(Jan. 19, 2006) -- The National Football League announced today the names of 48 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2006 NFL Draft on April 29-30.
Each of the 48 players has met the league's three-year eligibility rule and each has submitted a written application in which he renounced his remaining college football eligibility. The deadline for receiving applications was Jan. 15.
The players declared eligible are:
| Player | Pos. | College |
| Bing, Darnell | DB | Southern California |
| Brockington, Cornell | RB | Connecticut |
| Bush, Reggie | RB | Southern California |
| Calhoun, Brian | RB | Wisconsin |
| Cromartie, Antonio | DB | Florida State |
| Davis, Vernon | TE | Maryland |
| Drew, Maurice | RB | UCLA |
| Edwards, Ray | DE | Purdue |
| Fasano, Anthony | TE | Notre Dame |
| Gordon, Charles | DB | Kansas |
| Hall, Willie | T | Middle Tennessee |
| Hester, Devin | WR | Miami |
| Holmes, Santonio | WR | Ohio State |
| Jackson, Chad | WR | Florida |
| Jacobs, Omar | QB | Bowling Green |
| Johnson, Cornell | RB | Indiana State |
| Johnson, Marquis | WR | Texas Tech |
| Joseph, Johnathan | DB | South Carolina |
| Justice, Winston | T | Southern California |
| Kirsch, Brandon | QB | Purdue |
| Lee, Greg | WR | Pittsburgh |
| Maroney, Laurence | RB | Minnesota |
| Marshall, Richard | DB | Fresno State |
| Martin, Derrick | DB | Wyoming |
| Matua, Fred | G | Southern California |
| McCargo, John | DT | North Carolina State |
| McClover, Stanley | DE | Auburn |
| McDaniel, Tony | DT | Tennessee |
| Morris, Derek | T | North Carolina State |
| Ngata, Haloti | DT | Oregon |
| Parham, Kai | LB | Virginia |
| Payne, Bobby | DE | Middle Tennessee |
| Pollard, Bernard | DB | Purdue |
| Pope, Leonard | TE | Georgia |
| Quillen, Drouzon | WR | Louisiana-Monroe |
| Rodgers, Cory | WR | Texas Christian |
| Simpson, Ko | DB | South Carolina |
| Sims, Ernie | LB | Florida State |
| Smith, Daniel | WR | Idaho |
| Smith, Rob | G | Tennessee |
| Tulloch, Stephen | LB | North Carolina State |
| Vick, Marcus | QB | Virginia Tech |
| Webb, Dee | DB | Florida |
| White, LenDale | RB | Southern California |
| Whitner, Donte | DB | Ohio State |
| Williams, Mario | DE | North Carolina State |
| Youboty, Ashton | DB | Ohio State |
| Young, Vince | QB | Texas |
