NFL Draft 2011: 25 Players Will Be In Attendance

For all of the talk about how the NFLPA was once considering a boycott of the 2011 NFL Draft, this is pretty funny: a record 25 players will be at Radio City Music Hall for the draft this week (the previous record was 17 a year ago). Many of these players are guys the Detroit Lions could end up picking in the first or second round or possibly later. Here's the full list:

• CB Prince Amukamara (Nebraska)
• LB Akeem Ayers (UCLA)
• DE Adrian Clayborn (Iowa)
• WR Randall Cobb (Kentucky)
• DT Marcell Dareus (Alabama)
• DT Nick Fairley (Auburn)
• QB Blaine Gabbert (Missouri)
• WR A.J. Green (Georgia)
• LB Mark Herzlich (Boston College)
• RB Mark Ingram (Alabama)
• DE Cameron Jordan (California)
• WR Julio Jones (Alabama)
• DE Ryan Kerrigan (Purdue)
• DT Corey Liuget (Illinois)
• LB Von Miller (Texas A&M)
• S Rahim Moore (UCLA)
• QB Cam Newton (Auburn)
• CB Patrick Peterson (LSU)
• OG/C Mike Pouncey (Florida)
• DE Aldon Smith (Missouri)
• OT Tyron Smith (USC)
• DT Phil Taylor (Baylor)
• OG Danny Watkins (Baylor)
• DE J.J. Watt (Wisconsin)
• RB Ryan Williams (Virginia Tech)

For more coverage of the 2011 NFL Draft (i.e. NFL mock drafts, draft projections, scouting reports, the full NFL Draft schedule, etc.), check out Mocking The Draft, SB Nation's NFL Draft hub, SB Nation Detroit's NFL Draft StoryStream and Pride Of Detroit's 2011 NFL Draft archive.