(Jan. 19, 2007) -- The National Football League announced the names of 40 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2007 NFL Draft on April 28-29.
Each of the 40 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 |
| Abbate, Jon | LB | Wake Forest |
| Anderson, Jamaal | DE | Arkansas |
| Applewhite, Antwan | DE | San Diego State |
| Beason, Jon | LB | Miami |
| Bradshaw, Ahmad | RB | Marshall |
| Branch, Alan | DT | Michigan |
| Bush, Michael | RB | Louisville |
| Carter, Keenan | NT | Virginia |
| Doughty, Stanley | DT | South Carolina |
| Gaddis, C.J. | DB | Clemson |
| Ginn Jr., Ted | WR | Ohio State |
| Gonzalez, Anthony | WR | Ohio State |
| Henry, Chris | RB | Arizona |
| Houston, Chris | DB | Arkansas |
| Jack, Jason | DE | Texas A&M |
| Jackson, Brandon | RB | Nebraska |
| Jarrett, Dwayne | WR | Southern California |
| Johnson, Calvin | WR | Georgia Tech |
| Johnson, Charles | DE | Georgia |
| Johnson, Rory | LB | Mississippi |
| Lynch, Marshawn | RB | California |
| Meachem, Robert | WR | Tennessee |
| Miller, Zach | TE | Arizona State |
| Moss, Jarvis | DE | Florida |
| Nelson, Reggie | DB | Florida |
| Olsen, Greg | TE | Miami |
| Peterson, Adrian | RB | Oklahoma |
| Pittman, Antonio | RB | Ohio State |
| Revis, Darrelle | DB | Pittsburgh |
| Rice, Sidney | WR | South Carolina |
| Russell, Gary | RB | Minnesota |
| Russell, JaMarcus | QB | Louisiana State |
| Siler, Brandon | LB | Florida |
| Smith, Ryan | DB | Florida |
| Stratton, Brock | LB | Texas Tech |
| Taylor, Ramonce | RB | Texas |
| Timmons, Lawrence | LB | Florida State |
| Walker, Darius | RB | Notre Dame |
| Ware, Danny | RB | Georgia |
| Wright, Eric | DB | Nevada-Las Vegas |
