Almost a third of all underclassmen to declare for NFL draft go undrafted
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A total of 95 players with eligibility remaining decided to leave the college level and put their names in the NFL draft once the 2016 season ended.
Months later, with the NFL draft complete Saturday night, 28 of those 95 players - 30 percent - didn't hear their names called during the three-day event.
| Pos. | Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| WR | KD Cannon | Baylor |
| WR | Devin Childress | North Park |
| WR | Michael Clark | Marshall |
| QB | Jerod Evans | Virginia Tech |
| DT | Jeremy Faulk | Garden City (JUCO) |
| RB | Tarean Folston | Notre Dame |
| DT | Isaiah Golden | McNeese State |
| LB | Jermaine Grace | Miami |
| WR | Derrick Griffin | Texas Southern |
| DB | Titus Howard | Slippery Rock |
| LB | Tim Kimbrough | Georgia |
| WR | Jerome Lane | Akron |
| WR | Keevan Lucas | Tulsa |
| OL | Damien Mama | USC |
| WR | Deon-Tay McManus | Marshall |
| WR | Speedy Noil | Texas A&M |
| LB | Marcus Oliver | Indiana |
| DB | Aaron Peak | Butler County (JUCO) |
| RB | Devine Redding | Indiana |
| WR | Travis Rudolph | Florida State |
| WR | Ricky Seals-Jones | Texas A&M |
| DE | Garrett Sickels | Penn State |
| WR | Damore'ea Stringfellow | Ole Miss |
| RB | Darius Victor | Towson |
| DL | Charles Walker | Oklahoma |
| RB | Stanley Williams | Kentucky |
| RB | Joe Yearby | Miami |
| WR | Ishmael Zamora | Baylor |
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Virginia Tech's Jerod Evans and Baylor's KD Cannon were the two biggest names to not be selected. The latter was the biggest surprise after averaging over 1,000 yards during his three seasons in Waco.
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