Additions to 2012 NFL Draft Underclassmen List

The League office received written notification from the following players prior to the January 15 deadline that they have renounced their college football eligibility.

Player  Position  College

Saalim Hakim,  WR  Palomar JC

Kyle Hall,   P  No College

Alonzo Lawrence,  DB  Mississippi Gulf JC

As a result of such timely notification, the players are eligible for selection in the 2012 Draft that begins April 26.

Current NCAA rules provide that a player who is ineligible to participate as a college freshman due to a rule known as Proposition 16 is eligible to play only three seasons of college football. If, however, such player graduates prior to the beginning of his fifth academic year, he automatically becomes eligible to participate in a fourth season of college football as a graduate student.

• Clubs are advised that any player who entered college in 2008 with only three seasons of football eligibility subject to Proposition 16 and who has participated in three college seasons is eligible for selection in the 2012 Draft, provided that the player does not participate in spring football practice or other team-related activities at his school in 2012.  If such player is graduated, becomes eligible to participate in another college football season, and returns to college to play football in 2012, pursuant to the terms of Article 6, Section 6 of the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement, a selecting club will retain its exclusive rights to him “through the date of the Draft that follows the last season in which the player was eligible to participate in college football, and thereafter the player shall be treated and the Club shall have such exclusive rights as if he were drafted in such Draft by such Club (or assignee Club).”
• If such a player is not drafted, he becomes eligible to be signed as a free agent and remains eligible to be signed as a free agent unless he returns to college to play football in the fall of 2012, in which case he will become eligible for selection in the 2013 Draft.
• A Prop 16 player who participates in spring football practice or other team-related activities at his school is not eligible for selection in the 2012 Draft.  If he subsequently becomes eligible for selection prior to the 2012 regular season, he may apply for a supplemental draft.

Jonathan Massaquoi, DE, Troy is eligible for selection in the 2012 Draft. Although Massaquoi did not exhaust his eligibility through participation, he graduated from Troy in December 2011 and is eligible for the 2012 Draft pursuant to Article XII, Section 12.1(H) of the Constitution and Bylaws.