Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The field of potential Tampa Bay Buccaneer draft picks grew by a significant amount on Friday. The NFL has released its annual list of underclassmen who applied for and were granted special availability for the draft, and as usual it includes many of the players widely considered to be the top prospects. It was a long list, too, with 96 players getting special eligibility, the second-biggest group of underclassmen ever to declare for the draft. There were 98 players granted special eligibility in 2014.The NFL also announced the names of 11 players who have fulfilled their degree requirements early and notified the league of such in order to become eligible for the draft. Among the underclassmen who declared for the 2016 draft are Ohio State defensive end Joey Bosa, Notre Dame linebacker Jaylon Smith, Florida State defensive back Jalen Ramsey, Mississippi tackle Laremy Tunsil, Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch and Florida cornerback Vernon Hargreaves. The full list is below; don't be surprised if you hear some of those names again when the Buccaneers are making their picks in April. The underclassmen eligibility list released last January included Jameis Winston and Kwon Alexander, both of whom were drafted by Tampa Bay. In addition, second-round pick Donovan Smith had received his degree, like the 11 above, despite having eligibility left.In fact, 18 of the 32 players picked in the first round last year were underclassmen, including seven of the top 10. Another 13 went in the second round. Fifty of the 74 players granted special eligibility last year were drafted. Tampa Bay's first two picks in the 2014 draft were also underclassmen: wide receiver Mike Evans and tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins. In 2013 the Bucs used mid-round picks on underclassmen Will Gholston and Akeem Spence, a pair of Big Ten defensive linemen. The last time the Bucs did not draft a single underclassman was 2012. Here are the 96 underclassmen who have been granted special eligibility for the 2016 NFL Draft, as released by the NFL on Friday: Player Pos. College 1 Roberto Aguayo K Florida State 2 Travis Blanks LB Clemson 3 Zac Brooks RB Clemson 4 Eric Enderson P Delaware 5 Austin Johnson DT Penn State 6 Keith Marshall RB Georgia 7 Tyvis Powell DB Ohio State 8 Noah Spence DE Eastern Kentucky 9 Michael Thomas WR Ohio State 10 Corey Tindal DB Marshall 11 Vincent Valentine DT Nebraska Each of the 96 players granted special eligibility 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 18. The players granted special eligibility for the 2016 NFL Draft: Player Pos. College 1 Bralon Addison WR Oregon 2 Dominique Alexander LB Oklahoma 3 Mackensie Alexander DB Clemson 4 Eli Apple DB Ohio State 5 Demarcus Ayers WR Houston 6 Peyton Barber RB Auburn 7 Vonn Bell DB Ohio State 8 Caleb Benenoch T UCLA 9 Andrew Billings DT Baylor 10 Dariusz Bladek G Bethune-Cookman 11 Joey Bosa DE Ohio State 12 Tyler Boyd WR Pittsburgh 13 Daniel Braverman WR Western Michigan 14 Beniquez Brown LB Mississippi State 15 Artie Burns DB Miami 16 Kenny Clark DT UCLA 17 Corey Coleman WR Baylor 18 Trenton Coles DB Duquesne 19 Alex Collins RB Arkansas 20 Maliek Collins DT Nebraska 21 Jack Conklin T Michigan State 22 Pharoh Cooper WR South Carolina 23 Kamalei Correa DE Boise State 24 Su'a Cravens LB Southern California 25 Elijah Daniel DT Murray State 26 Terrell Davis LB British Columbia 27 Kevin Dodd DE Clemson 28 Thomas Duarte TE UCLA 29 Ezekiel Elliott RB Ohio State 30 Leonard Floyd LB Georgia 31 Kendall Fuller DB Virginia Tech 32 Will Fuller WR Notre Dame 33 Jared Goff QB California 34 T.J. Green DB Clemson 35 David Grinnage TE North Carolina State 36 Christian Hackenberg QB Penn State 37 Vernon Hargreaves DB Florida 38 Jerald Hawkins T Louisiana State 39 Derrick Henry RB Alabama 40 Hunter Henry TE Arkansas 41 Willie Henry DT Michigan 42 Rashard Higgins WR Colorado State 43 Austin Hooper TE Stanford 44 Jordan Howard RB Indiana 45 Xavien Howard DB Baylor 46 Germain Ifedi T Texas A&M 47 Myles Jack LB UCLA 48 Cardale Jones QB Ohio State 49 Cayleb Jones WR Arizona 50 Chris Jones DT Mississippi State 51 Jayron Kearse DB Clemson 52 Denver Kirkland T Arkansas 53 Darius Latham DT Indiana 54 Kenny Lawler WR California 55 Shaq Lawson DE Clemson 56 Darron Lee LB Ohio State 57 Roger Lewis WR Bowling Green 58 Steve Longa LB Rutgers 59 Paxton Lynch QB Memphis 60 Jalin Marshall WR Ohio State 61 Alex McCalister DE Florida 62 Brett McMakin LB Northern Iowa 63 Keanu Neal DB Florida 64 Yannick Ngakoue DE Maryland 65 Robert Nkemdiche DT Mississippi 66 Marquez North WR Tennessee 67 Emmanuel Ogbah DE Oklahoma State 68 Paul Perkins RB UCLA 69 Joe Powell DB Globe 70 C.J. Prosise RB Notre Dame 71 Jalen Ramsey DB Florida State 72 Alex Redmond G UCLA 73 Hassan Ridgeway DT Texas 74 A'Shawn Robinson DT Alabama 75 Demarcus Robinson WR Florida 76 Rashard Robinson DB Louisiana State 77 Aldrick Rosas K Southern Oregon 78 Zack Sanchez DB Oklahoma 79 Isaac Seumalo G Oregon State 80 Wendell Smallwood RB West Virginia 81 Jaylon Smith LB Notre Dame 82 Tyrell Smith T Massachusetts 83 Ronnie Stanley T Notre Dame 84 Kelvin Taylor RB Florida 85 Ron Thompson DE Syracuse 86 Laquon Treadwell WR Mississippi 87 Laremy Tunsil T Mississippi 88 Quinn van Gylswyk K British Columbia 89 Nick Vigil LB Utah State 90 Cleveland Wallace DB San Jose State 91 Dwayne Washington RB Washington 92 Stephen Weatherly LB Vanderbilt 93 De'Runnya Wilson WR Mississippi State 94 Daryl Worley DB West Virginia 95 Scooby Wright LB Arizona 96 Avery Young T Auburn

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Eligible Underclassmen Spike Draft Field

The Bucs, who drafted underclassmen in the first round the last two years, saw the 2016 field of prospects grow by nearly 100 when this year's list of eligible underclassmen was released.