National Football Foundation Release
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. --- They will get listed as "Sr." in the game programs, websites and media guides, but the reality is UNM has ten student-athletes that you could affix "Gr." for their classification. "Gr." as in graduate. As in the Lobos will have 10 student-athletes on the 2017 roster working on graduate degrees. That number is tied for 13th nationally according to the National Football Foundation.
Northwestern leads the way with 18, followed by Coastal Carolina (14), Virginia (14), Cincinnati (13) Toledo (13), Central Florida (12), Alabama (12), Oregon (12), TCU (12), Kansas State (11), Maryland (11), South Alabama (10), South Florida (11), New Mexico (10), South Alabama (10), Texas Tech (10), West Virginia (10) and Kent State (10).