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Underclassmen who declared for the 2002 draft

Thirty-nine players forfeited the remainder of their college eligibility and declared for the NFL draft in 2002. NFL teams drafted 27 underclassmen. Players listed in alphabetical order; first round selections in bold type.

	Pos	Drafted by	Overall pick
Terreal Bierria, Georgia	S	Seattle	120
Antonio Bryant, Pittsburgh	WR	Dallas	63
Phillip Buchanon, Miami-FL	CB	Oakland	17
Joe Burns, Ga. Tech	RB	Not Drafted	—
Reche Caldwell, Florida	WR	San Diego	48
T.J. Duckett, Mich. St.	RB	Atlanta	18
Trev Faulk, LSU	LB	Not Drafted	—
Toniu Fonoti, Nebraska	G	San Diego	39
Jabar Gaffney, Florida	WR	Houston	33
Charles Grant, Georgia	DE	New Orleans	25
William Green, Boston Coll.	RB	Cleveland	16
Albert Haynesworth, Tenn.	DT	Tennessee	15
Gary Hobbs, Arkansas	OT	Not Drafted	—
Dennis Johnson, Kentucky	DE	Arizona	98
Ryan Johnson, Memphis	WR	Not Drafted	—
Michael Josiah, Louisville	DE	Not Drafted	—
Ashley Lelie, Hawaii	WR	Denver	19
Tavon Mason, Virginia	WR	Not Drafted	—
Randy McMichael, Georgia	TE	Miami	114
Michael Pearson, Florida	OT	Jacksonville	40
Julius Peppers, N. Carolina	DE	Carolina	2
Clinton Portis, Miami-FL	RB	Denver	51
Saleem Rasheed, Alabama	LB	San Fran.	69
Tellis Redmon, Minnesota	RB	Not Drafted	—
Josh Reed, LSU	WR	Buffalo	36
Derek Ross, Ohio St.	CB	Dallas	75
Darnell Sanders, Ohio St.	TE	Cleveland	122
Lito Sheppard, Florida	CB	Philadelphia	26
Jeremy Shockey, Miami-FL	TE	NY Giants	14
Bobby Sippio, Western Ky.	DB	Not Drafted	—
Akil Smith, Clemson	OT	Not Drafted	—
Derek Smith, Kentucky	TE	Not Drafted	—
Bo Springfield, TCU	DB	Not Drafted	—
Luke Staley, BYU	RB	Detroit	214
Donte Stallworth, Tenn.	WR	New Orleans	13
Jerramy Stevens, Washington	TE	Seattle	28
Glenn Sumter, Memphis	DB	Not Drafted	—
Ramon Walker, Pittsburgh	S	Houston	153
Roy Williams, Oklahoma	S	Dallas	8