The NFL has released the 2012 early entry list of players who were granted special eligibility for the 2012 NFL draft.
In other words, these are the list of guys coming out early. The full list of 65 players is posted after the jump.
| Player | Pos. | College |
| Alexander, Alvester | RB | Wyoming |
| Allen, Dwayne | TE | Clemson |
| Baker, Edwin | RB | Michigan State |
| Ball, Mike | RB | Nevada |
| Berryhill, Jamison | RB | Texas |
| Blackmon, Justin | WR | Oklahoma State |
| Brockers, Michael | DT | Louisiana State |
| Brown, Bryce | RB | Kansas State |
| Burfict, Vontaze | LB | Arizona State |
| Charles, Orson | TE | Georgia |
| Claiborne, Morris | DB | Louisiana State |
| Cox, Fletcher | DT | Mississippi State |
| DeCastro, David | G | Stanford |
| Eure, Tiree | TE | Minnesota |
| Forston, Marcus | DT | Miami |
| Gilmore, Stephon | DB | South Carolina |
| Givens, Chris | WR | Wake Forest |
| Graham, Dorian | WR | Syracuse |
| Griffin, Robert | QB | Baylor |
| Hampton, Jewel | RB | Southern Illinois |
| Harris, Cliff | DB | Oregon |
| Hightower, Dont'a | LB | Alabama |
| Hill, Stephen | WR | Georgia Tech |
| Hillman, Ronnie | RB | San Diego State |
| Holloway, Max | DE | Boston College |
| Hosley, Jayron | DB | Virginia Tech |
| Jackson, Janzen | DB | McNeese State |
| James, LaMichael | RB | Oregon |
| Jeffery, Alshon | WR | South Carolina |
| Johnson, Aldarius | WR | Miami |
| Johnson, Damaris | WR | Tulsa |
| Jones, Chandler | DE | Syracuse |
| Kalil, Matt | T | Southern California |
| Kirkpatrick, Dre | DB | Alabama |
| Konz, Peter | C | Wisconsin |
| Kuechly, Luke | LB | Boston College |
| Lewis, Ronnell | DE | Oklahoma |
| Luck, Andrew | QB | Stanford |
| Manning, Terrell | LB | North Carolina State |
| Martin, Jonathan | T | Stanford |
| Massie, Bobby | T | Mississippi |
| Mercilus, Whitney | DE | Illinois |
| Miller, Lamar | RB | Miami |
| Osweiler, Brock | QB | Arizona State |
| Page, Eric | WR | Toledo |
| Paige-Moss, Donte | DE | North Carolina |
| Perry, Nick | DE | Southern California |
| Pierce, Bernard | RB | Temple |
| Plue, Ken | G | Purdue |
| Poe, Dontari | DT | Memphis |
| Randle, Rueben | WR | Louisiana State |
| Reiff, Riley | T | Iowa |
| Richardson, Trent | RB | Alabama |
| Robinson, Josh | DB | Central Florida |
| Sanu, Mohamed | WR | Rutgers |
| Scott, Darrell | RB | South Florida |
| Streeter, Tommy | WR | Miami |
| Thomas, Darron | QB | Oregon |
| Thomas, Johnny | DB | Oklahoma State |
| Thomas, Phillip | DB | Syracuse |
| Trotter, Barrett | QB | Auburn |
| Vernon, Olivier | DE | Miami |
| Washington, Brandon | T | Miami |
| Wilson, David | RB | Virginia Tech |
| Worthy, Jerel | DT | Michigan State |
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ANybody know anything about these RB's?
We need a good power back and a speed back to spell JC, especially early next year.
nateforchiefs - January 19, 2012
http://www.mockingthedraft.com/2012/1/18/2712680/ranking-the-2012-draft-prospects-by-position-running-backs
KansasCityShuffle - January 19, 2012
JC and TR would be the greatest, most destructive, combo since plastic and earth.
Chiefs_swagger - January 19, 2012
Let me try that again, thanks
JC and TR would be the greatest, most destructive combo, since plastic and earth.
Chiefs_swagger - January 19, 2012
Disagree.
I think Earth wanted Plastic, didn’t know how to make it, and needed us. Now that we’ve served our purpose, we can be phased out and Earth will fold Plastic into a new paradigm, Earth + Plastic.
Falcon58 - January 19, 2012
Actually, from a certain perspective that makes since
Think about it in a much more grand way, you are universe thinking about itself. Yea, how is that for mind blowing?
Scaryclouds - January 19, 2012 via mobile
Miller>Richardson for our system IMO
Miller is a bigger back a lot like JC, a good one cut and go back with great speed.
BAMFSpecialOps - January 19, 2012
Agreed on Miller, or a couple of other backs for that matter - Polk is my personal fave.
I’ll go against the grain on here and say we need another complementary back similar to TJ – one cut and go, at least competent receiver (Matty Nice is going have JC back for check-downs; but he also needs that check-down option to the RB spelling JC, as well), and an excellent pass-pro/blitz picker-upper. But Miller is just a kickass burner that has the potential to take it to the house on any touch; don’t know much about his receiving and pass-pro skills though?
Anywhoo … I’m going against the thunder and lightning concept. Especially when Pioli appears to be all in on going to a pure ZBS like Houston runs. This presumption is also predicated upon his man-crush on Kelce- which is a REAL midget -plus going with Hudson for presumably an OG if he’d gotten Kelce for C, too? Hudson at LG AND Kelce at C for 2012 wouldn’t have been capable of anything but executing a pure ZBS; by 2012 is presuming that both Hudson and Kelce would’ve sat behind Lilja and Wiegs this past season, respectively.
