About NFL Combine 2024
The end of February will see over three hundred of the very best college football players participate in the NFL Scouting Combine, taking place in Indianapolis, Indiana. A bevy of top executives, coaching staff, player personnel department members, and medical personnel representing all 32 NFL teams will be at the event to evaluate the nation’s top college football players eligible for the upcoming NFL Draft.
An intense, four-day job interview, the period is an exciting time for athletes and a crucial step in achieving their dreams of playing in the NFL. The NFL Scouting Combine for the year 2024 will be held between February 26 - March 4, 2024. This year’s iteration sees a few quarterbacks in the mix with USC Trojan's star signal-caller Caleb Williams widely projected to be the first overall pick. Other notable players on the radar include quarterbacks Drake Maye and Jayden Daniels, wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., and Malik Nabers as well as a few offensive tackles.
On the defensive end, the first round could see edge rushers such as Dallas Turner, Jared Verse, and Laiatu Latu as well as cornerbacks like Cooper DeJean, Nate Wiggins, and Terron Arnold amongst many more.
What is the NFL Combine?
The NFL Draft Combine is a near-week-long event that takes place after the NFL season is over. This event is for collegiate football players who are looking to take the next step in their careers as football players and look to enter the upcoming NFL Draft. The purpose of the NFL Combine is to test collegiate athletes on their physical as well as mental abilities to get a general gist of how they would fare once drafted into the professional league.
The NFL Combine is an invite-only event meaning not all college football players get the chance to perform in front of scouts, experts, team owners, and coaching staff. While scouts are continuously monitoring college players year after year, the NFL Draft Combine provides an added opportunity for players to showcase their abilities and interact with various team personnel such as coaches, and owners. As a result, the NFL Combine goes a long way in deciding where a player may get drafted which in turn affects his draft status and salary when he joins the NFL.
NFL Combine Location
As has been the case since 1987, the 2024 edition of the NFL Draft Combine will once again take place in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. The event takes place at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis which is the home of the Indianapolis Colts.
NFL Combine Schedule
Now that the 2023 NFL season is officially over, fans are interested in knowing when is the NFL combine. For the 2024 season, the NFL Combine dates for 2024 have been revealed and this year's event will take place between February 26 - March 4, 2024, with the on-field workouts taking place from February 1 - March 4. The much-anticipated event will take place as usual at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The prospects for the NFL Draft will congregate in Indianapolis towards the end of February. The first few days typically comprise of physicals and athletic testing, before the drills by groups begin in the remaining four days of the combine. Position groups take the field by the day. The official schedule to take the field is as follows:-
Date | Time(ET) | Group |
Thursday, February 29 | 3 p.m. | Defensive line and Linebackers |
Friday, March 1 | 3 p.m. | Defensive Backs and Tight ends |
Saturday, March 2 | 1 p.m. | Running Backs, Quarterbacks, and Wide Receivers |
Sunday, March 3 | 1 p.m. | Offensive Line |
NFL Combine TV Schedule
The NFL Combine is available to watch on the NFL Network with live streams available. The NFL Combine can be caught on the tube and people can turn to the NFL Network and NFL+ to catch the events with Rich Eisen leading the coverage, along with Daniel Jeremiah, and Kurt Warner among others.
As per the released schedule, the drills for the Defensive line and Linebackers will take place at 3:00 pm on Thursday, February 29. The drills for the Defensive Backs and Tight ends will be held at 3:00 pm on Friday, March 1. The Running Backs, Quarterbacks, and Wide Receivers will take the field at 1:00 pm on Saturday, March 2, while the last group features the Offensive Line at 1:00 pm on Sunday, March 3.
How are players selected for the NFL Combine?
The NFL has a player selection committee that selects which players are to be invited each year. The committee takes into account the opinions of all 32 NFL teams as they are provided with a list of all the draft-eligible players. This committee is formed by the Directors of National and BLESTO scouting services who together represent 28 of the 32 NFL teams. They are also joined by other player personnel departments.
The committee then votes on each player on a position-by-position basis and tries to come up with the best possible list of invites. The invites are then sent out according to the highest number of votes in each position to try and bring in the best talent from the upcoming draft class. While the system may not be foolproof, it aims at inviting as many of the top collegiate talents that are entering the draft.
NFL Combine Invites 2024
A total of 321 prospects have been invited to Indianapolis, which is two more than last year’s pool. The invitees are decided by the Player Selection Committee, which comprises directors of both the National and BLESTO scouting services and members of various NFL player personnel departments.
