FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NFL-119
1/15/01
36 PLAYERS GRANTED
SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR 2001 DRAFT
The National Football League announced today the names of 36 players who have been granted
special eligibility for the 2001 NFL Draft on April 21-22.
Each of the 36 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 12.
The players declared eligible are:
| Player | Pos. | College |
| Adams, Keith | LB | Clemson |
| Akbar, Hakim | DB | Washington |
| Ardley, Alex | DB | Clemson |
| Bashir, Idrees | DB | Memphis |
| Bennett, Michael | RB | Wisconsin |
| Booty, Josh | QB | Louisiana State |
| Butler, Jeremetrius | DB | Kansas State |
| Capel, John | WR | Florida |
| Carter, Quincy | QB | Georgia |
| Clements, Nate | DB | Ohio State |
| Cook, Jameel | RB | Illinois |
| Daniels, Ronney | WR | Auburn |
| Evans, Heath | RB | Auburn |
| Ferguson, Robert | WR | Texas A&M |
| Fletcher, Jamar | DB | Wisconsin |
| Garden, Lloyd | RB | Cincinnati |
| Graham, Derin | WR | Indiana |
| Heap, Todd | TE | Arizona State |
| Johnson, Rudi | RB | Auburn |
| Jones, Delvin | DB | Minnesota |
| Layne, George | RB | Texas Christian |
| Middlebrooks, Willie | DB | Minnesota |
| Mitchell, Freddie | WR | UCLA |
| Ordway, Jonathan | DB | Boston College |
| Pickett, Ryan | DT | Ohio State |
| Raiola, Dominic | C | Nebraska |
| Robinson, Koren | WR | North Carolina State |
| Smith, Justin | DE | Missouri |
| Terrell, David | WR | Michigan |
| Toombs, Ja’Mar | RB | Texas A&M |
| Vick, Michael | QB | Virginia Tech |
| Walker, Kenyatta | T | Florida |
| Warren, Gerard | DT | Florida |
| White, Reginald | RB | Oklahoma State |
| Wilson, Adrian | DB | North Carolina State |
| Winborn, Jamie | LB | Vanderbilt |