NFL Draft: List of 26 prospects to attend
By Mike Dyce
The NFL has released the list of 26 prospects to attend the 2015 NFL Draft in Chicago.
The NFL Draft is just a couple of weeks away and will be held at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois. Traditionally the NFL Draft has been held in New York City at the Radio City Music Hall, but this year it won’t be.
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Every year players who are expected to be taken in the first round of the draft get invited to attend, and this year is no different. There will be 26 players attending the NFL Draft this year, including some notable big names from college football.
Two big names won’t be attending, and that are Heisman Trophy winning quarterbacks Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota. The two men expected to go within the first few selections won’t be an attendance for various reasons.
Here is the list or prospects to attend:
- Arik Armstead, DE, Oregon
- Vic Beasley, DE, Clemson
- La’el Collins, T, LSU
- Landon Collins, S, Alabama
- Bud Dupree, LB, Kentucky
- Cameron Erving, T, Florida State
- Dante Fowler, Jr, DE, Florida
- Melvin Gordon, RB, Wisconsin
- Randy Gregor, DE, Nebraska
- Todd Gurley, RB, Georgia
- D.J. Humphries, T, Florida
- Kevin Johnson, CB, Wake Forest
- Byron Jones, CB, Connecticut
- Benardrick McKinney, LB, Mississippi State
- DeVante Parker, WR, Louisville
- Andrus Peat, T, Stanford
- Breshad Perriman, WR, Central Florida
- Shane Ray, DE, Missouri
- Brandon Scherff, T, Iowa
- Danny Shelton, DT, Washington
- Devin Smith, WR, Ohio State
- Jaelen Stron, WR, Arizona State
- Laken Tomlinson, G, Duke
- Trae Waynes, CB, Michigan State
- Kevin White, WR, West Virginia
- Leonard Williams, DT, Southern California
Here is the schedule of the events:
- 7:00 PM CT/8:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 30 (Round 1)
- 6:00 PM CT/7:00 PM ET, Friday, May 1 (Rounds 2-3)
- 11:00 AM CT/Noon ET, Saturday, May 2 (Rounds 4-7)
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