Now it's official: Here are the B1G's early NFL draft declarations
When it was all said and done, there were no last-minute surprises. Every B1G player that declared early for the 2016 NFL draft did so publicly before the final list was released on Friday.
In total, 96 underclassmen declared for the NFL draft. That was two short of the record set in 2014 when 98 underclassmen departed early.
To be clear, there were 11 departures from players who graduated but still had remaining eligibility. Four of them were B1G players. They were not included among the total of 96.
Here’s a look at the final B1G list of early departures:
-Eli Apple, Ohio State CB
-Vonn Bell, Ohio State S
-Joey Bosa, Ohio State DE
-Maliek Collins, Nebraska DT
-Jack Conklin, Michigan State OT
-Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State RB
-Christian Hackenberg, Penn State QB
-Willie Henry, Michigan DT
-Jordan Howard, Indiana RB
-Austin Johnson, Penn State DT
-Cardale Jones, Ohio State QB
-Darius Latham, Indiana DT
-Darron Lee, Ohio State LB
-Steve Longa, Rutgers LB
-Jalin Marshall, Ohio State WR
-Yannick Ngakoue, Maryland DE
-Tyvis Powell, Ohio State S
-Mike Thomas, Ohio State WR
-Vincent Valentine, Nebraska DT