Tailbacks Emmitt Smith of Florida and Marcus...

Tailbacks Emmitt Smith of Florida and Marcus Wilson of Virginia have decided to forgo their final season of college eligibility to enter the NFL draft.

“I look around at the running backs in the NFL, and I see their abilities and I think to myself, ‘I can match up pretty well with these guys,’ ” Wilson said.

The risk of injury as well as the prospect of a wage scale for rookies in 1991 were factors in Smith’s decision, Smith said. He said that Florida’s program being under NCAA investigation had no bearing in his leaving.