According to the league, each team can provide input on draft-eligible players before the selections are made. There are more prospects than draft picks in April, so for many players, the stakes are extremely high as they try to make their mark on the various teams.
A complete list of the prospects can be seen below:
Quarterbacks
Jayden Daniels, LSU
Sam Hartman, Notre Dame
Devin Leary, Kentucky
Drake Maye, North Carolina
J.J. McCarthy, Michigan
Joe Milton III, Tennessee
Bo Nix, Oregon
Michael Penix Jr., Washington
Michael Pratt, Tulane
Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
Austin Reed, Western Kentucky
Kedon Slovis, BYU
Jordan Travis, Florida State
Caleb Williams, USC
Running backs
Rasheen Ali, Marshall
Braelon Allen, Wisconsin
Emani Bailey, TCU
Trey Benson, Florida State
Jonathon Brooks, Texas
Blake Corum, Michigan
Isaiah Davis, South Dakota State
Ray Davis, Kentucky
Daijun Edwards, Georgia
Audric Estimé, Notre Dame
Frank Gore Jr., Southern Mississippi
Isaac Guerendo, Louisville
George Holani, Boise State
Bucky Irving, Oregon
Dillon Johnson, Washington
Jawhar Jordan, Louisville
Dylan Laube, New Hampshire
MarShawn Lloyd, USC
Jase McClellan, Alabama
Kendall Milton, Georgia
Keilan Robinson, Texas
Cody Schrader, Missouri
Will Shipley, Clemson
Jaden Shirden, Monmouth
Tyrone Tracy Jr., Purdue
Kimani Vidal, Troy
Michael Wiley, Arizona
Miyan Williams, Ohio State
Jaylen Wright, Tennessee
Wide receivers
Javon Baker, UCF
Jermaine Burton, Alabama
Jalen Coker, Holy Cross
Keon Coleman, Florida State
Malachi Corley, Western Kentucky
Jacob Cowing, Arizona
Ryan Flournoy, Southeast Missouri State
Troy Franklin, Oregon
Anthony Gould, Oregon State
Lideatrick Griffin, Mississippi State
Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State
Jha'Quan Jackson, Tulane
Cornelius Johnson, Michigan
Xavier Legette, South Carolina
Luke McCaffrey, Rice
Ladd McConkey, Georgia
Jalen McMillan, Washington
Bub Means, Pittsburgh
Adonai Mitchell, Texas
Malik Nabers, LSU
Rome Odunze, Washington
Ricky Pearsall, Florida
Ja'Lynn Polk, Washington
Brenden Rice, USC
Tayvion Robinson, Kentucky
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint, Georgia
Ainias Smith, Texas A&M
Brian Thomas Jr., LSU
Jamari Thrash, Louisville
Devaughn Vele, Utah
Devontez Walker, North Carolina
Malik Washington, Virginia
Tahj Washington, USC
Xavier Weaver, Colorado
Jordan Whittington, Texas
Isaiah Williams, Illinois
Johnny Wilson, Florida State
Roman Wilson, Michigan
Xavier Worthy, Texas
Tight ends
Erick All, Iowa
AJ Barner, Michigan
Jaheim Bell, Florida State
Brock Bowers, Georgia
Devin Culp, Washington
Dallin Holker, Colorado State
Theo Johnson, Penn State
Trey Knox, South Carolina
Tanner McLachlan, Arizona
Tip Reiman, Illinois
Ja'Tavion Sanders, Texas
Ben Sinnott, Kansas State
Brevyn Spann-Ford, Minnesota
Cade Stover, Ohio State
Jack Westover, Washington
Jared Wiley, TCU
Offensive linemen
Isaiah Adams, Illinois
Joe Alt, Notre Dame
Kiran Amegadjie, Yale
Gottlieb Ayedze, Maryland
Karsen Barnhart, Michigan
Graham Barton, Duke
Cooper Beebe, Kansas State
Keaton Bills, Utah
Tanor Bortolini, Wisconsin
Javion Cohen, Miami (Fla.)
