2008 Declared Underclassmen

[cubuffsman78]

It's that time of year to figure out which underclassmen are declaring for early entry into the draft and which ones are not. Post a player with a link showing their decision to have them added to the list.

Leaving
Kenny Phillips, S, Miami, Fla.
Mario Urrutia, WR, Louisville
Johnny Dingle, DE, West Virginia
Franklin Dunbar, OT, Mid. Tenn. St.
Jamal Charles, RB, Texas
Ryan Clady, OT, Boise St.
Erin Henderson, LB, Maryland
Derrick Harvey, DE, Florida
Branden Albert, OG, Virginia
Cornelius Ingram, TE, Florida
Calais Campbell, DE, Miami, Fla.
Taj Smith, WR, Syracuse
James Hardy, WR, Indiana
Davone Bess, WR, Hawaii
Rashard Mendenhall, RB, Illinois
Devin Thomas, WR, Michigan St.
Martellus Bennett, TE, Texas A&M
Kevin Smith, RB, UCF
Brandon Flowers, CB, Virginia Tech
Aqib Talib, CB, Kansas
Anthony Collins, OT, Kansas
Jermichael Finley, TE, Texas
Jake Ikegwuonu, S, Wisconsin
Joe Burnett, CB, UCF
Ray Rice, RB, Rutgers
Jerod Mayo, LB, Tennessee
Geno Hayes, LB, Florida St.
Pat Sims, DT, Auburn
Adrian Arrington, WR, Michigan
James Banks, WR, Carson-Newman
Dajuan Morgan, FS, N.C. State
Orlando Scandrick, CB, Boise St.
Jonathan Stewart, RB, Oregon
Vernon Gholston, DE, Ohio St.
Malcolm Kelly, WR, Oklahoma
Darren McFadden, RB, Arkansas
Phillip Merling, DE, Clemson
Lamar Myles, LB, Louisville
Letroy Guion, DT, Florida St.
Earl Bennett, WR, Vanderbilt
Chilo Rachal, OG, USC
Troy Van Blarcom, K, Kansas Wesleyan
Steve Slaton, RB, West Virginia
Jeff King, CB, Penn St.
Felix Jones, RB, Arkansas
Xavier Lee, QB/Ath, Florida St.
Curtis Lofton, LB, Oklahoma
Mario Manningham, WR, Michigan
Desean Jackson, WR, Cal
Reggie Smith, CB, Oklahoma
L.J. Anderson, OG, UCF
DeMario Bobo, FS, Miss. St.
Josh Johnson, LB, Marshall
Selwin Lymon, WR, Purdue
Sean Penix, WR, Arkansas


Staying
Travis Beckum, TE, Wisconsin
Brian Cushing, LB, USC
Sean Lee, LB, Penn St.
Rey Maualuga, LB, USC
Chase Daniel, QB, Missouri
Chase Coffman, TE, Missouri
Malcolm Jenkins, CB, Ohio St.
Michael Johnson, DE, Ga. Tech
James Laurinaitis, LB, Ohio St.
Victor "Macho" Harris, CB, Va. Tech
Tyson Jackson, DE, LSU
Michael Oher, OT, Ole Miss

[cdobry1991]

Great list. I've stickied this one, and unstickied the one from last year.

[cubuffsman78]

Good. I was hoping someone would.

[cdobry1991]

No problem.

Not sure if anyone else saw, but during the Champs Sports Bowl, there was a crawler item saying Darren McFadden's SUV purchase was under investigation. Rumored to have been bought by Mike Conley Sr., who denies it. Anyone else see this or have thoughts on this issue? I think it makes McFadden have to go pro to avoid any possible suspensions.

[cubuffsman78]

McFadden not going pro would be the surprise of the draft regardless of the situation with the SUV.

Ultimately, the only people that the SUV purchase would hurt would be the Arkansas program if any proof linking it to Conley can be obtained.

[sommerSD]

Conley was accused of buying the SUV for McFadden by a TV station in Little Rock, Arkansas. The station has since retracted the accusation and has apologized. The NCAA is investigating, but nothing substantial is expected to be uncovered.

[kevmvp]

Ray Rice should stay in College. Next year he could possibly be a top RB going into the draft.

[cubuffsman78]

Report came across the AP wire late last night about Chase Daniel and Chase Coffman from Missouri probably returning to school. I'm going to go ahead and move their names to the staying list.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3172828

[The Swami]

Jamaal Charles and Ryan Clady officially declared

[cubuffsman78]

Very interesting decision by Charles. I think he could be a first day pick and go as high as the second round. I don't see him sneaking into the first round right now, though. He's incredibly gifted and I wrote several columns this year saying that the biggest problem with Texas was the lack of Charles' involvement in the offensive gameplan.