The National Football League has announced the names of 46 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2009 NFL Draft.
Each of the 46 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 players declared eligible are:
| Underclassmen declared | ||
| Name | Position | College |
| Asher Allen | DB | Georgia |
| Kenny Britt | WR | Rutgers |
| Eben Britton | OT | Arizona |
| Donald Brown | DB | Connecticut |
| Everette Brown | DE | Florida St. |
| Carson Butler | TE | Michigan |
| Jairus Byrd | DB | Oregon |
| James Casey | TE | Rice |
| Jeremy Childs | WR | Boise St. |
| Glen Coffee | RB | Alabama |
| Emanuel Cook | DB | South Carolina |
| Jared Cook | TE | South Carolina |
| Michael Crabtree | WR | Texas Tech |
| Andrew Davie | TE | Arkansas |
| Davis, Nate | QB | Ball St. |
| Vontae Davis | DB | Illinois |
| Maurice Evans | DE | Penn State |
| Josh Freeman | QB | Kansas St. |
| Mike Goodson | RB | Texas A&M |
| Shonn Greene | RB | Iowa |
| Brian Hartline | WR | Ohio St. |
| Percy Harvin | WR | Florida |
| Darrius Heyward-Bey | WR | Maryland |
| P.J. Hill | RB | Wisconsin |
| Greg Isdaner | G | West Virginia |
| Ricky Jean-Francois | DT | LSU |
| Jeremy Maclin | WR | Missouri |
| Sen'Derrick Marks | DT | Auburn |
| Aaron Maybin | DE | Penn State |
| LeSean McCoy | RB | Penn State |
| Andrew Means | WR | Indiana |
| D.J. Moore | DB | Vanderbilt |
| Knowshon Moreno | RB | Georgia |
| Cameron Morrah | TE | California |
| Captain Munnerlyn | DB | South Carolina |
| Hakeem Nicks | WR | North Carolina |
| Kevin Ogletree | WR | Virginia |
| Jerraud Powers | DB | Auburn |
| Richard Quinn | TE | North Carolina |
| Mark Sanchez | QB | USC |
| Andre Smith | OT | Alabama |
| Sean Smith | DB | Utah |
| Matt Stafford | QB | Georgia |
| Donald Washington | DB | Ohio St. |
| Chris Wells | RB | Ohio St. |
| Brandon Williams | DE | Texas Tech |
