We soon forget -- these players still have eligibility left -- but opted to pursue a professional career in the NFL. Can you imagine the team Brian Kelly would be taking into Austin tonight!

STANLEY, SMITH, FULLER, PROSISE and RUSSELL
And, we have a 21 year-old named Romeo Okwara '16 (who has an Accounting Degree from Notre Dame) on the New York Giants this morning. If he had redshirted as a 17 year-old he would be in today's starting line-up as well...