Andrew Coker, TCU
Brandon Coleman, TCU
Frank Crum, Wyoming
Anim Dankwah, Howard
Ethan Driskell, Marshall
Kingsley Eguakun, Florida
Josiah Ezirim, Eastern Kentucky
Olumuyiwa Fashanu, Penn State
Troy Fautanu, Washington
Blake Fisher, Notre Dame
Jeremy Flax, Kentucky
Javon Foster, Missouri
Zach Frazier, West Virginia
Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State
X'Zauvea Gadlin, Liberty
Nick Gargiulo, South Carolina
Delmar Glaze, Maryland
Matt Goncalves, Pittsburgh
Tylan Grable, UCF
Garret Greenfield, South Dakota State
Tyler Guyton, Oklahoma
C.J. Hanson, Holy Cross
Christian Haynes, Connecticut
LaDarius Henderson, Michigan
Christian Jones, Texas
Matthew Jones, Ohio State
Trente Jones, Michigan
Trevor Keegan, Michigan
Jarrett Kingston, USC
Brady Latham, Arkansas
JC Latham, Alabama
Sataoa Laumea, Utah
Matt Lee, Miami (Fla.)
KT Leveston Jr., Kansas State
Beaux Limmer, Arkansas
Christian Mahogany, Boston College
Mason McCormick, South Dakota State
Dylan McMahon, North Carolina State
Amarius Mims, Georgia
Jacob Monk, Duke
Jordan Morgan, Arizona
Hunter Nourzad, Penn State
Drake Nugent, Michigan
Patrick Paul, Houston
Julian Pearl, Illinois
Prince Pines, Tulane
Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon
Dominick Puni, Kansas
Andrew Raym, Oklahoma
Layden Robinson, Texas A&M
Roger Rosengarten, Washington
Walter Rouse, Oklahoma
Nick Samac, Michigan State
Kingsley Suamataia, BYU
Jalen Sundell, North Dakota State
Nathan Thomas, Louisiana
Charles Turner III, LSU
Sedrick Van Pran-Granger, Georgia
Caedan Wallace, Penn State
Zak Zinter, Michigan
Defensive linemen
Austin Booker, Kansas
Solomon Byrd, USC
DeWayne Carter, Duke
Nelson Ceaser, Houston
Myles Cole, Texas Tech
Jaden Crumedy, Mississippi State
Tyler Davis, Clemson
Brandon Dorlus, Oregon
Justin Eboigbe, Alabama
Jonah Elliss, Utah
Braden Fiske, Florida State
Gabe Hall, Baylor
Michael Hall Jr., Ohio State
Jaylen Harrell, Michigan
Marcus Harris, Auburn
Jalyx Hunt, Houston Christian
Adisa Isaac, Penn State
Brennan Jackson, Washington State
McKinnley Jackson, Texas A&M
Javontae Jean-Baptiste, Notre Dame
Trajan Jeffcoat, Arkansas
Jordan Jefferson, LSU
Kris Jenkins, Michigan
Cedric Johnson, Mississippi
Mohamed Kamara, Colorado State
Marshawn Kneeland, Western Michigan
Laiatu Latu, UCLA
Logan Lee, Iowa
Zion Logue, Georgia
Fabien Lovett Sr., Florida State
Braiden McGregor, Michigan
Byron Murphy II, Texas
Myles Murphy, North Carolina
Jer'Zhan Newton, Illinois
Eyabi Okie-Anoma, Charlotte
Ruke Orhorhoro, Clemson
Keith Randolph Jr., Illinois
Chop Robinson, Penn State
Darius Robinson, Missouri
Justin Rogers, Auburn
Maason Smith, LSU
Javon Solomon, Troy
T'Vondre Sweat, Texas
Leonard Taylor III, Miami (Fla.)
