NFL ANNOUNCES LIST OF 26 PLAYERS GRANTED
The National Football League announced today the names of 26 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2000 NFL Draft on April 15-16.
Each of the 26 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 10.
The players declared eligible are:
| Player | Pos. | College |
| Arrington, LaVar | LB | Penn State |
| Brooks, Rodregis | DB | Alabama-Birmingham |
| Burress, Plaxico | WR | Michigan State |
| Cavil, Kwame | WR | Texas |
| Charlton, Ike | DB | Virginia Tech |
| Coleman, Cosey | G | Tennessee |
| Dennis, Patrick | DB | Louisiana-Monroe |
| Diggs, Na’il | LB | Ohio State |
| Dunlap, Jeffrey | DT | Auburn |
| Franks, Daniel "Bubba" | TE | Miami |
| Grant, Deon | DB | Tennessee |
| Herring, Bud | LB | Louisville |
| Jackson, Darrell | WR | Florida |
| Jackson, Keith | DT | Cheyney, Pa. |
| Janikowski, Sebastian | K | Florida State |
| Jenkins, Ronney | RB | Northern Arizona |
| Kelly, Ben | DB | Colorado |
| Lewis, Jamal | RB | Tennessee |
| McDonald, Tariq | WR | Arizona State |
| Sanders, Lewis | DB | Maryland |
| Shepherd, Jacoby | DB | Oklahoma State |
| Smith, Marvel | T | Arizona State |
| Stith, Shyrone | RB | Virginia Tech |
| Taylor, Travis | WR | Florida |
| Thompson, Hubert | DE | Michigan State |
| White, Dez | WR | Georgia Tech |