The 2016 class, if you included graduating, all-star eligible juniors, finished with 107 total underclassmen leaving school with eligibility remaining.
This year’s list includes six non-FBS prospects and two Canadian college prospects. Among the positional breakdown four quarterbacks, ten running backs, sixteen wide receivers, thirteen linebackers and seventy defensive backs.
Ohio State led the way with seven underclassmen declared, followed by UCLA with six and Clemson/Florida with five (not counting additional graduating redshirt juniors).
| Player | Pos. | College |
| Jared Goff | QB | California |
| Christian Hackenberg | QB | Penn State |
| Cardale Jones | QB | Ohio State |
| Paxton Lynch | QB | Memphis |
| Peyton Barber | RB | Auburn |
| Alex Collins | RB | Arkansas |
| Ezekiel Elliott | RB | Ohio State |
| Derrick Henry | RB | Alabama |
| Jordan Howard | RB | Indiana |
| Paul Perkins | RB | UCLA |
| C.J. Prosise | RB | Notre Dame |
| Wendell Smallwood | RB | West Virginia |
| Kelvin Taylor | RB | Florida |
| Dwayne Washington | RB | Washington |
| Bralon Addison | WR | Oregon |
| Demarcus Ayers | WR | Houston |
| Tyler Boyd | WR | Pittsburgh |
| Daniel Braverman | WR | Western Michigan |
| Corey Coleman | WR | Baylor |
| Pharoh Cooper | WR | South Carolina |
| Will Fuller | WR | Notre Dame |
| Rashard Higgins | WR | Colorado State |
| Cayleb Jones | WR | Arizona |
| Kenny Lawler | WR | California |
| Roger Lewis | WR | Bowling Green |
| Jalin Marshall | WR | Ohio State |
| Marquez North | WR | Tennessee |
| Demarcus Robinson | WR | Florida |
| Laquon Treadwell | WR | Mississippi |
| De’Runnya Wilson | WR | Mississippi State |
| Thomas Duarte | TE | UCLA |
| David Grinnage | TE | North Carolina State |
| Hunter Henry | TE | Arkansas |
| Austin Hooper | TE | Stanford |
| Caleb Benenoch | OT | UCLA |
| Jack Conklin | OT | Michigan State |
| Jerald Hawkins | OT | Louisiana State |
| Germain Ifedi | OT | Texas A&M |
| Denver Kirkland | OT | Arkansas |
| Tyrell Smith | OT | Massachusetts |
| Ronnie Stanley | OT | Notre Dame |
| Laremy Tunsil | OT | Mississippi |
| Avery Young | OT | Auburn |
| Dariusz Bladek | OG | Bethune-Cookman |
| Alex Redmond | OG | UCLA |
| Isaac Seumalo | OG | Oregon State |
| Andrew Billings | DT | Baylor |
| Kenny Clark | DT | UCLA |
| Maliek Collins | DT | Nebraska |
| Elijah Daniel | DT | Murray State |
| Willie Henry | DT | Michigan |
| Chris Jones | DT | Mississippi State |
| Darius Latham | DT | Indiana |
| Robert Nkemdiche | DT | Mississippi |
| Hassan Ridgeway | DT | Texas |
| A’Shawn Robinson | DT | Alabama |
| Joey Bosa | DE | Ohio State |
| Kamalei Correa | DE | Boise State |
| Kevin Dodd | DE | Clemson |
| Shaq Lawson | DE | Clemson |
| Alex McCalister | DE | Florida |
| Yannick Ngakoue | DE | Maryland |
| Emmanuel Ogbah | DE | Oklahoma State |
| Ron Thompson | DE | Syracuse |
| Dominique Alexander | LB | Oklahoma |
| Beniquez Brown | LB | Mississippi State |
| Su’a Cravens | LB | Southern California |
| Terrell Davis | LB | British Columbia |
| Leonard Floyd | LB | Georgia |
| Myles Jack | LB | UCLA |
| Darron Lee | LB | Ohio State |
| Steve Longa | LB | Rutgers |
| Brett McMakin | LB | Northern Iowa |
| Jaylon Smith | LB | Notre Dame |
| Nick Vigil | LB | Utah State |
| Stephen Weatherly | LB | Vanderbilt |
| Scooby Wright | LB | Arizona |
| Mackensie Alexander | DB | Clemson |
| Eli Apple | DB | Ohio State |
| Vonn Bell | DB | Ohio State |
| Artie Burns | DB | Miami |
| Trenton Coles | DB | Duquesne |
| Kendall Fuller | DB | Virginia Tech |
| T.J. Green | DB | Clemson |
| Vernon Hargreaves | DB | Florida |
| Xavien Howard | DB | Baylor |
| Jayron Kearse | DB | Clemson |
| Keanu Neal | DB | Florida |
| Joe Powell | DB | Globe |
| Jalen Ramsey | DB | Florida State |
| Rashard Robinson | DB | Louisiana State |
| Zack Sanchez | DB | Oklahoma |
| Cleveland Wallace | DB | San Jose State |
| Daryl Worley | DB | West Virginia |
| Aldrick Rosas | K | Southern Oregon |
| Quinn van Gylswyk | K | British Columbia |
Players who technically “declared” for the draft, but have fulfilled their graduation requirements. Three of the players below will be at the Senior Bowl.
| Player | Pos. | College |
| Roberto Aguayo | K | Florida State |
| Travis Blanks | LB | Clemson |
| Zac Brooks | RB | Clemson |
| Eric Enderson | P | Delaware |
| Austin Johnson | DT | Penn State |
| Keith Marshall | RB | Georgia |
| Tyvis Powell | DB | Ohio State |
| Noah Spence | DE | Eastern Kentucky |
| Michael Thomas | WR | Ohio State |
| Corey Tindal | DB | Marshall |
| Vincent Valentine | DT | Nebraska |
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