McFadden, of Arkansas, and Smith, of Central Florida, were joined by Kansas cornerback Aqib Talib and tackle Anthony Collins. The deadline for receiving applications was Jan. 15.

Other notable players leaving school after their junior years were McFadden's running back partner at Arkansas, Felix Jones, along with Ray Rice of Rutgers; Jonathan Stewart of Oregon and Jamaal Charles of Texas; wide receivers DeSean Jackson of California, James Hardy of Indiana, Davone Bess of Hawaii, Adrian Arrington of Michigan and Earl Bennett of Vanderbilt; tackle Ryan Clady of Boise State; guard Branden Albert of Virginia; defensive ends Vernon Gholston of Ohio State and Calais Campbell of Miami, Fla.; linebacker Curtis Lofton of Oklahoma; and defensive backs Brandon Flowers of Virginia Tech and Kenny Phillips of Miami, Fla.

The draft will be held April 26-27.

The players:

Branden Albert, g, Virginia

L.J. Anderson, g, Central Florida

Adrian Arrington, wr, Michigan

Earl Bennett, wr, Vanderbilt

Martellus Bennett, te, Texas A&M

Davone Bess, wr, Hawaii

Demario Bobo, db, Mississippi State

Calais Campbell, de, Miami

Jamaal Charles, rb, Texas

Ryan Clady, ot, Boise State

Anthony Collins, ot, Kansas

Johnny Dingle, de, West Virginia

Franklin Dunbar, ot, Middle Tennessee

Jermichael Finley, te, Texas

Brandon Flowers, db, Virginia Tech

Jeremy Geathers, de, UNLV

Vernon Gholston, de, Ohio State

Ryan Grice-Mullins, wr, Hawaii

Letroy Guion, dt, Florida State

James Hardy, wr, Indiana

Derrick Harvey, de, Florida

Geno Hayes, lb, Florida State

Erin Henderson, lb, Maryland

Jack Ikegwuonu, cb, Wisconsin

DeSean Jackson, wr, California

Josh Johnson, lb, Marshall

Felix Jones, rb, Arkansas

Malcolm Kelly, wr, Oklahoma

Justin King, cb, Penn State

Xavier Lee, qb, Florida State

Curtis Lofton, lb, Oklahoma

Selwyn Lymon, wr, Purdue

Mario Manningham, wr, Michigan

Jerod Mayo, lb, Tennessee

Darren McFadden, rb, Arkansas

Rashard Mendenhall, rb, Illinois

Phillip Merling, de, Clemson

DaJuan Morgan, db, North Carolina State

Lamar Myles, lb, Louisville

Sean Penix, wr, Arkansas

Kenny Phillips, db, Miami

Chilo Rachal, g, Southern California

Darius Reynaud, wr, West Virginia

Ray Rice, rb, Rutgers

Orlando Scandrick, db, Boise State

Pat Sims, dt, Auburn

Steve Slaton, rb, West Virginia

Kevin Smith, rb, Central Florida

Reggie Smith, cb, Oklahoma

Jonathan Stewart, rb, Oregon

Aqib Talib, cb, Kansas

Devin Thomas, wr, Michigan State