Apparently these 61 guys had enough of college and were eager to enter the workforce. Some of them will be successful and some will not. I’ll take a look at this list over the next few days, but for now just wanted to put it out there since it’s a nice resource.
Aldarius Johnson, WR, Miami
Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina
Alvester Alexander, RB, Wyoming
Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
Bernard Pierce, RB, Temple
Brandon Washington, OG, Miami
Brock Osweiler, QB, Arizona State
Bryce Brown, RB, Kansas State
Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse
Chris Givens, WR, Wake Forest
Chris Polk, RB, Washington
Cliff Harris, CB, Oregon
Damaris Johnson, WR, Tulsa
Darrell Scott, RB, South Florida
Darron Thomas, QB, Oregon
David DeCastro, OG, Stanford
David Wilson, RB, Virginia Tech
Dont’a Hightower, LB, Alabama
Dontari Poe, DT, Memphis
Donte-Paige Moss, DE, North Carolina
Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama
Dwayne Allen, TE, Clemson
Edwin Baker, RB, Michigan State
Eric Page, WR, Toledo
Fletcher Cox, DT, Mississippi State
Jayron Hosley, CB, Virginia Tech
Jerel Worthy, DT, Michigan State
Jewl Hampton, RB, Southern Illinois
Jonathan Martin, OT, Stanford
Jonathan Massaquoi, DE, Troy
Josh Robinson, CB, Central Florida
Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State
Lamar Miller, RB, Miami
LaMichael James, RB, Oregon
Luke Kuechly, LB, Boston College
Marcus Forston, DT, Miami
Matt Kalil, OT, Southern Cal
Max Holloway, DE, Boston College
Michael Brockers, DT, LSU
Mike Ball, RB, Nevada
Mohamed Sanu, WR, Rutgers
Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU
Nick Perry, DE, Southern Cal
Olivier Vernon, DE, Miami
Orson Charles, TE, Georgia
Peter Konz, C, Wisconsin
Riley Reiff, OT, Iowa
Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor
Robert Massie, OT, Ole Miss
Robert Turbin, RB, Utah State
Ronnell Lewis, LB, Oklahoma
Ronnie Hillman, RB, San Diego State
Rueben Randle, WR, LSU
Russell Sheppard, WR, LSU
Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech
Stephon Gilmore, CB, South Carolina
Terrell Manning, LB, NC State
Tommy Streeter, WR, Miami
Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama
Vontaze Burfict, LB, Arizona State
Whitney Mercilus, DE, Illinois
And one early question…
What was Bryce Brown thinking? He hasn’t broken the 100 yard mark since his first game as a freshman (first game of 2009 season against Western Kentucky). And he’s only carried the ball in 12 games since then (last one was against Western Kentucky this past season). I’m not going to get into the circus that was his “recruitment” but in the end he was the number one prospect in the nation according to Rivals. He was committed to Miami up until NSD but refused to sign a letter of intent and ended up committing to Tennessee deep into March. He later quit on Tennessee amid the Lane Kiffin ouster. And after sitting out the mandatory year for transferring he quit on Kansas State for lack of playing time three games into the season. I think my youngest brother has a better chance of playing in the NFL and he hasn’t taken a meaningful snap since that football rolled off his chest during an onside kick in a peewee league (I love you man). In fact… going back to my decision not to touch on his “recruitment”… maybe he should have let Brian Butler auction him off to a CFL team since that’s the only chance he has of playing professional football in my opinion.
But I digress… next time I’ll talk about guys who have a shot in the NFL. I promise.
