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The 135 players forgoing eligibility surpasses the 119 from last year. The NFL released the official list on Friday. There are 103 underclassmen eligible for the April 25-27 draft. Another 32 players have graduated but still have college eligibility.The vast majority of players made their intentions known ahead of Monday’s NFL deadline. Among the most notable were Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray of Oklahoma and Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins.Alabama has seven players among the 135 T.J. Hockenson Jersey , the most of any school, including All-America defensive tackle Quinnen Williams, All-America safety Deionte Thompson and All-America offensive tackle Jonah Williams. Ohio State and Oklahoma each have six players.Murray has already signed a contract with the Oakland Athletics after being selected in the first round of the MLB draft in June. Murray has yet to break his deal with the A’s, but he could abandon it to play in the NFL. Murray, who is listed at 5-foot-10 and 195, had a spectacular season with the Sooners and is a possible first-round pick by NFL teams.The 103 underclassmen who have met the NFL’s three-year eligibility rule and renounced their remaining eligibility to enter the draft are three short of last year’s record 106. That number has been trending up for years, including a spike in 2014, when 98 underclassmen were granted special eligibility by the league. In 2013, 73 players fell into that category.Since 2014, at least 95 underclassmen entered the draft without completing their degrees in every season but 2015, when the number was 74.“It is not a good situation,” said former Dallas Cowboys executive Gil Brandt Zach Brown Jersey , who now works for the NFL Network.Brandt said too many players who are not ready to compete in the NFL are swayed by agents to enter the draft. He said offensive linemen and quarterbacks in particular can usually benefit from more college seasoning.“When we start taking all these guys, they’re doing the colleges a disservice, they’re doing the players a disservice,” Brandt said.Among the players who didn’t need special entry granted by the league because they had fulfilled their degree requirements were quarterbacks Daniel Jones of Duke, Jarrett Stidham of Auburn and Tyree Jackson of Buffalo, along with Clemson All-America defensive end Clelin Ferrell and Northern Illinois All-America defensive end Sutton Smith. DENVER (AP) — Von Miller channeled Bill Belichick after the Denver Broncos‘ stirring 24-17 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.He finished all six of his answers in his poker-faced postgame news conference by saying, it’s “on to Cincinnati.”The surging Broncos (5-6) visit the sliding Bengals (5-6), who have lost five of six, next weekend in what looks like quite a respite from the difficult schedule they’ve faced so far.Entering Week 12, the Broncos had played the league’s toughest schedule with their opponents combining for a 66-46-1 record for a lofty .588 winning percentage.After hanging tough against the league’s heavyweights, losing by a combined 12 points to the Chiefs (twice), Rams and Texans Kyler Murray Jersey , the Broncos have snapped back-to-back six-game winning streaks by the Chargers and Steelers.On Sunday, they handed the Steelers (7-3-1) their first loss since September and just their second in the last 18 regular-season road games when nose tackle Shelby Harris picked off Ben Roethlisberger’s 2-yard pass to Antonio Brown in the end zone with just over a minute remaining .“It was a great team win,” Miller mono-toned. “On to Cincinnati.”The Steelers were the third consecutive opponent to bring a winning streak of at least five games into their matchup with Denver, and although Roethlisberger threw for 462 yards, the Broncos had four takeaways.Will Parks saved a touchdown by punching the ball out of the end zone as tight end Xavier Grimble was about to score on a 24-yard catch-and-run. Chris Harris Jr. intercepted a pass intended for Antonio Brown. Bradley Roby and Darian Stewart, burned on JuJu Smith-Schuster’s 97-yard TD catch, teamed up to get the ball from running back James Connor.And Shelby Harris capped the night with his first career interception 48 hours after missing practice to attend the birth of his daughter.“We had a great win today, great team win,” Miller said, staring straight ahead, seemingly emotionless. “Shelby had an incredible day. But it’s on to Cincinnati.”The 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers were the last team to face the sort of three-game test the Broncos just did, wrapping up an 0-14 season with losses to the Raiders Byron Murphy Jersey , Steelers and Patriots by an average of 40-10.And the Broncos are the first team since the 2005 Steelers to snap consecutive win streaks of at least six games in back-to-back weekends.The Broncos nearly swept their three red-hot opponents“We should have,” safety Darian Stewart said. “We should have.”Brandon McManus missed a 51-yard field goal as time expired against the Texans, allowing Houston to escape 19-17 before bouncing back last week to beat the Chargers on a field goal as time expired.Chris Harris Jr. said the Broncos are flame-tested and ready to make a push against a schedule that lightens up considerably.Their next four opponents — Cincinnati, San Francisco, Cleveland and Oakland — are a combined 13-30-1 before a finale against the 8-3 Chargers, whom they beat last week.“We like where we are,” Stewart said. “We’ve played the best of the best all year. We’ve got the hardest schedule in the league and these guys keep fighting. We’re built for it. This defense is built to stop anybody in this league.“You saw the game last week with L.A. and K.C., all those points put up,” Stewart said of the 104-point explosion by teams that averaged just 26 points against Denver. “This defense is steady and we’re going to fight.”Miller tied a career high by extending his sack streak to six straight games.“We played great defense,” Miller said. “We played great offense. Great team win.“It’s on to Cincinnati.”