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42 Players Granted Special Eligibility For 2026 NFL Draft

The 2026 NFL Draft will officially feature 42 players granted specialty eligibility for part of the three-day weekend. As announced by the NFL on Thursday, below is a list of this year’s underclassmen who left school and declared themselves draft-eligible by the deadline date.

Name Pos. College
Keith Abney DB Arizona State
C.J. Allen LB Georgia
Aaron Anderson WR LSU
Chase Bisontis G Texas A&M
Denzel Boston WR Washington
Zachariah Branch WR Georgia
Arion Carter LB Tennessee
Kage Casey T Boise State
Brandon Cisse DB South Carolina
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