FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NFL-218                   1/19/04

41 PLAYERS GRANTED SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR 2004 NFL DRAFT

The National Football League announced today the names of 41 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2004 NFL Draft on April 24-25. 

Each of the 41 players has met the league’s three-year eligibility rule 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

Andrews, Shawn

T

Arkansas

Askew, Matthias

DT

Michigan State

Butler, Kelly

T

Purdue

Carroll, Ahmad

DB

Arkansas

Childress, Ahmad

DT

Alabama

Clayton, Michael

WR

Louisiana State

Daniels, Brooks

LB

Alabama

Darling, Devard

WR

Washington State

Dorsey, Nat

T

Georgia Tech

Gamble, Chris

DB

Ohio State

Geathers, Robert

DE

Georgia

Golden, Greg

DB

North Carolina State

Gordon, Amon

DT

Stanford

Hall, DeAngelo

DB

Virginia Tech

Hamilton, Derrick

WR

Clemson

Hargrove, Tony

DE

Georgia Tech

Harris, Tommie

DT

Oklahoma

Jackson, Steven

RB

Oregon State

Jones, Kevin

RB

Virginia Tech

Jones, Sean

DB

Georgia

Jordan, Tyrone

WR

Valdosta State

Laurence, Omar

DB

Central Florida

Mauck, Matt

QB

Louisiana State

Odom, Antwan

DE

Alabama

Olshansky, Igor

DT

Oregon

Peters, Jason

TE

Arkansas

Pierce, Mark

FB

Arkansas

Roethlisberger, Ben

QB

Miami, O.

Sam, P.K.

WR

Florida State

Shivers, Jason

DB

Arizona State

Smiley, Justin

G

Alabama

Snee, Chris

G

Boston College

Starks, Randy

DT

Maryland

Taylor, Sean

DB

Miami

Udeze, Kenechi

DE

Southern California

Ware, Matt

DB

UCLA

Washington, Donnell

DT

Clemson

Wilfork, Vince

DT

Miami

Williams, Reggie

WR

Washington

Winslow, Kellen

TE

Miami

Wright, Chris

WR

Oklahoma State