The ZBS isn’t designed to attack the A-gaps with a plodding power back; until maybe later in the game when they have the big men worn out from finesse blocking them the first 3 qtrs. or so.
What’s your opinion on Robert Turbin? I know nothing about him.
LocoLoboChico - January 19, 2012
Miller can catch the ball, never really focused on his pass pro
Can’t say I’ve seen Turbin at all, few scouting reports have some good things to say about him.. however there is ‘’lack of vision/instincts’’ popping up.. not a great thing for a ZBS back.
BAMFSpecialOps - January 19, 2012
Don't know much of these guys
but another name to look at for RB is Chris Polk out of Washington….not the fastest but they give him a great grade for being a between the tackle runner, could be a good guy in the 2-3rd round if Richardson isn’t available or we go another way in the first round
Njohnson816 - January 19, 2012
Darron Thomas, QB Oregon = worth a flyer
Probably could get him UDFA. Needs some work but dude just wins games. Comes up big in the biggest games
ArrowDread - January 19, 2012
I think he will be a Brad Smith type player
KingChief - January 19, 2012
Just don't want the guy
Give me Cousins, Foles, or Weedon any day over him.
I can’t even tell you why I don’t like the guy just didn’t. Seems more a product of the team, not very accurate, and raw.
Fozzyboyd - January 19, 2012
Just win baby
ArrowDread - January 19, 2012
Cant be any worse than Palko
ArrowDread - January 19, 2012
People need to stop with this one-liner
Nick Britt - January 19, 2012
Cant be worse than Brodie
ArrowDread - January 19, 2012
Cant be worse than Thigpen
ArrowDread - January 19, 2012
Cant be worse than Ingle Martin
ArrowDread - January 19, 2012
Can't be worse than Gutierrez
Tarkus - January 19, 2012
Can't be worse than Bill Stull
MtHammer - January 19, 2012
Cant be worse than Casey Printe...wait a minute...nevermind Casey Printers was the shit!
ArrowDread - January 19, 2012
Can't be worse than Bono
KingChief - January 19, 2012
Can't be worse than your mom
joplin chiefs fan - January 19, 2012
How do you know that??
chiefsisit!!! - January 19, 2012
Cant be worse than Cassel
chiefsisit!!! - January 19, 2012
Dumb move, coming out early.
Tarkus - January 19, 2012
Agreed
would have love to see him and LMJ come back and make another run at a title. But dudes gotta get paid while they can. Oregon wont miss a beat without them.
ArrowDread - January 19, 2012
I don't blame LMJ, though.
I’m not sure his value will get any higher, and he would be an injury risk his senior year.
Tarkus - January 19, 2012
Yeah, I almost always think it's a wise choice to come out early, especially for RBs.
Exceptions this year would be Thomas and Landry Jones.
Brsrkr - January 19, 2012
Cliff Harris, CB-PR-KR Oregon
Slated as a 2nd-3rd rounder before he got busted for some unpaid parking tickets, weed, etc. Big time playmaker. Got the Deion-swagger you want. Many teams wont go anywhere near him. Could be our Houston-esque steal of the draft
ArrowDread - January 19, 2012
Man, repeated incidents over a fair amout of time....
If Kelly can’t handle him, I don’t think he’d make it on our team.
Brsrkr - January 19, 2012
bryce brown?
Is this a typo? He quit at k state I bet nfl teams will kill to grab him….
Brendon - January 19, 2012 via mobile
Not a typo
He may be worth a late round flyer. Some big question marks. He is probably better than Jackie Battle, but would he be willing to play special teams.
Nick Britt - January 19, 2012
disappointment though
Great skills. Being a Kansas state fan I love the kid but he hasn’t played in 2 years. I want to see him succeed but I think there is a harder worker from another school that will have better success.
Brendon - January 19, 2012 via mobile
yeah, can't tell if he just made bad decisions... or if he's not very bright
or both.
I mostly knew about him from his time in Tennessee and really stopped paying attention when he left so I hadn’t heard anything about the situation at K-State.
Seems like an immense talent that has been clouded by issues and surrounding himself with knuckleheads that did him more harm than good.
If everything pans out maybe worth a late round pick or UDFA snag – if available.
Ochophosphate - January 19, 2012
Call me crazy but...
David Wilson is like a Lesean Mccoy type back. Pretty good leader from what I understand too. Brandon Flowers would be happy about getting him too (Vtech).
ahuts - January 19, 2012
Yeah Wilson looks very good to me.
But he’s like a 2nd or 3rd round guy and I don’t see us picking a back that early. Although it might not be a bad idea to consider the fact that J.C might not ever be the same back after the injury. To be honest I hope we do draft someone this year that could take the lead RB role this year if he has too. The guy I like is V.Ballard and he’s a 4th or 5th round guy but that’s if we’re replacing T.Jones. I’d have to take another look if trying to find someone that could take J.C place and be a good short yardage guy.
CPT.Caveman - January 19, 2012
Wilson is the #2 or #3 RB in this back, depending on who you ask
No way he sees the third, could get in the bottom of the first if he times well
BAMFSpecialOps - January 19, 2012
I agree
No way he makes it to the 3rd round and like you say he could go late 1st round. When I said 2nd or 3rd round guy I was referring to what round he was project to go at one of the many site I go too, or at least try to remember.
CPT.Caveman - January 20, 2012
I wouldn't be surprised
if Bryce Brown goes undrafted. If you won’t show up to play for Coach Snyder, you’re probably not going to show up for anyone.
Chief Willie Wildcat - January 19, 2012 via Android app
I'll second that.
CatChief - January 19, 2012
Vick ballard. miss. st.
dude is big and fast. one cut and go
falon36 - January 19, 2012 via Android app
Yeah he's my pick.
CPT.Caveman - January 19, 2012
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