College football underclassmen who intend to enter 2024 NFL draft

December and January is decision time for the best college football players in the country. Players who have been in school for three or four seasons and still have eligibility remaining must weigh the positives and negatives of returning to continue their college careers or turning professional.

Some will announce their plans before the bowl games. Some will announce after they finish their respective seasons.

Below is the list of notable underclassmen who have declared their intentions to enter the 2024 NFL draft.

The deadline for college players to make their decision is Jan. 15, with the list of underclassmen who have been approved for entry into the 2024 draft being sent to clubs on Jan. 19.

The draft will be held between April 25-27 in Detroit.

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Underclassmen who intend to enter 2024 NFL draft

• Ajou Ajou, WR, Garden City C.C.

• Braelon Allen, RB, Wisconsin

• Joe Alt, OT, Notre Dame

• Kiran Amegadjie, OT, Yale

• Evan Anderson, DT, Florida Atlantic

• Terrion Arnold, CB, Alabama

• Emani Bailey, RB, TCU

• Jaheim Bell, TE, Florida State

• Trey Benson, RB, Florida State

• Cole Bishop, S, Utah

• Austin Booker, DE, Kansas

• Brock Bowers, TE, Georgia

• Jonathon Brooks, RB, Texas

• Javon Bullard, S, Georgia

• Caelen Carson, CB, Wake Forest

• Keon Coleman, WR, Florida State

• Junior Colson, LB, Michigan

• Edgerrin Cooper, LB, Texas A&M

• Cooper DeJean, CB, Iowa

• Kingsley Eguakun, C, Florida

• Jonah Elliss, DE, Utah

• Audric Estime, RB, Notre Dame

• Olu Fashanu, OT, Penn State

• Blake Fisher, OT, Notre Dame

• Troy Franklin, WR, Oregon

• Frank Gore Jr., RB, Southern Miss

• Tyler Guyton, OT, Oklahoma

• Michael Hall, DT, Ohio State

• Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State

• Jaden Hicks, S, Washington State

• Bucky Irving, RB, Oregon

• Kris Jenkins, DL, Michigan

• Theo Johnson, TE, Penn State

• Jawhar Jordan, RB, Louisville

• Kamren Kinchens, S, Miami (Fla.)

• Kalen King, DB, Penn State

• Kamari Lassiter, CB, Georgia

• JC Latham, OT, Alabama

• Cam Little, K, Arkansas

• MarShawn Lloyd, RB, USC

• Drake Maye, QB, North Carolina

• Ladd McConkey, WR, Georgia

• Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB, Alabama

• Max Melton, CB, Rutgers

• Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia

• Adonai Mitchell, WR, Texas

• Byron Murphy II, DT, Texas

• Malik Nabers, WR, LSU

• Jer'Zhan Newton, DT, Illinois

• Patrick Paul, OT, Houston

• Ja'Lynn Polk, WR, Washington

• Jackson Powers-Johnson, C, Oregon

• Ennis Rakestraw, DB, Missouri

• Keith Randolph Jr., DT, Illinois

• Chop Robinson, DE, Penn State

• Ja'Tavion Sanders, TE, Texas

• Will Shipley, RB, Clemson

• Jaden Shirden, RB, Monmouth (N.J.)

• Ben Sinnott, TE, Kansas State

• Maason Smith, DT, LSU

• Carson Steele, RB, UCLA

• Kingsley Suamataia, OT, BYU

• Leonard Taylor III, DT, Miami (Fla.)

• Brian Thomas Jr., WR, LSU

• Jeremiah Trotter Jr., LB, Clemson

• Dallas Turner, LB, Alabama

• Sione Vaki, S, Utah

• Jared Verse, DE, Florida State

• Tez Walker, WR, North Carolina

• Trevin Wallace, LB, Kentucky

• Nate Wiggins, CB, Clemson

• Caleb Williams, QB, USC

• James Williams, S, Miami (Fla.)

• Johnny Wilson, WR, Florida State

• Mekhi Wingo, DT, LSU

• Xavier Worthy, WR, Texas

• Jaylen Wright, RB, Tennessee

This list will be be updated regularly as underclassmen declare their intentions to enter the 2024 NFL draft.

34 players granted special eligibility for 2024 NFL draft

On Jan. 9, the NFL announced that 34 underclassmen players have been granted special eligibility for the 2024 NFL draft.

Starting year, draft-eligible underclassmen are available for selection for the East-West Shrine Bowl, Senior Bowl and HBCU Legacy Bowl. The league added an early "soft" deadline of Friday, Jan. 5, for underclassmen to declare for the draft to assist players and all-star game organizers in the planning and invitation process.

All other underclassmen players have the traditional "hard" deadline of Monday, Jan. 15, to declare their intentions to enter the 2024 draft.

• Ajou Ajou, WR, Garden City C.C.

• Braelon Allen, RB, Wisconsin

• Joe Alt, OT, Notre Dame

• Kiran Amegadjie, OT, Yale

• Cole Bishop, DB, Utah

• Austin Booker, DE, Kansas

• Javon Bullard, DB, Georgia

• Keon Coleman, WR, Florida State

• Jonah Elliss, DE, Utah

• Audric Estimé, RB, Notre Dame

• Blake Fisher, OT, Notre Dame

• Troy Franklin, WR, Oregon

• Bucky Irving, RB, Oregon

• Kalen King, DB, Penn State

• Kamari Lassiter, DB, Georgia

• Cam Little, K, Arkansas

• Drake Maye, QB, North Carolina

• Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia

• Malik Nabers, WR, LSU

• Jackson Powers-Johnson, C, Oregon

• Ennis Rakestraw, DB, Missouri

• Chop Robinson, DE, Penn State

• Jaden Shirden, RB, Monmouth (N.J.)

• Carson Steele, RB, UCLA

• Kingsley Suamataia, OT, BYU

• Leonard Taylor, DT, Miami (Fla.)

• Brian Thomas, WR, LSU

• Sione Vaki, DB, Utah

• Trevin Wallace, LB, Kentucky

• Nate Wiggins, DB, Clemson

• James Williams, DB, Miami (Fla.)

• Mekhi Wingo, DT, LSU

• Xavier Worthy, WR, Texas

• Jaylen Wright, RB, Tennessee

An additional player who already has fulfilled his college degree requirements also is eligible for selection:

• Will Shipley, RB, Clemson

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NFL draft 2024: College football underclassmen who declared for draft