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SEC losing 32 underclassmen to NFL draft

January, 16, 2013

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By Chris Low | ESPN.com

The deadline for underclassmen to declare for the NFL draft is today.

Unofficially, 32 SEC underclassmen -- counting former LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu -- have filed paperwork to enter April’s draft. The NFL will put out an official list later this week.

How does that number compare to last year? It nearly triples the 12 underclassmen in the SEC who left early to enter the 2012 NFL draft. Of the 12 who came out early last year, seven went in the first round and two others in the second round.

Here’s a school-by-school rundown of the SEC underclassmen who’ve declared early for the draft this year:

ALABAMA

ARKANSAS

OG Alvin Bailey
RB Knile Davis

AUBURN

DE Corey Lemonier

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

LSU

MISSOURI

DT Sheldon Richardson

SOUTH CAROLINA

RB Marcus Lattimore

TENNESSEE

TEXAS A&M

OT Luke Joeckel
DE Damontre Moore

Below are some of the players in the SEC who considered a jump to the NFL, but elected to stay in school for their senior seasons:

DE Dominique Easley, Florida
OLB Adrian Hubbard, Alabama
OG Gabe Jackson, Mississippi State
OT Ja'Wuan James, Tennessee
S Craig Loston, LSU
OT Jake Matthews, Texas A&M
WR Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt
QB AJ McCarron, Alabama
DT Daniel McCullers, Tennessee
LB C.J. Mosley, Alabama
QB Aaron Murray, Georgia
WR Ace Sanders, South Carolina

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ESPN.com SEC blogger
Joined ESPN.com in 2007
Wrote for The (Nashville) Tennessean

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