Xavier Thomas, Clemson
Bralen Trice, Washington
David Ugwoegbu, Houston
Jared Verse, Florida State
Eric Watts, Connecticut
Mekhi Wingo, LSU
Linebackers
Michael Barrett, Michigan
JD Bertrand, Notre Dame
Tatum Bethune, Florida State
Chris Braswell, Alabama
Aaron Casey, Indiana
Steele Chambers, Ohio State
Junior Colson, Michigan
Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M
Kalen DeLoach, Florida State
Khalid Duke, Kansas State
Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State
Jaylan Ford, Texas
Easton Gibbs, Wyoming
Cedric Gray, North Carolina
Ty'Ron Hopper, Missouri
Jontrey Hunter, Georgia State
Curtis Jacobs, Penn State
Tyrice Knight, UTEP
Marist Liufau, Notre Dame
Jordan Magee, Temple
Darius Muasau, UCLA
Gabriel Murphy, UCLA
Maema Njongmeta, Wisconsin
Jeremiah Trotter Jr., Clemson
Zion Tupuola-Fetui, Washington
Dallas Turner, Alabama
Edefuan Ulofoshio, Washington
Trevin Wallace, Kentucky
Nathaniel Watson, Mississippi State
Payton Wilson, North Carolina State
Defensive Backs
Kris Abrams-Draine, Missouri
Daijahn Anthony, Mississippi
Terrion Arnold, Alabama
Cole Bishop, Utah
Beau Brade, Maryland
Millard Bradford, TCU
Jarvis Brownlee Jr., Louisville
Javon Bullard, Georgia
Calen Bullock, USC
Jaylon Carlies, Missouri
Caelen Carson, Wake Forest
Ryan Cooper Jr., Oregon State
Cooper DeJean, Iowa
M.J. Devonshire, Pittsburgh
Marcellas Dial, South Carolina
Johnny Dixon, Penn State
Willie Drew, Virginia State
Renardo Green, Florida State
Kamal Hadden, Tennessee
Dominique Hampton, Washington
Myles Harden, South Dakota
Daequan Hardy, Penn State
Cam Hart, Notre Dame
Jaden Hicks, Washington State
Khyree Jackson, Oregon
DJ James, Auburn
Carlton Johnson, Fresno State
Isaiah Johnson, Syracuse
Elijah Jones, Boston College
Jarrian Jones, Florida State
Jaylen Key, Alabama
Kamren Kinchens, Miami (Fla.)
Kalen King, Penn State
Kamari Lassiter, Georgia
Dwight McGlothern, Arkansas
Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
Patrick McMorris, Cal
Max Melton, Rutgers
Quinyon Mitchell, Toledo
Malik Mustapha, Wake Forest
Josh Newton, TCU
Tyler Nubin, Minnesota
Kitan Oladapo, Oregon State
Tyler Owens, Texas Tech
Andru Phillips, Kentucky
Deantre Prince, Mississippi
Nehemiah Pritchett, Auburn
Josh Proctor, Ohio State
Ennis Rakestraw Jr., Missouri
Decamerion Richardson, Mississippi State
Demani Richardson, Texas A&M
Christian Roland-Wallace, USC
Mike Sainristil, Michigan
Andre' Sam, LSU
Jaylin Simpson, Auburn
Tykee Smith, Georgia
Chau Smith-Wade, Washington State
Tarheeb Still, Maryland
T.J. Tampa, Iowa State
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson, Texas Tech
Ro Torrence, Arizona State
Sione Vaki, Utah
Josh Wallace, Michigan
Ryan Watts, Texas
Nate Wiggins, Clemson
Evan Williams, Oregon
James Williams, Miami (Fla.)
Specialists
Joshua Karty, kicker, Stanford
Cam Little, kicker, Arkansas
Harrison Mevis, kicker, Missouri
Ryan Rehkow, punter, BYU
Will Reichard, kicker, Alabama
Tory Taylor, punter, Iowa
What are NFL Combine Tests?
The NFL Combine takes into consideration the physical and mental abilities of each player invited to the NFL Combine. Various physical tests such as the ones mentioned below are performed by the athletes to get an idea of where they stand physically. It gives the scouts and the teams an understanding of how much a probable prospect needs to improve or what his strengths are. the various physical tests are as follows:
- 40-yard dash
- Bench pressing of 225 pounds (102 kg)
- Vertical jump
- Broad jump
- 20-yard shuttle
- 3 cone drill
- 60-yard shuttle
- Position-specific drills
Along with the above-listed physical tests, the NFL Combine also does drug testing as well as physical and injury evaluations. As for the mental aptitude part, the NFL Combine conducts a Wonderlic test which examines a player's cognitive abilities. It helps scouts, coaches, and general managers get an idea of a player's decision-making process and his ability to problem-solve in quick time.
NFL Combine Results
The NFL Combine results will be available after the 2024 NFL Combine takes place.
FAQs
A. All 32 teams provide input on draft-eligible players, a list that is used by the Player Selection Committee to select each year’s participants.
A. The 2024 NFL Combine is set to place from February 26 - March 4, 2024.
A. While not a fixed number, about 300 or so players attend this four-day, invitation-only event that allows NFL scouts to evaluate that year’s top draft-eligible prospects.
A. The NFL Combine can be watched live on the NFL Network and NFL+.
A. The 2024 NFL Combine will take place from February 26 - March 4, 2024, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.