Tag: college football opt out list

Some of these opt out announcements occurred before some conferences postponed their seasons, so it is unclear if some players who opted out of the fall might choose to play in the winter/spring. A few high-profile players who are likely NFL draft picks have opted out to begin training, while other players have done so due to personal COVID concerns.

To date the most high-profile opt-outs are QB Jamie Newman, RBs Kennedy Brooks & Kenny Gainwell, & WRs Ja’Marr Chase, Rashod Bateman (opted back in), Warren Jackson, Rondale Moore (opted back in) & Sage Surratt.

This list will continue to be updated throughout the season:

QBs:

• David Baldwin-Griffin, App State
• Kennique Bonner-Steward, Temple
• Danny Clark, Vanderbilt
• Kevin Doyle, Arizona (opted back in)
• James Foster, Texas A&M
• TJ Goodwin, UTEP
• Josh Jackson, Maryland
• Cordel Littlejohn, FAU
• Darriel Mack, UCF
• Tate Martell, Miami
• Dylan McCaffrey, Michigan
• Jamie Newman, Georgia
• Aidan Smith, Northwestern

RBs:

• Abdul Adams, Syracuse
• Raykwon Anderson, App State
• Steven Anderson, Southern Miss
• Josh Berry, USF
• Rakeem Boyd, Arkansas – near end of season
• Kennedy Brooks, Oklahoma
• Ra’Von Bonner, Illinois
• DeShawn Collins, Cal
• Josh Crawford, Central Michigan
• Joe Ervin, Kansas State
• Kendrell Flowers, Wake Forest
• Kenny Gainwell, Memphis
• DaQuon Godfrey, UAB
• Thomas Grayson, Kansas State
• Javian Hawkins, Louisville – midseason
• Chase Hayden, East Carolina (midseason)
• Kylin Hill, Miss State
• Mike Hollins, Virginia
• Jarveon Howard, Syracuse
• Keoni-Kordell Makekau, Navy
• Jordan Nettles, Northern Illinois
• Willie Parker, Eastern Michigan
• Martell Pettaway, MTSU
• Don Ragsdale, Southern Miss – midseason
• Amir Rasul, MTSU
• Bam Smith, Arizona
• Jared Sparks, Purdue – midseason
• Titus Swen, Wyoming
• Christian Turner, Michigan (opted back in)
• Quardraiz Wadley, UTEP
• Kenneth Walker, Wake Forest – near end of season
• Pooka Williams, Kansas (midseason)
• Daniel Young, Texas

WRs & TEs:

• Jaylond Adams, Southern Miss
• Jhamon Ausbon, Texas A&M
• Rashod Bateman, Minnesota (opted back in)
• Brandius Batiste, Louisiana-Monroe
• Cjay Boone, Missouri
• Ja’Marr Chase, LSU
• Eyin Cole, Florida Atlantic
• Xavier Coleman, UAB
• Nico Collins, Michigan
• Damonte Coxie, Memphis (midseason)
• Kevin Davis, UAB
• Randrecous Davis, South Carolina
• Taj Davis, Washington
• Drew Dixon, Arizona – midseason
• Taury Dixon, Mississippi State (former DB)
• Coye Fairman, Memphis
• DeAngelo Gibbs, Tennessee
• Dorien Goddard, Virginia
• Markus Grossman, UAB
• DaJon Harrison, Texas
• Jeremiah Hawkins, Cal
• Warren Jackson, Colorado State
• Tyrece Johnson, MTSU
• Jordan Kerley, Arizona State
• TE Jacob Kizer, Washington
• Maurice Massey, Missouri
• Eddie McDoom, USF
• TK McLendon, LSU (former TE, was DE this season)
• Rondale Moore, Purdue (opted back in)
• TE Thomas Nance, USF
• Jernard Phillips, USF
• Corey Reed, Louisville – mideason
• Brad Rozner, Rice
• Zak Simon, UMass
• OrTre Smith, South Carolina
• Mekhi Stevenson, UNLV
• Sage Surratt, Wake Forest
• Corey Sutton, Appalachian State
• Yusuf Terry, Baylor – midseason
• Austin Watkins, UAB – near end of season
• TE Jason Whittaker, Northwestern
• Kassidy Woods, Washington State
• Everett Wormley, Rutgers
• Aaron Young, FAU – midseason

If you feel any names are missing from this list please send names to CFU via email or twitter.