How are players selected for the NFL combine?
The 2025 NFL Scouting Combine on-field workouts begin on Thursday as 329 of the top prospects will be put to the test ahead of the NFL Draft in April.
The NFL Scouting Combine is the moment when college football players can show off their skills in front of NFL coaches, managers, and scouts by performing intense physical and mental tests. This year’s combine begins in Indianapolis on Thursday, Feb. 27 with on-field workouts set to continue until Sunday, March 2. This gives the players another opportunity to prove themselves after the college season has ended but before the NFL Draft happens in April.
NFL Combine tests and evaluations
- 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
- Interviews (each team is allowed 60 interviews in 15-minute intervals)
- Physical and injury evaluations
- Drug screening
- Cybex test
- Wonderlic test
2025 NFL Scouting Combine schedule
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How are players selected for the NFL Combine?
The players who participate in the NFL Combine are draft-eligible players who are selected by the Player Selection Committee. The committee bases their decisions on input given by the 32 NFL teams. The athletes who receive enough votes by position will be given an invitation. The objective is to invite every player who will be drafted in the upcoming NFL Draft that year.
What makes a player eligible for the NFL Combine?
A player is eligible for the NFL Combine if...
- They are a college senior - all college seniors are eligible after they finish the year.
- An underclassman only if he declares for the NFL Draft and meets all the NCAA and NFL requirements.
- They weren’t a college football player, but meet certain circumstances. In special circumstances, an athlete who did not play college football may be eligible; he would need to contract the Player Personnel Department in New York to verify whether or not he is eligible.
In addition to setting the single year receiving record for a TE, Harold Fannin Jr. has some eye-popping advance metrics 👀
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🟠100th percentile Dominator Rating (49.9%)⚔️
🟤92nd percentile Breakout Age (19.1) 👶
Where do you have Fannin ranked among rookie tight ends? pic.twitter.com/ZKqRrttY3h
You can see the complete list of NFL prospects here.
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