The National Football League announced today the names of 46 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2009 NFL Draft on April 25-26. 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 deadline for receiving applications was January 15. In 2008, 53 players were granted special eligibility for the draft.
The players declared eligible are:
| Player | Pos. | College |
| Allen, Asher | DB | Georgia |
| Britt, Kenny | WR | Rutgers |
| Britton, Eben | T | Arizona |
| Brown, Donald | RB | Connecticut |
| Brown, Everette | DE | Florida State |
| Butler, Carson | TE | Michigan |
| Byrd, Jairus | DB | Oregon |
| Casey, James | TE | Rice |
| Childs, Jeremy | WR | Boise State |
| Coffee, Glen | RB | Alabama |
| Cook, Emanuel | DB | South Carolina |
| Cook, Jared | TE | South Carolina |
| Crabtree, Michael | WR | Texas Tech |
| Davie, Andrew | TE | Arkansas |
| Davis, Nate | QB | Ball State |
| Davis, Vontae | DB | Illinois |
| Evans, Maurice | DE | Penn State |
| Freeman, Josh | QB | Kansas State |
| Goodson, Mike | RB | Texas A&M |
| Greene, Shonn | RB | Iowa |
| Hartline, Brian | WR | Ohio State |
| Harvin, Percy | WR | Florida |
| Heyward-Bey, Darrius | WR | Maryland |
| Hill, P.J. | RB | Wisconsin |
| Isdaner, Greg | G | West Virginia |
| Jean-Francois, Ricky | DT | Louisiana State |
| Maclin, Jeremy | WR | Missouri |
| Marks, Sen’Derrick | DT | Auburn |
| Maybin, Aaron | DE | Penn State |
| McCoy, LeSean | RB | Pittsburgh |
| Means, Andrew | WR | Indiana |
| Moore, D.J. | DB | Vanderbilt |
| Moreno, Knowshon | RB | Georgia |
| Morrah, Cameron | TE | California |
| Munnerlyn, Captain | DB | South Carolina |
| Nicks, Hakeem | WR | North Carolina |
| Ogletree, Kevin | WR | Virginia |
| Powers, Jerraud | DB | Auburn |
| Quinn, Richard | TE | North Carolina |
| Sanchez, Mark | QB | Southern California |
| Smith, Andre | T | Alabama |
| Smith, Sean | DB | Utah |
| Stafford, Matt | QB | Georgia |
| Washington, Donald | DB | Ohio State |
| Wells, Chris | RB | Ohio State |
| Williams, Brandon | DE | Texas Tech |
