clemons, Chris

LB

Georgia

Comella, J.P.

FB

Boston College

Curtin, Brennan

T

Notre Dame

Duncan, Reggie

RB

Kansas

Ellington, Dante

T

Alabama

Elpheage, Lynaris

DB

Tulane

Engemann, Bret

QB

Brigham Young

Faine, Jeff

C

Notre Dame

George, Brandon

LS

Temple

Grossman, Rex

QB

Florida

Hamlin, Ken

DB

Arkansas

Harris, Kwame

T

Stanford

Hunter, Wayne

T

Hawaii

Johnson, Andre

WR

Miami

Johnson, Robert

TE

Auburn

Johnson, Teyo

WR

Stanford

Jones, Derek

QB

West Virginia

Lee, Reshard

RB

Middle Tennessee

Lloyd, Brandon

WR

Illinois

Long, Rien

DT

Washington State

Lynch, James

FB

Maryland

McDonald, Shaun

WR

Arizona State

McGahee, Willis

RB

Miami

Mitchell, Clint

DE

Florida

Orr, Shantee

DE

Michigan

Pierce, Terry

LB

Kansas State

Pierson, Shurron

DE

South Florida

Robertson, Dewayne

DT

Kentucky

Rogers, Charles

WR

Michigan State

Scott, Ian

DT

Florida

Smith, Musa

RB

Georgia

Smith, Onterrio

RB

Oregon

Suggs, Terrell

DE

Arizona State

Sullivan, Johnathan

DT

Georgia

Toefield, LaBrandon

RB

Louisiana State

Washington, Kelley

WR

Tennessee

White, Dewayne

DE

Louisville

Wilkerson, Jimmy

DE

Oklahoma

Witten, Jason

TE

Tennessee

Wrighster, George

TE

Oregon